diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 69659ad3b..40305aa20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ifdef SBOX_UNAME_MACHINE
 endif
 HOSTCC:=gcc
 HOSTCXX:=g++
+HOSTAR:=ar
 
 # Base CFLAGS, without arch. We'll need it for luajit, because its Makefiles do some tricky stuff to differentiate HOST/TARGET
 BASE_CFLAGS:=-O2 -ffast-math -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ endif
 ifdef EMULATE_READER
 	CC:=$(HOSTCC) -g
 	CXX:=$(HOSTCXX)
+	AR:=$(HOSTAR)
 	EMULATE_READER_W?=824
 	EMULATE_READER_H?=1200
 	EMU_CFLAGS?=$(shell sdl-config --cflags)
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ cleanthirdparty:
 	rm -rf $(DJVUDIR)/build
 	rm -f $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host
 	rm -f $(MUPDFDIR)/cmapdump.host
+	rm -rf $(POPENNSLIB)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(POPENNSDIR) clean
 
 $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host:
diff --git a/unireader.lua b/unireader.lua
index a40d6edf6..5f1a749ef 100644
--- a/unireader.lua
+++ b/unireader.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ UniReader = {
 
 	-- framebuffer update policy state:
 	rcount = 5,
-	rcountmax = 5,
+	-- default to full refresh on every page turn
+	rcountmax = 0,
 
 	-- zoom state:
 	globalzoom = 1.0,