diff --git a/MusicPlayer/APIController.swift b/MusicPlayer/APIController.swift
index aec4266..bedc8f1 100644
--- a/MusicPlayer/APIController.swift
+++ b/MusicPlayer/APIController.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class APIController {
     func get(path: String) {
         let url = NSURL(string: path)
         let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
-        let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
+        let task = session.dataTaskWithURL(url!, completionHandler: {data, response, error -> Void in
             println("Task completed")
             if(error != nil) {
                 // If there is an error in the web request, print it to the console
diff --git a/MusicPlayer/Album.swift b/MusicPlayer/Album.swift
index 466b5fb..7455812 100644
--- a/MusicPlayer/Album.swift
+++ b/MusicPlayer/Album.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Album {
                         var nf: NSNumberFormatter = NSNumberFormatter()
                         nf.maximumFractionDigits = 2
                         if priceFloat != nil {
-                            price = "$"+nf.stringFromNumber(priceFloat!)
+                            price = "$"+nf.stringFromNumber(priceFloat!)!
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/MusicPlayer/DetailsViewController.swift b/MusicPlayer/DetailsViewController.swift
index 677a102..f1869b3 100644
--- a/MusicPlayer/DetailsViewController.swift
+++ b/MusicPlayer/DetailsViewController.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DetailsViewController: UIViewController, APIControllerProtocol, UITableVie
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         titleLabel.text = self.album?.title
-        albumCover.image = UIImage(data: NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: self.album!.largeImageURL)))
+        albumCover.image = UIImage(data: NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: self.album!.largeImageURL)!)!)
         
         if self.album != nil {
             api.lookupAlbum(self.album!.collectionId)
diff --git a/MusicPlayer/SearchResultsViewController.swift b/MusicPlayer/SearchResultsViewController.swift
index 8e9cbfa..3cb9cb7 100644
--- a/MusicPlayer/SearchResultsViewController.swift
+++ b/MusicPlayer/SearchResultsViewController.swift
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class SearchResultsViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITa
         
         if( image == nil ) {
             // If the image does not exist, we need to download it
-            var imgURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: urlString)
+            var imgURL: NSURL = NSURL(string: urlString)!
             
             // Download an NSData representation of the image at the URL
             let request: NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL: imgURL)