diff --git a/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoadConnection.m b/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoadConnection.m
index 435225a..8a9cd1a 100644
--- a/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoadConnection.m
+++ b/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoadConnection.m
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ - (void)start {
 																cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReturnCacheDataElseLoad
 															timeoutInterval:self.timeoutInterval];
 	[request setValue:@"gzip" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Encoding"];  
-	_connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self startImmediately:YES];
+	_connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self startImmediately:NO];
+    [_connection scheduleInRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
+    [_connection start];
+    
+    NSLog(@"%@", request);
+    
 	[request release];
 }
 
diff --git a/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoader.m b/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoader.m
index 32a619a..4fa5b09 100644
--- a/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoader.m
+++ b/EGOImageLoader/EGOImageLoader.m
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ - (EGOImageLoadConnection*)loadImageForURL:(NSURL*)aURL {
 		[currentConnections setObject:connection forKey:aURL];
 		self.currentConnections = [[currentConnections copy] autorelease];
 		[connectionsLock unlock];
-		[connection performSelector:@selector(start) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.01];
+        [connection performSelector:@selector(start) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.01 inModes:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSRunLoopCommonModes]];
 		[connection release];
 		
 		return connection;
diff --git a/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.h b/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.h
index 5f331aa..8b619d1 100644
--- a/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.h
+++ b/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.h
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 
 @property(nonatomic,retain) NSURL* imageURL;
 @property(nonatomic,retain) UIImage* placeholderImage;
-@property(nonatomic,assign) id<EGOImageViewDelegate> delegate;
+@property(nonatomic,assign) IBOutlet id<EGOImageViewDelegate> delegate;
+@property(nonatomic, readonly) BOOL loadedFromCache;
+
 @end
 
 @protocol EGOImageViewDelegate<NSObject>
diff --git a/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.m b/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.m
index e87b7c6..bf7bd7c 100644
--- a/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.m
+++ b/EGOImageView/EGOImageView.m
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 @implementation EGOImageView
 @synthesize imageURL, placeholderImage, delegate;
+@synthesize loadedFromCache = _loadedFromCache;
 
 - (id)initWithPlaceholderImage:(UIImage*)anImage {
 	return [self initWithPlaceholderImage:anImage delegate:nil];	
@@ -63,13 +64,14 @@ - (void)setImageURL:(NSURL *)aURL {
 	
 	if(anImage) {
 		self.image = anImage;
-
+        _loadedFromCache = YES;
 		// trigger the delegate callback if the image was found in the cache
 		if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(imageViewLoadedImage:)]) {
 			[self.delegate imageViewLoadedImage:self];
 		}
 	} else {
 		self.image = self.placeholderImage;
+        _loadedFromCache = NO;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ - (void)imageLoaderDidLoad:(NSNotification*)notification {
 	UIImage* anImage = [[notification userInfo] objectForKey:@"image"];
 	self.image = anImage;
 	[self setNeedsDisplay];
+    _loadedFromCache = NO;
 	
 	if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(imageViewLoadedImage:)]) {
 		[self.delegate imageViewLoadedImage:self];