diff --git a/src/com/loopj/android/image/SmartImageTask.java b/src/com/loopj/android/image/SmartImageTask.java
index abffa3c..d78a350 100644
--- a/src/com/loopj/android/image/SmartImageTask.java
+++ b/src/com/loopj/android/image/SmartImageTask.java
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ public class SmartImageTask implements Runnable {
     public static class OnCompleteHandler extends Handler {
         @Override
         public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
-            Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap)msg.obj;
-            onComplete(bitmap);
+            try{
+                Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap)msg.obj;
+                onComplete(bitmap);
+            }catch (OutOfMemoryError e){
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
         }
 
         public void onComplete(Bitmap bitmap){};
@@ -53,4 +57,4 @@ public void complete(Bitmap bitmap){
             onCompleteHandler.sendMessage(onCompleteHandler.obtainMessage(BITMAP_READY, bitmap));
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/com/loopj/android/image/WebImage.java b/src/com/loopj/android/image/WebImage.java
index 09206fc..c3ebfd9 100644
--- a/src/com/loopj/android/image/WebImage.java
+++ b/src/com/loopj/android/image/WebImage.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 
+import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
@@ -48,7 +49,17 @@ private Bitmap getBitmapFromUrl(String url) {
             URLConnection conn = new URL(url).openConnection();
             conn.setConnectTimeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
             conn.setReadTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
-            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream) conn.getContent());
+            
+            ActivityManager.MemoryInfo memInfo = new ActivityManager.MemoryInfo();
+            int inSample = 1;
+            if(memInfo.lowMemory){
+                inSample = 12;
+            }
+            
+            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
+            options.inSampleSize = inSample;
+            
+            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream((InputStream) conn.getContent(), null, options);
         } catch(Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }