diff --git a/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageCache.m b/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageCache.m
index c9e9d1b..0c09f0d 100644
--- a/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageCache.m
+++ b/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageCache.m
@@ -214,18 +214,20 @@ - (BOOL)_retrieveImageForEntity:(id <FICEntity>)entity withFormatName:(NSString
                 }
 
                 if (needsToFetch) {
-                    UIImage *image;
-                    if ([entity respondsToSelector:@selector(imageForFormat:)]){
-                        FICImageFormat *format = [self formatWithName:formatName];
-                        image = [entity imageForFormat:format];
-                    }
-                    
-                    if (image){
-                        [self _imageDidLoad:image forURL:sourceImageURL];
-                    } else if (_delegateImplementsWantsSourceImageForEntityWithFormatNameCompletionBlock){
-                        [_delegate imageCache:self wantsSourceImageForEntity:entity withFormatName:formatName completionBlock:^(UIImage *sourceImage) {
-                            [self _imageDidLoad:sourceImage forURL:sourceImageURL];
-                        }];
+                    @autoreleasepool {
+                        UIImage *image;
+                        if ([entity respondsToSelector:@selector(imageForFormat:)]){
+                            FICImageFormat *format = [self formatWithName:formatName];
+                            image = [entity imageForFormat:format];
+                        }
+                        
+                        if (image){
+                            [self _imageDidLoad:image forURL:sourceImageURL];
+                        } else if (_delegateImplementsWantsSourceImageForEntityWithFormatNameCompletionBlock){
+                            [_delegate imageCache:self wantsSourceImageForEntity:entity withFormatName:formatName completionBlock:^(UIImage *sourceImage) {
+                                [self _imageDidLoad:sourceImage forURL:sourceImageURL];
+                            }];
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageTable.m b/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageTable.m
index 83cd40f..b22cd1f 100644
--- a/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageTable.m
+++ b/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FastImageCache/FICImageTable.m
@@ -685,43 +685,47 @@ - (NSNumber *)_numberForEntryAtIndex:(NSInteger)index {
 #pragma mark - Working with Metadata
 
 - (void)saveMetadata {
-    [_lock lock];
-    
-    NSDictionary *metadataDictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
-                                        [_indexMap copy], FICImageTableIndexMapKey,
-                                        [_sourceImageMap copy], FICImageTableContextMapKey,
-                                        [[_MRUEntries array] copy], FICImageTableMRUArrayKey,
-                                        [_imageFormatDictionary copy], FICImageTableFormatKey, nil];
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        [_lock lock];
+        
+        NSDictionary *metadataDictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
+                                            [_indexMap copy], FICImageTableIndexMapKey,
+                                            [_sourceImageMap copy], FICImageTableContextMapKey,
+                                            [[_MRUEntries array] copy], FICImageTableMRUArrayKey,
+                                            [_imageFormatDictionary copy], FICImageTableFormatKey, nil];
 
-    __block int32_t metadataVersion = OSAtomicIncrement32(&_metadataVersion);
+        __block int32_t metadataVersion = OSAtomicIncrement32(&_metadataVersion);
 
-    [_lock unlock];
-    
-    static dispatch_queue_t __metadataQueue = nil;
-    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
-    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
-        __metadataQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.path.FastImageCache.ImageTableMetadataQueue", NULL);
-    });
-    
-    dispatch_async(__metadataQueue, ^{
-        // Cancel serialization if a new metadata version is queued to be saved
-        if (metadataVersion != _metadataVersion) {
-            return;
-        }
+        [_lock unlock];
+        
+        static dispatch_queue_t __metadataQueue = nil;
+        static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+        dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+            __metadataQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.path.FastImageCache.ImageTableMetadataQueue", NULL);
+        });
+        
+        dispatch_async(__metadataQueue, ^{
+            // Cancel serialization if a new metadata version is queued to be saved
+            if (metadataVersion != _metadataVersion) {
+                return;
+            }
 
-        NSData *data = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:metadataDictionary options:kNilOptions error:NULL];
+            @autoreleasepool {
+                NSData *data = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:metadataDictionary options:kNilOptions error:NULL];
 
-        // Cancel disk writing if a new metadata version is queued to be saved
-        if (metadataVersion != _metadataVersion) {
-            return;
-        }
+                // Cancel disk writing if a new metadata version is queued to be saved
+                if (metadataVersion != _metadataVersion) {
+                    return;
+                }
 
-        BOOL fileWriteResult = [data writeToFile:[self metadataFilePath] atomically:NO];
-        if (fileWriteResult == NO) {
-            NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"*** FIC Error: %s couldn't write metadata for format %@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, [_imageFormat name]];
-            [self.imageCache _logMessage:message];
-        }
-    });
+                BOOL fileWriteResult = [data writeToFile:[self metadataFilePath] atomically:NO];
+                if (fileWriteResult == NO) {
+                    NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"*** FIC Error: %s couldn't write metadata for format %@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, [_imageFormat name]];
+                    [self.imageCache _logMessage:message];
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)_loadMetadata {