diff --git a/src/ios/RNFetchBlobFS.m b/src/ios/RNFetchBlobFS.m
index 4b97571cb..5fda13b28 100644
--- a/src/ios/RNFetchBlobFS.m
+++ b/src/ios/RNFetchBlobFS.m
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ - (void)stream:(NSStream *)stream handleEvent:(NSStreamEvent)eventCode {
                             else
                                 asciiStr = [asciiStr stringByAppendingFormat:@"%d", val];
                         }
+                        free(bytePtr);
                     }
                     asciiStr = [asciiStr stringByAppendingString:@"]"];
                     [self.bridge.eventDispatcher
diff --git a/src/ios/RNFetchBlobNetwork.h b/src/ios/RNFetchBlobNetwork.h
index 58bc5de77..b95cb3983 100644
--- a/src/ios/RNFetchBlobNetwork.h
+++ b/src/ios/RNFetchBlobNetwork.h
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ typedef void(^DataTaskCompletionHander) (NSData * _Nullable resp, NSURLResponse
 @property (nonatomic) int expectedBytes;
 @property (nonatomic) int receivedBytes;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) NSMutableData * respData;
-@property (nullable, nonatomic) RCTResponseSenderBlock callback;
+@property (strong, nonatomic) RCTResponseSenderBlock callback;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) RCTBridge * bridge;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) NSDictionary * options;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) RNFetchBlobFS * fileStream;
-@property (nullable, nonatomic) CompletionHander fileTaskCompletionHandler;
-@property (nullable, nonatomic) DataTaskCompletionHander dataTaskCompletionHandler;
+@property (strong, nonatomic) CompletionHander fileTaskCompletionHandler;
+@property (strong, nonatomic) DataTaskCompletionHander dataTaskCompletionHandler;
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) NSError * error;