diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensors/Tensor.Creation.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensors/Tensor.Creation.cs
index 42e76656..b1c0be1d 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensors/Tensor.Creation.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Tensors/Tensor.Creation.cs
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
 #endif
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Create a string Tensor from the given string
+        ///     Create a string Tensor from the given string
         /// </summary>
         public unsafe Tensor(string str)
         {
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
             var buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
             var size = c_api.TF_StringEncodedSize((UIntPtr) buffer.Length);
             var handle = TF_AllocateTensor(TF_DataType.TF_STRING, IntPtr.Zero, 0, (UIntPtr) ((ulong) size + 8));
+            AllocationType = AllocationType.Tensorflow;
 
             IntPtr tensor = c_api.TF_TensorData(handle);
             Marshal.WriteInt64(tensor, 0);
@@ -459,6 +460,9 @@ namespace Tensorflow
 
         public unsafe Tensor(NDArray nd, TF_DataType? tensorDType = null)
         {
+            if (tensorDType == null) 
+                tensorDType = nd.dtype.as_dtype();
+
             // todo: handle nd of type "String" here too
             if (tensorDType == TF_DataType.TF_STRING && nd.typecode == NPTypeCode.Byte)
             {
@@ -467,6 +471,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
                     var bytesLength = (UIntPtr) nd.size;
                     var size = c_api.TF_StringEncodedSize(bytesLength);
                     var handle = TF_AllocateTensor(TF_DataType.TF_STRING, IntPtr.Zero, 0, (UIntPtr) ((ulong) size + 8));
+                    AllocationType = AllocationType.Tensorflow;
 
                     IntPtr tensor = c_api.TF_TensorData(handle);
                     Marshal.WriteInt64(tensor, 0);
@@ -481,6 +486,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
                     var buffer = nd.ToArray<byte>();
                     var size = c_api.TF_StringEncodedSize((UIntPtr) buffer.Length);
                     var handle = TF_AllocateTensor(TF_DataType.TF_STRING, IntPtr.Zero, 0, (UIntPtr) ((ulong) size + 8));
+                    AllocationType = AllocationType.Tensorflow;
 
                     IntPtr tensor = c_api.TF_TensorData(handle);
                     Marshal.WriteInt64(tensor, 0);
@@ -535,6 +541,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow
             int totalSize = size + buffer.Length * 8;
             ulong offset = 0;
             IntPtr handle = TF_AllocateTensor(TF_DataType.TF_STRING, shape, shape.Length, (UIntPtr) totalSize);
+            AllocationType = AllocationType.Tensorflow;
 
             // Clear offset table
             IntPtr pOffset = TF_TensorData(handle);
@@ -626,12 +633,27 @@ namespace Tensorflow
 
             // get a handle to the pinned array which we will pass on to the tensor computation engine to use
             var gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(data, GCHandleType.Pinned);
-            AllocationType = AllocationType.GCHandle;
-            AllocationHandle = gcHandle;
+            var pinnedAddr = gcHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
 
+            //call NewTensor
+            IntPtr handle;
             if (shape == null || shape.Length == 0)
-                return TF_NewTensor(dt, new long[0], 0, gcHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject() + start * element_size, (UIntPtr) (count * element_size));
-            return TF_NewTensor(dt, shape, shape.Length, gcHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject() + start * element_size, (UIntPtr) (count * element_size));
+                handle = TF_NewTensor(dt, new long[0], 0, pinnedAddr + start * element_size, (UIntPtr) (count * element_size));
+            else 
+                handle = TF_NewTensor(dt, shape, shape.Length, pinnedAddr + start * element_size, (UIntPtr) (count * element_size));
+
+            //Figure if TF decided to clone or not.
+            if (c_api.TF_TensorData(handle) == pinnedAddr)
+            {
+                AllocationType = AllocationType.GCHandle;
+                AllocationHandle = gcHandle;
+            } else
+            {
+                AllocationType = AllocationType.Tensorflow;
+                gcHandle.Free();
+            }
+
+            return handle;
         }
     }
 }
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