diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 683bb1218..631ffd969 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ and cross compiling.
 Users of Debian and Ubuntu can install the required packages using:
 ```
 sudo apt-get install build-essential git patch wget unzip \
-autoconf cmake libtool nasm luarocks \
+gettext autoconf cmake libtool nasm luarocks \
 libssl-dev libffi-dev libsdl2-dev linux-libc-dev:i386
 ```
 Note that the `linux-libc-dev:i386` package is only necessary for x86_64 machines.
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
index 6f1eddfec..17cd0ae56 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfont.lua
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onReadSettings(config)
     self.ui.document:setHeaderFont(self.header_font_face)
 
     self.font_size = config:readSetting("font_size")
+            or G_reader_settings:readSetting("copt_font_size")
             or DCREREADER_CONFIG_DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE or 22
     self.ui.document:setFontSize(Screen:scaleBySize(self.font_size))