diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
index fc759af92..e77ea3541 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
@@ -136,15 +136,20 @@ function ReaderPaging:onSaveSettings()
 end
 
 function ReaderPaging:addToMainMenu(tab_item_table)
-    if self.ui.document.info.has_pages then
-        table.insert(tab_item_table.typeset, {
-            text = _("Show page overlap"),
-            checked_func = function() return self.show_overlap_enable end,
-            callback = function()
-                self.show_overlap_enable = not self.show_overlap_enable
+    table.insert(tab_item_table.typeset, {
+        text = _("Show page overlap"),
+        enabled_func = function()
+            return not self.view.page_scroll and self.zoom_mode ~= "page"
+                    and not self.zoom_mode:find("height")
+        end,
+        checked_func = function() return self.show_overlap_enable end,
+        callback = function()
+            self.show_overlap_enable = not self.show_overlap_enable
+            if not self.show_overlap_enable then
+                self.view:resetDimArea()
             end
-        })
-    end
+        end
+    })
 end
 
 --[[
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerrolling.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerrolling.lua
index 185b5073b..4398a2d62 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerrolling.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerrolling.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ local ReaderRolling = InputContainer:new{
     doc_height = nil,
     xpointer = nil,
     panning_steps = ReaderPanning.panning_steps,
-    show_overlap_enable = true,
+    show_overlap_enable = nil,
     overlap = 20,
 }
 
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ function ReaderRolling:init()
         self.old_doc_height = self.doc_height
         self.old_page = self.ui.document.info.number_of_pages
     end)
+    self.ui.menu:registerToMainMenu(self)
 end
 
 -- This method will  be called in onSetDimensions handler
@@ -168,10 +169,6 @@ function ReaderRolling:initGesListener()
 end
 
 function ReaderRolling:onReadSettings(config)
-    local soe = config:readSetting("show_overlap_enable")
-    if not soe then
-        self.show_overlap_enable = soe
-    end
     local last_xp = config:readSetting("last_xpointer")
     local last_per = config:readSetting("last_percent")
     if last_xp then
@@ -197,6 +194,10 @@ function ReaderRolling:onReadSettings(config)
         end
         self.xpointer = self.ui.document:getXPointer()
     end
+    self.show_overlap_enable = config:readSetting("show_overlap_enable")
+    if self.show_overlap_enable == nil then
+        self.show_overlap_enable = DSHOWOVERLAP
+    end
 end
 
 function ReaderRolling:onSaveSettings()
@@ -204,6 +205,21 @@ function ReaderRolling:onSaveSettings()
     self.ui.doc_settings:saveSetting("last_percent", nil)
     self.ui.doc_settings:saveSetting("last_xpointer", self.xpointer)
     self.ui.doc_settings:saveSetting("percent_finished", self:getLastPercent())
+    self.ui.doc_settings:saveSetting("show_overlap_enable", self.show_overlap_enable)
+end
+
+function ReaderRolling:addToMainMenu(tab_item_table)
+    table.insert(tab_item_table.typeset, {
+        text = _("Show page overlap"),
+        enabled_func = function() return self.view.view_mode ~= "page" end,
+        checked_func = function() return self.show_overlap_enable end,
+        callback = function()
+            self.show_overlap_enable = not self.show_overlap_enable
+            if not self.show_overlap_enable then
+                self.view:resetDimArea()
+            end
+        end
+    })
 end
 
 function ReaderRolling:getLastPercent()
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
index bf1bc3632..e9e693c75 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ local ReaderView = OverlapGroup:new{
     -- dimen for current viewing page
     page_area = Geom:new{},
     -- dimen for area to dim
-    dim_area = Geom:new{w = 0, h = 0},
+    dim_area = nil,
     -- has footer
     footer_visible = nil,
     -- has dogear
@@ -69,9 +69,15 @@ local ReaderView = OverlapGroup:new{
 function ReaderView:init()
     -- fix recalculate from close document pageno
     self.state.page = nil
+    -- fix inherited dim_area for following opened documents
+    self:resetDimArea()
     self:resetLayout()
 end
 
+function ReaderView:resetDimArea()
+    self.dim_area = Geom:new{w = 0, h = 0}
+end
+
 function ReaderView:resetLayout()
     self.dogear = ReaderDogear:new{
         view = self,