@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 
 @implementation OFZIPURIHandler
 - (OFStream *)openItemAtURI: (OFURI *)URI mode: (OFString *)mode
 {
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 	OFString *percentEncodedPath, *archiveURI, *path;
 	size_t pos;
 	OFZIPArchive *archive;
+	OFStream *stream;
 
 	if (![URI.scheme isEqual: @"of-zip"] || URI.host != nil ||
 	    URI.port != nil || URI.user != nil || URI.password != nil ||
 	    URI.query != nil || URI.fragment != nil)
 		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
@@ -54,9 +56,14 @@
 	    .stringByRemovingPercentEncoding;
 
 	archive = [OFZIPArchive
 	    archiveWithURI: [OFURI URIWithString: archiveURI]
 		      mode: @"r"];
+	stream = [archive streamForReadingFile: path];
+
+	[stream retain];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
-	return [archive streamForReadingFile: path];
+	return [stream autorelease];
 }
 @end