diff --git a/Carthage/Checkouts/GCDKit b/Carthage/Checkouts/GCDKit
index 822fe55..90d4f31 160000
--- a/Carthage/Checkouts/GCDKit
+++ b/Carthage/Checkouts/GCDKit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 822fe55fc49fb39d6f9cf97b2f9c048fc6a74179
+Subproject commit 90d4f31f63a1c98bf7090381c844c62d73a4c8eb
diff --git a/CoreStore.podspec b/CoreStore.podspec
index 918d6f8..95bd8b6 100644
--- a/CoreStore.podspec
+++ b/CoreStore.podspec
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.requires_arc = true
     s.pod_target_xcconfig = { 'OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS' => '-D USE_FRAMEWORKS' }
     
-    s.dependency "GCDKit", "1.2.4"
+    s.dependency "GCDKit", "1.2.5"
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91bee3d..4190ab2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ or multiple objects at once with the `importUniqueObjects(...)` method:
 ```swift
 CoreStore.beginAsynchronous { (transaction) -> Void in
     let jsonArray: [[String: AnyObject]] = // ...
-    try! transaction.importObjects(
+    try! transaction.importUniqueObjects(
         Into(MyPersonEntity),
         sourceArray: jsonArray
     )
diff --git a/Sources/Transactions/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift b/Sources/Transactions/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift
index 54bae12..cd34b5b 100644
--- a/Sources/Transactions/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift
+++ b/Sources/Transactions/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift
@@ -87,6 +87,30 @@ public final class UnsafeDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
         self.context.undo()
     }
     
+    /**
+     Immediately flushes all pending changes to the transaction's observers. This is useful in conjunction with `ListMonitor`s and `ObjectMonitor`s created from `UnsafeDataTransaction`s used to manage temporary "scratch" data.
+     
+     - Important: Note that unlike `commit()`, `flush()` does not propagate/save updates to the `DataStack` and the persistent store. However, the flushed changes will be seen by children transactions created further from the current transaction (i.e. through `transaction.beginUnsafe()`)
+     - throws: an error thrown from `closure`, or an error thrown by Core Data (usually validation errors or conflict errors)
+     */
+    public func flush() throws {
+        
+        try self.context.save()
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     Flushes all pending changes to the transaction's observers at the end of the `closure`'s execution. This is useful in conjunction with `ListMonitor`s and `ObjectMonitor`s created from `UnsafeDataTransaction`s used to manage temporary "scratch" data.
+     
+     - Important: Note that unlike `commit()`, `flush()` does not propagate/save updates to the `DataStack` and the persistent store. However, the flushed changes will be seen by children transactions created further from the current transaction (i.e. through `transaction.beginUnsafe()`)
+     - parameter closure: the closure where changes can be made prior to the flush
+     - throws: an error thrown from `closure`, or an error thrown by Core Data (usually validation errors or conflict errors)
+     */
+    public func flush(@noescape closure: () throws -> Void) throws {
+        
+        try closure()
+        try self.context.save()
+    }
+    
     /**
      Redo's the last undone change to the transaction.
      */
@@ -118,7 +142,7 @@ public final class UnsafeDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
     /**
      Returns the `NSManagedObjectContext` for this unsafe transaction. Use only for cases where external frameworks need an `NSManagedObjectContext` instance to work with.
      
-     - Note: It is the developer's responsibility to ensure the following:
+     - Important: It is the developer's responsibility to ensure the following:
      - that the `UnsafeDataTransaction` that owns this context should be strongly referenced and prevented from being deallocated during the context's lifetime
      - that all saves will be done either through the `UnsafeDataTransaction`'s `commit(...)` method, or by calling `save()` manually on the context, its parent, and all other ancestor contexts if there are any.
      */