diff --git a/CoreStore/Internal/CoreStoreFetchedResultsController.swift b/CoreStore/Internal/CoreStoreFetchedResultsController.swift
index 1286713..cb6c7e2 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Internal/CoreStoreFetchedResultsController.swift
+++ b/CoreStore/Internal/CoreStoreFetchedResultsController.swift
@@ -104,3 +104,19 @@ internal final class CoreStoreFetchedResultsController<T: NSManagedObject>: NSFe
     
     private let reapplyAffectedStores: (fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, context: NSManagedObjectContext) -> Bool
 }
+
+
+// MARK: - CoreStoreFetchRequest
+
+// Bugfix for NSFetchRequest messing up memory management for `affectedStores`
+// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14396375/nsfetchedresultscontroller-crashes-in-ios-6-if-affectedstores-is-specified
+internal final class CoreStoreFetchRequest: NSFetchRequest {
+    
+    override var affectedStores: [NSPersistentStore]? {
+        
+        get { return self.safeAffectedStores }
+        set { self.safeAffectedStores = newValue }
+    }
+    
+    private var safeAffectedStores: [NSPersistentStore]?
+}
diff --git a/CoreStore/Internal/NSManagedObjectContext+Querying.swift b/CoreStore/Internal/NSManagedObjectContext+Querying.swift
index 7beb916..5547940 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Internal/NSManagedObjectContext+Querying.swift
+++ b/CoreStore/Internal/NSManagedObjectContext+Querying.swift
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func fetchOne<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> T? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func fetchAll<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> [T]? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func fetchCount<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> Int? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         for clause in fetchClauses {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func fetchObjectID<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> NSManagedObjectID? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 1
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func fetchObjectIDs<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> [NSManagedObjectID]? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func deleteAll<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ deleteClauses: [DeleteClause]) -> Int? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func queryValue<T: NSManagedObject, U: SelectValueResultType>(from: From<T>, _ selectClause: Select<U>, _ queryClauses: [QueryClause]) -> U? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ internal extension NSManagedObjectContext {
     
     internal func queryAttributes<T: NSManagedObject>(from: From<T>, _ selectClause: Select<NSDictionary>, _ queryClauses: [QueryClause]) -> [[NSString: AnyObject]]? {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         from.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: self)
         
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
diff --git a/CoreStore/Observing/ListMonitor.swift b/CoreStore/Observing/ListMonitor.swift
index d0c5bf5..2c6b748 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Observing/ListMonitor.swift
+++ b/CoreStore/Observing/ListMonitor.swift
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ public final class ListMonitor<T: NSManagedObject> {
     
     private init(context: NSManagedObjectContext, transactionQueue: GCDQueue, from: From<T>, sectionBy: SectionBy?, fetchClauses: [FetchClause], createAsynchronously: ((ListMonitor<T>) -> Void)?) {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
         fetchRequest.resultType = .ManagedObjectResultType
         fetchRequest.fetchBatchSize = 20
diff --git a/CoreStore/Observing/ObjectMonitor.swift b/CoreStore/Observing/ObjectMonitor.swift
index c3f16b8..81e3717 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Observing/ObjectMonitor.swift
+++ b/CoreStore/Observing/ObjectMonitor.swift
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public final class ObjectMonitor<T: NSManagedObject> {
     
     private init(context: NSManagedObjectContext, object: T) {
         
-        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest()
+        let fetchRequest = CoreStoreFetchRequest()
         fetchRequest.entity = object.entity
         fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 0
         fetchRequest.resultType = .ManagedObjectResultType