diff --git a/framework/Source/GPUImageAverageColor.m b/framework/Source/GPUImageAverageColor.m
index a768ecb3a..e2dd7e736 100644
--- a/framework/Source/GPUImageAverageColor.m
+++ b/framework/Source/GPUImageAverageColor.m
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ - (void)renderToTextureWithVertices:(const GLfloat *)vertices textureCoordinates
     for (NSUInteger currentReduction = 0; currentReduction < reductionsToHitSideLimit; currentReduction++)
     {
         CGSize currentStageSize = CGSizeMake(floor(inputTextureSize.width / pow(4.0, currentReduction + 1.0)), floor(inputTextureSize.height / pow(4.0, currentReduction + 1.0)));
-        if ( (currentStageSize.height < 2.0) || (currentStageSize.width < 2.0) )
-        {
-            // A really small last stage seems to cause significant errors in the average, so I abort and leave the rest to the CPU at this point
-            break;
-            //                currentStageSize.height = 2.0; // TODO: Rotate the image to account for this case, which causes FBO construction to fail
-        }
 
         [outputFramebuffer unlock];
         outputFramebuffer = [[GPUImageContext sharedFramebufferCache] fetchFramebufferForSize:currentStageSize textureOptions:self.outputTextureOptions onlyTexture:NO];
@@ -150,8 +144,8 @@ - (void)renderToTextureWithVertices:(const GLfloat *)vertices textureCoordinates
         
         glUniform1i(filterInputTextureUniform, 2);
         
-        glUniform1f(texelWidthUniform, 0.5 / currentStageSize.width);
-        glUniform1f(texelHeightUniform, 0.5 / currentStageSize.height);
+        glUniform1f(texelWidthUniform, 0.25 / currentStageSize.width);
+        glUniform1f(texelHeightUniform, 0.25 / currentStageSize.height);
         
         glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
 
diff --git a/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageMovieWriter.m b/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageMovieWriter.m
index 8ced0dfe9..83b21a013 100755
--- a/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageMovieWriter.m
+++ b/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageMovieWriter.m
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ - (void)initializeMovieWithOutputSettings:(NSDictionary *)outputSettings;
     // custom output settings specified
     else 
     {
-		NSString *videoCodec = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoCodecKey];
-		NSNumber *width = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoWidthKey];
-		NSNumber *height = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoHeightKey];
+		__unused NSString *videoCodec = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoCodecKey];
+		__unused NSNumber *width = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoWidthKey];
+		__unused NSNumber *height = [outputSettings objectForKey:AVVideoHeightKey];
 		
 		NSAssert(videoCodec && width && height, @"OutputSettings is missing required parameters.");
         
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ - (void)createDataFBO;
     }
     
 	
-	GLenum status = glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER);
+	__unused GLenum status = glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER);
     
     NSAssert(status == GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE, @"Incomplete filter FBO: %d", status);
 }
diff --git a/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageView.m b/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageView.m
index 5def624cd..9a4606cb3 100755
--- a/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageView.m
+++ b/framework/Source/iOS/GPUImageView.m
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ - (void)createDisplayFramebuffer;
 
     glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_RENDERBUFFER, displayRenderbuffer);
 	
-    GLuint framebufferCreationStatus = glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER);
+    __unused GLuint framebufferCreationStatus = glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER);
     NSAssert(framebufferCreationStatus == GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE, @"Failure with display framebuffer generation for display of size: %f, %f", self.bounds.size.width, self.bounds.size.height);
     boundsSizeAtFrameBufferEpoch = self.bounds.size;
 }