diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/AbstractCache.java b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/AbstractCache.java
index 9c41248..2cd21cf 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/AbstractCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/AbstractCache.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCache<KeyT, ValT> implements Map<KeyT, ValT> {
 
     public static final int DISK_CACHE_INTERNAL = 0;
     public static final int DISK_CACHE_SDCARD = 1;
+    
 
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "Droid-Fu[CacheFu]";
 
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractCache<KeyT, ValT> implements Map<KeyT, ValT> {
     private String name;
     
     private long expirationInMinutes;
+    
+    public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new cache instance.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/HttpResponseCache.java b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/HttpResponseCache.java
index 68ae395..09b0132 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/HttpResponseCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/HttpResponseCache.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public String getFileNameForKey(String url) {
 
     @Override
     protected ResponseData readValueFromDisk(File file) throws IOException {
-        BufferedInputStream istream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
+        BufferedInputStream istream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file),AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         long fileSize = file.length();
         if (fileSize > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
             throw new IOException("Cannot read files larger than " + Integer.MAX_VALUE + " bytes");
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected ResponseData readValueFromDisk(File file) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     protected void writeValueToDisk(File file, ResponseData data) throws IOException {
-        BufferedOutputStream ostream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
+        BufferedOutputStream ostream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file),AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
         ostream.write(data.getStatusCode());
         ostream.write(data.getResponseBody());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ImageCache.java b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ImageCache.java
index 4a2f641..684d7c5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ImageCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ImageCache.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
  * 
  */
 public class ImageCache extends AbstractCache<String, byte[]> {
+    
 
     public ImageCache(int initialCapacity, long expirationInMinutes, int maxConcurrentThreads) {
         super("ImageCache", initialCapacity, expirationInMinutes, maxConcurrentThreads);
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public String getFileNameForKey(String imageUrl) {
 
     @Override
     protected byte[] readValueFromDisk(File file) throws IOException {
-        BufferedInputStream istream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
+        BufferedInputStream istream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file),AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         long fileSize = file.length();
         if (fileSize > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
             throw new IOException("Cannot read files larger than " + Integer.MAX_VALUE + " bytes");
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public synchronized Bitmap getBitmap(Object elementKey) {
 
     @Override
     protected void writeValueToDisk(File file, byte[] imageData) throws IOException {
-        BufferedOutputStream ostream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
+        BufferedOutputStream ostream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file),AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
         ostream.write(imageData);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ModelCache.java b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ModelCache.java
index c6dcae4..8aef158 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ModelCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/cachefu/ModelCache.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected CachedModel readValueFromDisk(File file) throws IOException {
 
         // Read file into byte array
         byte[] dataWritten = new byte[(int) file.length()];
-        BufferedInputStream bistream = new BufferedInputStream(istream);
+        BufferedInputStream bistream = new BufferedInputStream(istream,AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         bistream.read(dataWritten);
         bistream.close();
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ protected void writeValueToDisk(File file, CachedModel data) throws IOException
 
         // Write byte data to file
         FileOutputStream ostream = new FileOutputStream(file);
-        BufferedOutputStream bistream = new BufferedOutputStream(ostream);
+        BufferedOutputStream bistream = new BufferedOutputStream(ostream,AbstractCache.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         bistream.write(parcelOut.marshall());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/imageloader/ImageLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/imageloader/ImageLoader.java
index 901d4ca..ff16c54 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/imageloader/ImageLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/imageloader/ImageLoader.java
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ public static synchronized void initialize(Context context) {
             imageCache.enableDiskCache(context, ImageCache.DISK_CACHE_SDCARD);
         }
     }
+    
+    public static synchronized void initialize(Context context, boolean enableSDCardCache) {
+        if (executor == null) {
+            executor = (ThreadPoolExecutor) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE);
+        }
+        if (imageCache == null) {
+            imageCache = new ImageCache(25, expirationInMinutes, DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE);
+            imageCache.enableDiskCache(context, (enableSDCardCache) ? ImageCache.DISK_CACHE_SDCARD:ImageCache.DISK_CACHE_INTERNAL);
+        }
+    }
 
     public static synchronized void initialize(Context context, long expirationInMinutes) {
     	ImageLoader.expirationInMinutes = expirationInMinutes;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/common/base/FinalizableReferenceQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/google/common/base/FinalizableReferenceQueue.java
index 531ba0d..758aad9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/common/base/FinalizableReferenceQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/common/base/FinalizableReferenceQueue.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public Class<?> loadFinalizer() {
         ClassLoader finalizerLoader = newLoader(getBaseUrl());
         return finalizerLoader.loadClass(FINALIZER_CLASS_NAME);
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        logger.log(Level.WARNING, LOADING_ERROR, e);
+        //logger.log(Level.WARNING, LOADING_ERROR, e);
         return null;
       }
     }