diff --git a/package/android/src/main/cpp/frameprocessor/FrameHostObject.cpp b/package/android/src/main/cpp/frameprocessor/FrameHostObject.cpp
index 773cde6..9ce99f9 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/cpp/frameprocessor/FrameHostObject.cpp
+++ b/package/android/src/main/cpp/frameprocessor/FrameHostObject.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
 #include <android/hardware_buffer_jni.h>
 
+#include "FinalAction.h"
+
 namespace vision {
 
 using namespace facebook;
@@ -92,11 +94,13 @@ jsi::Value FrameHostObject::get(jsi::Runtime& runtime, const jsi::PropNameID& pr
     jsi::HostFunctionType toArrayBuffer = JSI_FUNC {
 #if __ANDROID_API__ >= 26
       AHardwareBuffer* hardwareBuffer = this->frame->getHardwareBuffer();
+      AHardwareBuffer_acquire(hardwareBuffer);
+      finally([&]() { AHardwareBuffer_release(hardwareBuffer); });
 
       AHardwareBuffer_Desc bufferDescription;
       AHardwareBuffer_describe(hardwareBuffer, &bufferDescription);
-      __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "Frame", "Buffer %i x %i @ %i", bufferDescription.width, bufferDescription.height,
-                          bufferDescription.stride);
+      __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "Frame", "Converting %i x %i @ %i HardwareBuffer...", bufferDescription.width,
+                          bufferDescription.height, bufferDescription.stride);
       size_t size = bufferDescription.height * bufferDescription.stride;
 
       static constexpr auto ARRAYBUFFER_CACHE_PROP_NAME = "__frameArrayBufferCache";
@@ -118,16 +122,21 @@ jsi::Value FrameHostObject::get(jsi::Runtime& runtime, const jsi::PropNameID& pr
 
       // Get CPU access to the HardwareBuffer (&buffer is a virtual temporary address)
       void* buffer;
-      AHardwareBuffer_lock(hardwareBuffer, AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_MASK, -1, nullptr, &buffer);
+      int result = AHardwareBuffer_lock(hardwareBuffer, AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_MASK, -1, nullptr, &buffer);
+      if (result != 0) {
+        throw jsi::JSError(runtime, "Failed to lock HardwareBuffer for reading!");
+      }
+      finally([&]() {
+        int result = AHardwareBuffer_unlock(hardwareBuffer, nullptr);
+        if (result != 0) {
+          throw jsi::JSError(runtime, "Failed to lock HardwareBuffer for reading!");
+        }
+      });
 
       // directly write to C++ JSI ArrayBuffer
       auto destinationBuffer = arrayBuffer.data(runtime);
       memcpy(destinationBuffer, buffer, sizeof(uint8_t) * size);
 
-      // Release HardwareBuffer again
-      AHardwareBuffer_unlock(hardwareBuffer, nullptr);
-      AHardwareBuffer_release(hardwareBuffer);
-
       return arrayBuffer;
 #else
       throw jsi::JSError(runtime, "Frame.toArrayBuffer() is only available if minSdkVersion is set to 26 or higher!");
diff --git a/package/cpp/FinalAction.h b/package/cpp/FinalAction.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..083e671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cpp/FinalAction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//
+//  MutableRawBuffer.h
+//  VisionCamera
+//
+//  Created by Marc Rousavy on 17.01.24.
+//  Copyright © 2024 mrousavy. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace vision {
+
+template <typename F> struct FinalAction {
+
+public:
+  FinalAction(F f) : clean_{f} {}
+  ~FinalAction() {
+    if (enabled_)
+      clean_();
+  }
+  void disable() {
+    enabled_ = false;
+  };
+
+private:
+  F clean_;
+  bool enabled_ = true;
+};
+
+} // namespace vision
+
+template <typename F> vision::FinalAction<F> finally(F f) {
+  return vision::FinalAction<F>(std::move(f));
+}
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