diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.cpp
index b9d3a7a53..ccfd3308c 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,26 @@
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 #include <QMutexLocker>
 
+const size_t DEFAULT_ALERTS_CAPACITY = 32;
+
+struct QAlertDispatcher::Tag {
+  Tag(QAlertDispatcher* dispatcher);
+
+  QAlertDispatcher* dispatcher;
+  QMutex alerts_mutex;
+};
+
+QAlertDispatcher::Tag::Tag(QAlertDispatcher* dispatcher)
+  : dispatcher(dispatcher)
+{}
+
 QAlertDispatcher::QAlertDispatcher(libtorrent::session *session, QObject* parent)
   : QObject(parent)
   , m_session(session)
-  , current_tag(new QAtomicPointer<QAlertDispatcher>(this))
+  , current_tag(new Tag(this))
   , event_posted(false)
 {
+  alerts.reserve(DEFAULT_ALERTS_CAPACITY);
   m_session->set_alert_dispatch(boost::bind(&QAlertDispatcher::dispatch, current_tag, _1));
 }
 
@@ -51,8 +65,8 @@ QAlertDispatcher::~QAlertDispatcher() {
   // with invalid tag it simply discard an alert.
 
   {
-    QMutexLocker lock(&alerts_mutex);
-    *current_tag = 0;
+    QMutexLocker lock(&current_tag->alerts_mutex);
+    current_tag->dispatcher = 0;
     current_tag.clear();
   }
 
@@ -60,45 +74,35 @@ QAlertDispatcher::~QAlertDispatcher() {
   m_session->set_alert_dispatch(dispatch_function_t());
 }
 
-void QAlertDispatcher::getPendingAlertsNoWait(std::deque<libtorrent::alert*>& out) {
+void QAlertDispatcher::getPendingAlertsNoWait(std::vector<libtorrent::alert*>& out) {
   Q_ASSERT(out.empty());
+  out.reserve(DEFAULT_ALERTS_CAPACITY);
 
-  QMutexLocker lock(&alerts_mutex);
+  QMutexLocker lock(&current_tag->alerts_mutex);
   alerts.swap(out);
   event_posted = false;
 }
 
-void QAlertDispatcher::getPendingAlerts(std::deque<libtorrent::alert*>& out, unsigned long time) {
+void QAlertDispatcher::getPendingAlerts(std::vector<libtorrent::alert*>& out, unsigned long time) {
   Q_ASSERT(out.empty());
+  out.reserve(DEFAULT_ALERTS_CAPACITY);
 
-  QMutexLocker lock(&alerts_mutex);
+  QMutexLocker lock(&current_tag->alerts_mutex);
 
   while (alerts.empty())
-    alerts_condvar.wait(&alerts_mutex, time);
+    alerts_condvar.wait(&current_tag->alerts_mutex, time);
 
   alerts.swap(out);
   event_posted = false;
 }
 
-void QAlertDispatcher::dispatch(QSharedPointer<QAtomicPointer<QAlertDispatcher> > tag,
+void QAlertDispatcher::dispatch(QSharedPointer<Tag> tag,
                                 std::auto_ptr<libtorrent::alert> alert_ptr) {
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0))
-  QAlertDispatcher* that = tag->loadAcquire();
-#else
-  QAlertDispatcher* that = *tag;
-#endif
+  QMutexLocker lock(&(tag->alerts_mutex));
+  QAlertDispatcher* that = tag->dispatcher;
   if (!that)
     return;
 
-  QMutexLocker lock(&(that->alerts_mutex));
-
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0))
-  if (!tag->load())
-#else
-  if (!*tag)
-#endif
-    return;
-
   bool was_empty = that->alerts.empty();
 
   that->alerts.push_back(alert_ptr.get());
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ void QAlertDispatcher::enqueueToMainThread() {
 void QAlertDispatcher::deliverSignal() {
   emit alertsReceived();
 
-  QMutexLocker lock(&alerts_mutex);
+  QMutexLocker lock(&current_tag->alerts_mutex);
   event_posted = false;
 
   if (!alerts.empty())
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.h b/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.h
index a107bf4e1..aa2a9ec1f 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.h
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/alertdispatcher.h
@@ -42,18 +42,20 @@ class QAlertDispatcher : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
   Q_DISABLE_COPY(QAlertDispatcher)
 
+  struct Tag;
+
 public:
   QAlertDispatcher(libtorrent::session *session, QObject* parent);
   ~QAlertDispatcher();
 
-  void getPendingAlertsNoWait(std::deque<libtorrent::alert*>&);
-  void getPendingAlerts(std::deque<libtorrent::alert*>&, unsigned long time = ULONG_MAX);
+  void getPendingAlertsNoWait(std::vector<libtorrent::alert*>&);
+  void getPendingAlerts(std::vector<libtorrent::alert*>&, unsigned long time = ULONG_MAX);
 
 signals:
   void alertsReceived();
 
 private:
-  static void dispatch(QSharedPointer<QAtomicPointer<QAlertDispatcher> >,
+  static void dispatch(QSharedPointer<Tag>,
                        std::auto_ptr<libtorrent::alert>);
   void enqueueToMainThread();
 
@@ -62,10 +64,9 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
   libtorrent::session *m_session;
-  QMutex alerts_mutex;
   QWaitCondition alerts_condvar;
-  std::deque<libtorrent::alert*> alerts;
-  QSharedPointer<QAtomicPointer<QAlertDispatcher> > current_tag;
+  std::vector<libtorrent::alert*> alerts;
+  QSharedPointer<Tag> current_tag;
   bool event_posted;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index 818cff613..f8378fc5a 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ void QBtSession::saveFastResumeData() {
     } catch(libtorrent::invalid_handle&) {}
   }
   while (num_resume_data > 0) {
-    std::deque<alert*> alerts;
+    std::vector<alert*> alerts;
     m_alertDispatcher->getPendingAlerts(alerts, 30*1000);
     if (alerts.empty()) {
       std::cerr << " aborting with " << num_resume_data << " outstanding "
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ void QBtSession::saveFastResumeData() {
       break;
     }
 
-    for (std::deque<alert*>::const_iterator i = alerts.begin(), end = alerts.end(); i != end; ++i)
+    for (std::vector<alert*>::const_iterator i = alerts.begin(), end = alerts.end(); i != end; ++i)
     {
       alert const* a = *i;
       // Saving fastresume data can fail
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ void QBtSession::sendNotificationEmail(const QTorrentHandle &h) {
 // Read alerts sent by the Bittorrent session
 void QBtSession::readAlerts() {
 
-  typedef std::deque<alert*> alerts_t;
+  typedef std::vector<alert*> alerts_t;
   alerts_t alerts;
   m_alertDispatcher->getPendingAlertsNoWait(alerts);
 
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
index 3dca808c7..419361ec1 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/torrentmodel.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void TorrentModel::stateUpdated(const std::vector<libtorrent::torrent_status> &s
   for (statuses_t::const_iterator i = statuses.begin(), end = statuses.end(); i != end; ++i) {
     libtorrent::torrent_status const& status = *i;
 
-    const int row = torrentRow(misc::toQString(status.handle.info_hash()));
+    const int row = torrentRow(misc::toQString(status.info_hash));
     if (row >= 0)
       m_torrents[row]->refreshStatus(status);
   }