diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bac361c3..5010b881 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Makefile
 *.iml
 .project
 out/
+.vs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java b/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
index e8256d83..880eee45 100644
--- a/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
@@ -482,8 +482,13 @@ private void createPendingIntent() {
         if (pendingIntent == null) {
             Activity activity = getActivity();
             Intent intent = new Intent(activity, activity.getClass());
-            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
-            pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, 0);
+            if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
+                pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_MUTABLE);
+            } else {
+                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
+                pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, 0);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
index 9b40f251..356b763b 100644
--- a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ - (void)writeTag:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command API_AVAILABLE(ios(13.0)){
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
 
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                        initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                        delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
 
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
         }
     }
 
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                            initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                            delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         }
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
     } else if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
         NSLog(@"iOS < 13, using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc] initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
         [self.nfcSession beginSession];