diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
index 209dbad89..5b03c9263 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerpaging.lua
@@ -766,11 +766,6 @@ function ReaderPaging:onScrollPanRel(diff)
     return true
 end
 
-function ReaderPaging:calculateOverlap()
-    local footer_height = (self.view.footer_visible and 1 or 0) * self.view.footer.height
-    return self.overlap + footer_height
-end
-
 function ReaderPaging:onScrollPageRel(page_diff)
     if page_diff == 0 then return true end
     if page_diff > 0 then
@@ -786,7 +781,7 @@ function ReaderPaging:onScrollPageRel(page_diff)
 
         local blank_area = Geom:new{}
         blank_area:setSizeTo(self.view.dimen)
-        local overlap = self:calculateOverlap()
+        local overlap = self.overlap
         local offset = Geom:new{
             x = 0,
             y = last_visible_area.h - overlap
@@ -796,7 +791,7 @@ function ReaderPaging:onScrollPageRel(page_diff)
         -- page up, first page should be moved to bottom
         local blank_area = Geom:new{}
         blank_area:setSizeTo(self.view.dimen)
-        local overlap = self:calculateOverlap()
+        local overlap = self.overlap
         local first_page_state = table.remove(self.view.page_states, 1)
         local offset = Geom:new{
             x = 0,
@@ -912,7 +907,7 @@ function ReaderPaging:onGotoPageRel(diff)
     else
         -- not end of page yet, goto next view
         -- adjust panning step according to overlap
-        local overlap = self:calculateOverlap()
+        local overlap = self.overlap
         if x_pan_off > overlap then
             -- moving to next view, move view
             x_pan_off = x_pan_off - overlap
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
index 5d2faa7c9..d3ad1e194 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ end
 function ReaderView:drawPageSurround(bb, x, y)
     if self.dimen.h > self.visible_area.h then
         bb:paintRect(x, y, self.dimen.w, self.state.offset.y, self.outer_page_color)
-        bb:paintRect(x, y + self.dimen.h - self.state.offset.y - 1,
-            self.dimen.w, self.state.offset.y + 1, self.outer_page_color)
+        local bottom_margin = y + self.visible_area.h + self.state.offset.y
+        bb:paintRect(x, bottom_margin, self.dimen.w, self.state.offset.y +
+            self.ui.view.footer:getHeight(), self.outer_page_color)
     end
     if self.dimen.w > self.visible_area.w then
         bb:paintRect(x, y, self.state.offset.x, self.dimen.h, self.outer_page_color)
@@ -573,6 +574,9 @@ function ReaderView:recalculate()
             self.state.rotation)
         -- reset our size
         self.visible_area:setSizeTo(self.dimen)
+        if self.ui.view.footer_visible then
+            self.visible_area.h = self.visible_area.h - self.ui.view.footer:getHeight()
+        end
         if self.ui.document.configurable.writing_direction == 0 then
             -- starts from left top of page_area
             self.visible_area.x = self.page_area.x
@@ -594,7 +598,11 @@ function ReaderView:recalculate()
     end
     self.state.offset = Geom:new{x = 0, y = 0}
     if self.dimen.h > self.visible_area.h then
-        self.state.offset.y = (self.dimen.h - self.visible_area.h) / 2
+        if self.ui.view.footer_visible then
+            self.state.offset.y = (self.dimen.h - (self.visible_area.h + self.ui.view.footer:getHeight())) / 2
+        else
+            self.state.offset.y = (self.dimen.h - self.visible_area.h) / 2
+        end
     end
     if self.dimen.w > self.visible_area.w then
         self.state.offset.x = (self.dimen.w - self.visible_area.w) / 2
diff --git a/spec/unit/readerlink_spec.lua b/spec/unit/readerlink_spec.lua
index e422febc4..8b91a83db 100644
--- a/spec/unit/readerlink_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/unit/readerlink_spec.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe("ReaderLink module", function()
         readerui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetScrollMode", false))
         readerui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page"))
         readerui.paging:onGotoPage(1)
-        readerui.link:onTap(nil, {pos = {x = 363, y = 585}})
+        readerui.link:onTap(nil, {pos = {x = 363, y = 565}})
         UIManager:run()
         assert.is.same(22, readerui.paging.current_page)
     end)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe("ReaderLink module", function()
         readerui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetScrollMode", false))
         readerui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page"))
         readerui.paging:onGotoPage(1)
-        readerui.link:onTap(nil, {pos = {x = 363, y = 585}})
+        readerui.link:onTap(nil, {pos = {x = 363, y = 565}})
         UIManager:run()
         assert.is.same(22, readerui.paging.current_page)
         readerui.link:onGoBackLink()