diff --git a/base b/base
index 84299a585..461b75093 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 84299a585587f306230c448f80e4e4811f2f990d
+Subproject commit 461b750936897041c115f5de6c94eb9e0309a5ee
diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua
index 9600fe5ec..b94512079 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagersearch.lua
@@ -504,6 +504,9 @@ function Search:onMenuHold(item)
     local thumbnail
     local doc = DocumentRegistry:openDocument(item.path)
     if doc then
+        if doc.loadDocument then -- CreDocument
+            doc:loadDocument(false) -- load only metadata
+        end
         thumbnail = doc:getCoverPageImage()
         doc:close()
     end
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
index e3f1bf320..67f47787f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/readerui.lua
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ function ReaderUI:init()
             document = self.document,
         })
     else
+        -- load crengine default settings (from cr3.ini, some of these
+        -- will be overriden by our settings by some reader modules below)
+        if self.document.setupDefaultView then
+            self.document:setupDefaultView()
+        end
         -- make sure we render document first before calling any callback
         self:registerPostInitCallback(function()
             if not self.document:loadDocument() then
diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index c8877c147..515638959 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -124,18 +124,6 @@ function CreDocument:init()
         error(self._document)  -- will contain error message
     end
 
-    -- adjust font sizes according to screen dpi
-    self._document:adjustFontSizes(Screen:getDPI())
-
-    if G_reader_settings:readSetting("cre_header_status_font_size") then
-        self._document:setIntProperty("crengine.page.header.font.size",
-            G_reader_settings:readSetting("cre_header_status_font_size"))
-    end
-
-    -- set fallback font face
-    self._document:setStringProperty("crengine.font.fallback.face",
-        G_reader_settings:readSetting("fallback_font") or self.fallback_font)
-
     -- We would have liked to call self._document:loadDocument(self.file)
     -- here, to detect early if file is a supported document, but we
     -- need to delay it till after some crengine settings are set for a
@@ -160,6 +148,34 @@ function CreDocument:requestDomVersion(version)
     cre.requestDomVersion(version)
 end
 
+function CreDocument:setupDefaultView()
+    if self.loaded then
+        -- Don't apply defaults if the document has already been loaded
+        -- as this must be done before calling loadDocument()
+        return
+    end
+    -- have crengine load defaults from cr3.ini
+    self._document:readDefaults()
+    logger.dbg("CreDocument: applied cr3.ini default settings.")
+
+    -- set fallback font face (this was formerly done in :init(), but it
+    -- affects crengine calcGlobalSettingsHash() and would invalidate the
+    -- cache from the main currently being read document when we just
+    -- loadDocument(only_metadata) another document go get its metadata
+    -- or cover image, eg. from History hold menu).
+    self._document:setStringProperty("crengine.font.fallback.face",
+        G_reader_settings:readSetting("fallback_font") or self.fallback_font)
+
+    -- adjust font sizes according to screen dpi
+    self._document:adjustFontSizes(Screen:getDPI())
+
+    -- set top status bar font size
+    if G_reader_settings:readSetting("cre_header_status_font_size") then
+        self._document:setIntProperty("crengine.page.header.font.size",
+            G_reader_settings:readSetting("cre_header_status_font_size"))
+    end
+end
+
 function CreDocument:loadDocument(full_document)
     if not self._loaded then
         local only_metadata = full_document == false
diff --git a/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua b/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
index 4d6747d46..8e3a13857 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/screensaver.lua
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ function Screensaver:show(event, fallback_message)
         if exclude ~= true then
             if lfs.attributes(lastfile, "mode") == "file" then
                 local doc = DocumentRegistry:openDocument(lastfile)
+                if doc.loadDocument then -- CreDocument
+                    doc:loadDocument(false) -- load only metadata
+                end
                 local image = doc:getCoverPageImage()
                 doc:close()
                 if image ~= nil then