diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
index 71d34f2..c5ea309 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFURLConnectionOperation.m
@@ -186,13 +186,14 @@ static BOOL AFSecKeyIsEqualToKey(SecKeyRef key1, SecKeyRef key2) {
 @synthesize redirectResponse = _redirectResponse;
 @synthesize lock = _lock;
 
-+ (void) __attribute__((noreturn)) networkRequestThreadEntryPoint:(id)__unused object {
-    do {
-        @autoreleasepool {
-            [[NSThread currentThread] setName:@"AFNetworking"];
-            [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] run];
-        }
-    } while (YES);
++ (void)networkRequestThreadEntryPoint:(id)__unused object {
+    @autoreleasepool {
+        [[NSThread currentThread] setName:@"AFNetworking"];
+
+        NSRunLoop *runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
+        [runLoop addPort:[NSMachPort port] forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+        [runLoop run];
+    }
 }
 
 + (NSThread *)networkRequestThread {
diff --git a/Example/AFNetworking Mac Example.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Example/AFNetworking Mac Example.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 52132e4..91a8e8a 100644
--- a/Example/AFNetworking Mac Example.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/Example/AFNetworking Mac Example.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = "AFNetworking Example.entitlements";
-				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Mac Developer";
+				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
 				GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER = YES;
 				GCC_PREFIX_HEADER = Prefix.pch;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = "AFNetworking Example.entitlements";
-				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "Mac Developer";
+				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
 				GCC_PRECOMPILE_PREFIX_HEADER = YES;
 				GCC_PREFIX_HEADER = Prefix.pch;
diff --git a/Example/Classes/AFAppDotNetAPIClient.m b/Example/Classes/AFAppDotNetAPIClient.m
index 213a71a..0ce976d 100644
--- a/Example/Classes/AFAppDotNetAPIClient.m
+++ b/Example/Classes/AFAppDotNetAPIClient.m
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static NSString * const kAFAppDotNetAPIBaseURLString = @"https://alpha-api.app.n
     if ([[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"https"] && [[url host] isEqualToString:@"alpha-api.app.net"]) {
         [self setDefaultSSLPinningMode:AFSSLPinningModePublicKey];
     }
+
+    self.defaultSSLPinningMode = AFSSLPinningModeNone;
     
     return self;
 }