diff --git a/defaults.lua b/defaults.lua
index 99909d8d1..b496a3888 100644
--- a/defaults.lua
+++ b/defaults.lua
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 DRCOUNTMAX = 6
 
 -- number of pages for hinting
--- default to pre-rendering 2 pages
-DHINTCOUNT = 2
+-- default to pre-rendering 1 page
+DHINTCOUNT = 1
 
 -- full screen mode, 1 for true, 0 for false
 DFULL_SCREEN = 1
diff --git a/koreader-base b/koreader-base
index 995d9d5bc..93d18fecd 160000
--- a/koreader-base
+++ b/koreader-base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 995d9d5bceb9c6ce7d9e4da3fc14d93dbfef06d8
+Subproject commit 93d18fecddfb37353c8c4f8d233d162bdea07b02