diff --git a/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassTouches.m b/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassTouches.m
--- a/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassTouches.m
+++ b/glass/glass-mat-lib-macosx/src/com/sun/mat/ui/GlassTouches.m
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@
         // This is undesirable, so enable event tap after such a reset.
         [glassTouches enableTouchInputEventTap];
         LOG("TOUCHES: listenTouchEvents: recover after timeout\n");
-        return NULL;
+        return event;
     }
 
+    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
     NSEvent* theEvent = [NSEvent eventWithCGEvent:event];
     if (theEvent)
     {
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
             [glassTouches sendJavaTouchEvent:theEvent];
         }
     }
-    
+    [pool drain];
     return event;
 }
 
@@ -167,13 +168,14 @@
 
         self->eventTap = CGEventTapCreate(kCGHIDEventTap, 
                                           kCGHeadInsertEventTap, 
-                                          kCGEventTapOptionDefault, 
+                                          kCGEventTapOptionListenOnly,
                                           CGEventMaskBit(NSEventTypeGesture), 
                                           listenTouchEvents, nil);
 
         LOG("TOUCHES: eventTap=%p\n", self->eventTap);
 
         // Create a run loop source.
+        if (self->eventTap != NULL) {
         self->runLoopSource = CFMachPortCreateRunLoopSource(kCFAllocatorDefault, 
                                                             self->eventTap, 0);
 
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@
         CFRunLoopAddSource(CFRunLoopGetCurrent(), self->runLoopSource, 
                            kCFRunLoopCommonModes);
     }
+    }
     return self;
 }