diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
index ff6483052..dd9cbeb1a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function ReaderFont:init()
 		})
 		face_list[k] = {text = v}
 	end
-	self.ui.menu:addToMainMenuCallback(self)
+	self.ui.menu:registerToMainMenu(self)
 end
 
 function ReaderFont:onSetDimensions(dimen)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
index f93583621..9a5f1915a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readermenu.lua
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ end
 function ReaderMenu:onCloseDocument()
 end
 
-function ReaderMenu:addToMainMenuCallback(widget)
+function ReaderMenu:registerToMainMenu(widget)
 	table.insert(self.registered_widgets, widget)
 end
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
index d7e481663..ecfb7cf6d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ ReaderZooming = InputContainer:new{
 	rotation = 0
 }
 
+function ReaderZooming:init()
+	self.ui.menu:registerToMainMenu(self)
+end
+
 function ReaderZooming:onReadSettings(config)
 	-- @TODO config file from old code base uses globalzoom_mode
 	-- instead of zoom_mode, we need to handle this imcompatibility 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/readerui.lua b/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
index dce241f6f..19d953540 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ function ReaderUI:init()
 		view = self[1],
 		ui = self
 	}
+	self.menu = self[4] -- hold reference to menu widget
+
 	if self.document.info.has_pages then
 		-- for page specific controller
 		
@@ -126,9 +128,10 @@ function ReaderUI:onClose()
 	DEBUG("closing reader")
 	self:handleEvent(Event:new("CloseDocument"))
 	self.doc_settings:flush()
-	if self.document then
+	if self.document ~= nil then
 		self.document:close()
-		self.document = false
+		self.document = nil
+		self.start_pos = nil
 	end
 	UIManager:close(self.dialog)
 	return true