diff --git a/frontend/document/koptinterface.lua b/frontend/document/koptinterface.lua
index 8200a08b0..b659b70b9 100644
--- a/frontend/document/koptinterface.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/koptinterface.lua
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ KoptOptions = {
 						event = "RedrawCurrentPage",
 					},
 					{
-						event = "SetZoomMode", 
+						event = "RestoreZoomMode",
 						args = {"page", nil},
 					},
 				}
diff --git a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
index e38d0f669..0cfd7bd07 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function BBoxWidget:onConfirmCrop()
 	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("BBoxUpdate"), self.page_bbox)
 	self.document.bbox[self.pageno] = self.page_bbox
 	self.document.bbox[math.oddEven(self.pageno)] = self.page_bbox
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop"))
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop", true))
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onCancelCrop()
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
index 3a74cdecf..734052f3c 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 	if mode == "auto" then return end
 	self.orig_reflow_mode = self.document.configurable.text_wrap
 	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("CloseConfig"))
-	self.cropping_zoommode = true
 	self.cropping_offset = true
 	if self.orig_reflow_mode == 1 then
 		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 0
@@ -14,9 +13,8 @@ function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 		-- mode, just force readerview to recalculate visible_area
 		self.view:recalculate()
 	else
-		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page"))
+		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page", "cropping"))
 	end
-	self.cropping_zoommode = false
 	local ubbox = self.document:getPageBBox(self.current_page)
 	--DEBUG("used page bbox", ubbox)
 	self.crop_bbox = BBoxWidget:new{
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 	return true
 end
 
-function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop()
+function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop(confirmed)
 	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = self.orig_reflow_mode
 	self.view:recalculate()
 	-- Exiting should have the same look and feel with entering.
@@ -38,7 +36,12 @@ function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop()
 		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 1
 		self.view:recalculate()
 	else
-		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode))
+		if confirmed then
+			-- if original zoom mode is not "content", set zoom mode to "content"
+			self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode:find("content") and self.orig_zoom_mode or "content"))
+		else
+			self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode))
+		end
 	end
 	UIManager.repaint_all = true
 	return true
@@ -62,8 +65,8 @@ function ReaderCropping:onScreenOffsetUpdate(screen_offset)
 	end
 end
 
-function ReaderCropping:onSetZoomMode(mode)
-	if not self.cropping_zoommode then
+function ReaderCropping:onSetZoomMode(mode, orig)
+	if orig ~= "cropping" and mode then
 		--DEBUG("backup zoom mode", mode)
 		self.orig_zoom_mode = mode
 	end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerkopt.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerkopt.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2e81f456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerkopt.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
+ReaderKoptinterface = InputContainer:new{}
+
+function ReaderKoptinterface:onReadSettings(config)
+	self.normal_zoom_mode = config:readSetting("zoom_mode") or "page"
+	if self.document.configurable.text_wrap == 1 then
+		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page", "koptinterface"))
+	else
+		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.normal_zoom_mode, "koptinterface"))
+	end
+end
+
+function ReaderKoptinterface:onRestoreZoomMode(zoom_mode)
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", zoom_mode or self.normal_zoom_mode, "koptinterface"))
+	return true
+end
+
+function ReaderKoptinterface:onSetZoomMode(zoom_mode, orig)
+	if orig ~= "koptinterface" then
+		self.normal_zoom_mode = zoom_mode
+	end
+end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/readerui.lua b/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
index 52177e84e..c92edae01 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/readerui.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require "ui/reader/readertypeset"
 require "ui/reader/readermenu"
 require "ui/reader/readerconfig"
 require "ui/reader/readercropping"
+require "ui/reader/readerkopt"
 
 --[[
 This is an abstraction for a reader interface
@@ -158,6 +159,14 @@ function ReaderUI:init()
 			ui = self
 		}
 		table.insert(self, config_dialog)
+		-- koptinterface controller
+		local koptinterface = ReaderKoptinterface:new{
+			dialog = self.dialog,
+			view = self[1],
+			ui = self,
+			document = self.document,
+		}
+		table.insert(self, koptinterface)
 	end
 	--DEBUG(self.doc_settings)
 	-- we only read settings after all the widgets are initialized