diff --git a/djvu.c b/djvu.c
index 17610e551..9b9fecd4e 100644
--- a/djvu.c
+++ b/djvu.c
@@ -230,6 +230,23 @@ static int getUsedBBox(lua_State *L) {
 	return 4;
 }
 
+static int getOriginalPageSize(lua_State *L) {
+	DjvuDocument *doc = (DjvuDocument*) luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "djvudocument");
+	int pageno = luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+
+	ddjvu_status_t r;
+	ddjvu_pageinfo_t info;
+
+	while ((r=ddjvu_document_get_pageinfo(
+				   doc->doc_ref, pageno-1, &info))<DDJVU_JOB_OK) {
+		handle(L, doc->context, TRUE);
+	}
+
+	lua_pushnumber(L, info.width);
+	lua_pushnumber(L, info.height);
+
+	return 2;
+}
 
 /*
  * Return a table like following:
@@ -472,7 +489,7 @@ static int drawPage(lua_State *L) {
 static int getCacheSize(lua_State *L) {
 	DjvuDocument *doc = (DjvuDocument*) luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "djvudocument");
 	unsigned long size = ddjvu_cache_get_size(doc->context);
-	printf("## ddjvu_cache_get_size = %d\n", size);
+	printf("## ddjvu_cache_get_size = %d\n", (int)size);
 	lua_pushnumber(L, size);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -494,6 +511,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg djvudocument_meth[] = {
 	{"getPages", getNumberOfPages},
 	{"getToc", getTableOfContent},
 	{"getPageText", getPageText},
+	{"getOriginalPageSize", getOriginalPageSize},
 	{"close", closeDocument},
 	{"getCacheSize", getCacheSize},
 	{"cleanCache", cleanCache},
diff --git a/djvureader.lua b/djvureader.lua
index 9da9c511c..034b58c3d 100644
--- a/djvureader.lua
+++ b/djvureader.lua
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ function DJVUReader:getText(pageno)
 	return self.doc:getPageText(pageno)
 end
 
+-- for incompatible API fixing
+function DJVUReader:invertTextYAxel(pageno, text_table)
+	local _, height = self.doc:getOriginalPageSize(pageno)
+	for _,text in pairs(text_table) do
+		for _,line in ipairs(text) do
+			line.y0, line.y1 = (height - line.y1), (height - line.y0)
+		end
+	end
+	return text_table
+end
+
diff --git a/settings.lua b/settings.lua
index 4608ac563..e5e4204ea 100644
--- a/settings.lua
+++ b/settings.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DocSettings = {
-	}
+}
 
 function DocToHistory(fullname)
 	local i,j = 1,0
@@ -47,13 +47,22 @@ function DocSettings:open(docfile)
 				stored.jump_history = stored.jumpstack
 				stored.jumpstack = nil
 				if not stored.jump_history.cur then
-					stored.jump_history.cur = 1
+					-- set up new history head
+					stored.jump_history.cur = #stored.jump_history + 1
 				end
 			end
+			-- update variable name
 			if stored.globalzoommode ~= nil then
 				stored.globalzoom_mode = stored.globalzoommode
 				stored.globalzoommode = nil
 			end
+
+			if stored.highlight ~= nil then
+				local file_type = string.lower(string.match(docfile, ".+%.([^.]+)"))
+				if file_type == "djvu" then
+					stored.highlight.to_fix = {"djvu invert y axle"}
+				end
+			end
 			stored.version = 2012.05
 			debug("upgraded", stored)
 		end
diff --git a/unireader.lua b/unireader.lua
index a2c1e7f80..8cb3707e5 100644
--- a/unireader.lua
+++ b/unireader.lua
@@ -990,6 +990,20 @@ function UniReader:loadSettings(filename)
 
 		local highlight = self.settings:readSetting("highlight")
 		self.highlight = highlight or {}
+		if self.highlight.to_fix ~= nil then
+			for _,fix_item in ipairs(self.highlight.to_fix) do
+				if fix_item == "djvu invert y axle" then
+					InfoMessage:show("Updating HighLight data...", 1)
+					for pageno,text_table in pairs(self.highlight) do
+						if type(pageno) == "number" then
+							text_table = self:invertTextYAxel(pageno, text_table)
+						end
+					end
+				end
+			end
+			debug(self.highlight)
+			self.highlight.to_fix = nil
+		end
 
 		local bbox = self.settings:readSetting("bbox")
 		debug("bbox loaded ", bbox)