diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
index de4a78e..bb97f89 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/OtherHandlers/MVMCoreCache.m
@@ -533,10 +533,13 @@ static NSString * const STATIC_CACHE_COMPONENT = @"StaticCache.txt";
     //call nsurlsession again, if image is cached by Freebee, the second session will grab image data from cache instead of making another server call
     NSURLSessionDownloadTask *downloadImageTask = [session downloadTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSURL * _Nullable location, NSURLResponse * _Nullable response, NSError * _Nullable error) {
         NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:location];
-        NSCachedURLResponse *cachedReponse = [[NSCachedURLResponse alloc] initWithResponse:response data:data];
-        //system stores cache based datatask and check cache based on response,
-        //need to manually store cache for response
-        [sharedCache storeCachedResponse:cachedReponse forRequest:request];
+        //check data and response first, since they are nullable
+        if (data && response) {
+            NSCachedURLResponse *cachedReponse = [[NSCachedURLResponse alloc] initWithResponse:response data:data];
+            //system stores cache based datatask and check cache based on response,
+            //need to manually store cache for response
+            [sharedCache storeCachedResponse:cachedReponse forRequest:request];
+        }
         if (isGif) {
             [self checkImage:nil imageData:data fallbackImage:fallbackImageName completionHandler:completionHandler];
         } else {