diff --git a/src/abr.cpp b/src/abr.cpp
index 0095831..e40b006 100644
--- a/src/abr.cpp
+++ b/src/abr.cpp
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ bool ABR::section_samp()
         auto vm = std::make_shared<VMArray>();
         if (vm->read(*this))
         {
-            if (auto img = vm->image(true, true))
+            auto img_data = vm->image(true, true);
+            if (img_data.data)
             {
                 // TODO: check if uid already exists in map
-                m_samples[uid] = img;
+                m_samples[uid] = std::make_shared<Image>(img_data);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -97,10 +98,11 @@ bool ABR::section_patt()
                 LOG("PATT: image_mode (%d) and number of channels (%ld) not matching\n",
                     image_mode, vm->channels.size());
             }
-            if (auto img = vm->image(true, false))
+            auto img_data = vm->image(true, false);
+            if (img_data.data)
             {
                 // TODO: check if uid already exists in map
-                m_patterns[uid] = img;
+                m_patterns[uid] = std::make_shared<Image>(img_data);
             }
         }
     }