diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0390a89d5..93bd9b3bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ bootstrapemu:
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/koreader-base || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../$(KOR_BASE)/koreader-base ./)
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/extr || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../$(KOR_BASE)/extr ./)
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/reader.lua || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../reader.lua ./)
-	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/history || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && mkdir history)
+	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/history || (mkdir $(EMU_DIR)/history)
 
 customupdate: $(KOR_BASE)/koreader-base $(KOR_BASE)/extr
 	# ensure that the binaries were built for ARM
diff --git a/frontend/document/document.lua b/frontend/document/document.lua
index 1ed675564..bc460d000 100644
--- a/frontend/document/document.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/document.lua
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ This method returns pagesize if bbox is corrupted
 function Document:getUsedBBoxDimensions(pageno, zoom, rotation)
 	local bbox = self:getPageBBox(pageno)
 	local ubbox_dimen = nil
-	if bbox.x0 < 0 or bbox.y0 < 0 or bbox.x1 < 0 or bbox.y1 < 0 then
+	if (bbox.x0 < 0) or (bbox.y0 < 0) or (bbox.x1 < 0) or (bbox.y1 < 0)
+	or (bbox.x0 == bbox.x1) or (bbox.y0 == bbox.y1) then
 		-- if document's bbox info is corrupted, we use the page size
 		ubbox_dimen = self:getPageDimensions(pageno, zoom, rotation)
 	else