diff --git a/djvu.c b/djvu.c
index 93fbd5dc1..fae6c7ad4 100644
--- a/djvu.c
+++ b/djvu.c
@@ -85,11 +85,10 @@ static int openDocument(lua_State *L) {
 	ddjvu_cache_set_size(doc->context, (unsigned long)cache_size);
 
 	doc->doc_ref = ddjvu_document_create_by_filename_utf8(doc->context, filename, TRUE);
+	if (! doc->doc_ref)
+		return luaL_error(L, "cannot open DjVu file <%s>", filename);
 	while (! ddjvu_document_decoding_done(doc->doc_ref))
 		handle(L, doc->context, True);
-	if (! doc->doc_ref) {
-		return luaL_error(L, "cannot open DjVu file <%s>", filename);
-	}
 
 	doc->pixelformat = ddjvu_format_create(DDJVU_FORMAT_GREY8, 0, NULL);
 	if (! doc->pixelformat) {
@@ -199,11 +198,10 @@ static int openPage(lua_State *L) {
 
 	/* djvulibre counts page starts from 0 */
 	page->page_ref = ddjvu_page_create_by_pageno(doc->doc_ref, pageno - 1);
+	if (! page->page_ref)
+		return luaL_error(L, "cannot open page #%d", pageno);
 	while (! ddjvu_page_decoding_done(page->page_ref))
 		handle(L, doc->context, TRUE);
-	if (! page->page_ref) {
-		return luaL_error(L, "cannot open page #%d", pageno);
-	}
 
 	page->doc = doc;
 	page->num = pageno;
@@ -259,6 +257,63 @@ static int getOriginalPageSize(lua_State *L) {
 	return 2;
 }
 
+static int getPageInfo(lua_State *L) {
+	DjvuDocument *doc = (DjvuDocument*) luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "djvudocument");
+	int pageno = luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+	ddjvu_page_t *djvu_page;
+	int page_width, page_height, page_dpi;
+	double page_gamma;
+	ddjvu_page_type_t page_type;
+	char *page_type_str;
+
+	djvu_page = ddjvu_page_create_by_pageno(doc->doc_ref, pageno - 1);
+	if (! djvu_page)
+		return luaL_error(L, "cannot create djvu_page #%d", pageno);
+
+	while (! ddjvu_page_decoding_done(djvu_page))
+		handle(L, doc->context, TRUE);
+
+	page_width = ddjvu_page_get_width(djvu_page);
+	lua_pushnumber(L, page_width);
+
+	page_height = ddjvu_page_get_height(djvu_page);
+	lua_pushnumber(L, page_height);
+
+	page_dpi = ddjvu_page_get_resolution(djvu_page);
+	lua_pushnumber(L, page_dpi);
+
+	page_gamma = ddjvu_page_get_gamma(djvu_page);
+	lua_pushnumber(L, page_gamma);
+
+	page_type = ddjvu_page_get_type(djvu_page);
+	switch (page_type) {
+		case DDJVU_PAGETYPE_UNKNOWN:
+			page_type_str = "UNKNOWN";
+			break;
+
+		case DDJVU_PAGETYPE_BITONAL:
+			page_type_str = "BITONAL";
+			break;
+
+		case DDJVU_PAGETYPE_PHOTO:
+			page_type_str = "PHOTO";
+			break;
+
+		case DDJVU_PAGETYPE_COMPOUND:
+			page_type_str = "COMPOUND";
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			page_type_str = "INVALID";
+			break;
+	}
+	lua_pushstring(L, page_type_str);
+
+	ddjvu_page_release(djvu_page);
+
+	return 5;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return a table like following:
  * {
@@ -527,6 +582,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg djvudocument_meth[] = {
 	{"getToc", getTableOfContent},
 	{"getPageText", getPageText},
 	{"getOriginalPageSize", getOriginalPageSize},
+	{"getPageInfo", getPageInfo},
 	{"close", closeDocument},
 	{"getCacheSize", getCacheSize},
 	{"cleanCache", cleanCache},
diff --git a/djvureader.lua b/djvureader.lua
index 012c0ccc2..82b517686 100644
--- a/djvureader.lua
+++ b/djvureader.lua
@@ -69,3 +69,39 @@ function DJVUReader:invertTextYAxel(pageno, text_table)
 	end
 	return text_table
 end
+
+function DJVUReader:_drawReadingInfo()
+	local width, height = G_width, G_height
+	local numpages = self.doc:getPages()
+	local load_percent = self.pageno/numpages
+	local face = Font:getFace("rifont", 20)
+	local page_width, page_height, page_dpi, page_gamma, page_type = self.doc:getPageInfo(self.pageno)
+
+	-- display memory, time, battery and DjVu info on top of page
+	fb.bb:paintRect(0, 0, width, 40+6*2, 0)
+	renderUtf8Text(fb.bb, 10, 15+6, face,
+		"M: "..
+		math.ceil( self.cache_current_memsize / 1024 ).."/"..math.ceil( self.cache_max_memsize / 1024 ).."k, "..
+		math.ceil( self.doc:getCacheSize() / 1024 ).."/"..math.ceil( self.cache_document_size / 1024 ).."k, "..
+		os.date("%a %d %b %Y %T")..
+		" ["..BatteryLevel().."]", true)
+	renderUtf8Text(fb.bb, 10, 15+6+22, face,
+		"Gm:"..string.format("%.1f",self.globalgamma).." ["..tostring(page_gamma).."], "..
+		tostring(page_width).."x"..tostring(page_height)..", "..
+		tostring(page_dpi).."dpi, "..page_type, true)
+
+	-- display reading progress on bottom of page
+	local ypos = height - 50
+	fb.bb:paintRect(0, ypos, width, 50, 0)
+	ypos = ypos + 15
+	local cur_section = self:getTocTitleOfCurrentPage()
+	if cur_section ~= "" then
+		cur_section = "Sec: "..cur_section
+	end
+	renderUtf8Text(fb.bb, 10, ypos+6, face,
+		"Page: "..self.pageno.."/"..numpages.."   "..cur_section, true)
+
+	ypos = ypos + 15
+	blitbuffer.progressBar(fb.bb, 10, ypos, width-20, 15,
+							5, 4, load_percent, 8)
+end
diff --git a/unireader.lua b/unireader.lua
index 218ed7904..f1eaee61d 100644
--- a/unireader.lua
+++ b/unireader.lua
@@ -2317,9 +2317,9 @@ function UniReader:addAllCommands()
 		end)
 	-- NuPogodi, 03.09.12 : moved the exit commands from here to the end of hotkey list 
 	self.commands:addGroup("vol-/+",{Keydef:new(KEY_VPLUS,nil),Keydef:new(KEY_VMINUS,nil)},
-		"decrease/increase gamma 25%",
+		"decrease/increase gamma 10%",
 		function(unireader,keydef)
-			unireader:modifyGamma(keydef.keycode==KEY_VPLUS and 1.25 or 0.8)
+			unireader:modifyGamma(keydef.keycode==KEY_VPLUS and 1.1 or 0.9)
 		end)
 	--numeric key group
 	local numeric_keydefs = {}