diff --git a/dialog.lua b/dialog.lua
index b46303d90..299dce0d4 100644
--- a/dialog.lua
+++ b/dialog.lua
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ function InfoMessage:incrTTSspeed(direction) -- either +1 or -1
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:getTTSspeed()
+	if util.isEmulated() == 1 then
+		return 0
+	end
 	local tmp = io.popen('lipc-get-prop com.lab126.tts TtsISpeed', "r")
 	local speed = tmp:read("*number")
 	tmp:close()
@@ -234,6 +237,9 @@ function InfoMessage:incrSoundVolume(direction) -- either +1 or -1
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:getSoundVolume()
+	if util.isEmulated() == 1 then
+		return 0
+	end
 	local tmp = io.popen('lipc-get-prop com.lab126.audio Volume', "r")
 	local volume = tmp:read("*number")
 	tmp:close()
diff --git a/unireader.lua b/unireader.lua
index 5f1a749ef..c1f59934a 100644
--- a/unireader.lua
+++ b/unireader.lua
@@ -1512,7 +1512,8 @@ end
 
 -- change current page and cache next page after rendering
 function UniReader:goto(no, is_ignore_jump)
-	if no < 1 or no > self.doc:getPages() then
+	local numpages = self.doc:getPages()
+	if no < 1 or no > numpages then
 		return
 	end
 
@@ -1529,9 +1530,11 @@ function UniReader:goto(no, is_ignore_jump)
 
 	-- TODO: move the following to a more appropriate place
 	-- into the caching section
-	if no < self.doc:getPages() then
+	if no < numpages then
 		if #self.bbox == 0 or not self.bbox.enabled then
 			-- pre-cache next page, but if we will modify bbox don't!
+			-- Tigran: I think we should _always_ precache the page
+			-- because of the benefits of pre-decoding it (for DjVu).
 			self:drawOrCache(no+1, true)
 		end
 	end