diff --git a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformPointsBox.cpp b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformPointsBox.cpp
index 005a5cb9e6..9668c56bf2 100644
--- a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformPointsBox.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformPointsBox.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ TransformPointsBox::TransformPointsBox(CanvasView* view,
 	  fCount(count),
 	  fPoints(count > 0 ? new (nothrow) control_point[count] : NULL)
 {
+	fPath->Acquire();
+
 	BRect bounds(0, 0, -1, -1);
 
 	if (fPoints && fIndices) {
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ TransformPointsBox::~TransformPointsBox()
 {
 	delete[] fIndices;
 	delete[] fPoints;
+	fPath->Release();
 }
 
 // #pragma mark -
diff --git a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformShapesBox.cpp b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformShapesBox.cpp
index 5e8936f276..975a350694 100644
--- a/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformShapesBox.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/icon-o-matic/transformable/TransformShapesBox.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TransformShapesBox::TransformShapesBox(CanvasView* view,
 
 	  fParentTransform()
 {
-	if (fShapes) {
+	if (fShapes != NULL) {
 		// allocate storage for the current transformations
 		// of each object
 		fOriginals = new double[fCount * Transformable::matrix_size];
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ TransformShapesBox::TransformShapesBox(CanvasView* view,
 		memcpy(fShapes, shapes, fCount * sizeof(Shape*));
 
 		for (int32 i = 0; i < fCount; i++) {
-			if (fShapes[i])
+			if (fShapes[i]) {
+				fShapes[i]->Acquire();
 				fShapes[i]->AddObserver(this);
+			}
 		}
 
 		// trigger init
@@ -55,8 +57,10 @@ TransformShapesBox::~TransformShapesBox()
 {
 	if (fShapes) {
 		for (int32 i = 0; i < fCount; i++) {
-			if (fShapes[i])
+			if (fShapes[i]) {
 				fShapes[i]->RemoveObserver(this);
+				fShapes[i]->Release();
+			}
 		}
 		delete[] fShapes;
 	}