diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4d5e8854f..7c8d8e959 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+// This does not break the build when Android Studio is missing the JRebel for Android plugin.
+apply plugin: 'com.zeroturnaround.jrebel.android'
 apply plugin: 'com.neenbedankt.android-apt'
 apply plugin: 'me.tatarka.retrolambda'
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:3.1.0'
     compile 'uk.co.ribot:easyadapter:1.5.0@aar'
     compile 'ch.acra:acra:4.6.2'
+    compile 'com.github.castorflex.verticalviewpager:library:19.0.1'
     compile 'com.davemorrissey.labs:subsampling-scale-image-view:3.4.1'
     compile "frankiesardo:icepick:$ICEPICK_VERSION"
     provided "frankiesardo:icepick-processor:$ICEPICK_VERSION"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/activity/ReaderActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/activity/ReaderActivity.java
index 8950bdd3f..6df3e43b7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/activity/ReaderActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/activity/ReaderActivity.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class ReaderActivity extends BaseRxActivity<ReaderPresenter> {
 
         createAdapter();
         setupViewPager();
+        enableHardwareAcceleration();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -122,4 +123,10 @@ public class ReaderActivity extends BaseRxActivity<ReaderPresenter> {
 
     }
 
+    public void enableHardwareAcceleration() {
+        getWindow().setFlags(
+                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_HARDWARE_ACCELERATED,
+                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_HARDWARE_ACCELERATED);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/fragment/ReaderPageFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/fragment/ReaderPageFragment.java
index 58de69606..61fc4363e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/fragment/ReaderPageFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/ui/fragment/ReaderPageFragment.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.davemorrissey.labs.subscaleview.SubsamplingScaleImageView;
 import eu.kanade.mangafeed.R;
 import eu.kanade.mangafeed.data.models.Page;
 import eu.kanade.mangafeed.ui.activity.ReaderActivity;
+import eu.kanade.mangafeed.util.MangaImageRegionDecoder;
 import eu.kanade.mangafeed.util.PageFileTarget;
 
 public class ReaderPageFragment extends Fragment {
@@ -52,9 +53,12 @@ public class ReaderPageFragment extends Fragment {
     }
 
     private void loadImage() {
-        Glide.with(getActivity())
-                .load(mUrl)
-                .downloadOnly(new PageFileTarget(imageView));
+        if (mUrl != null) {
+            Glide.with(getActivity())
+                    .load(mUrl)
+                    .downloadOnly(new PageFileTarget(imageView));
+        }
+
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -65,36 +69,10 @@ public class ReaderPageFragment extends Fragment {
         imageView.setMinimumScaleType(SubsamplingScaleImageView.SCALE_TYPE_CENTER_INSIDE);
         imageView.setOnTouchListener((view, motionEvent) ->
                 ((ReaderActivity) getActivity()).getViewPager().onImageTouch(motionEvent));
-        imageView.setOnImageEventListener(new SubsamplingScaleImageView.OnImageEventListener() {
-            @Override
-            public void onReady() {
-                imageView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-            }
 
-            @Override
-            public void onImageLoaded() {
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onPreviewLoadError(Exception e) {
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onImageLoadError(Exception e) {
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onTileLoadError(Exception e) {
-            }
-        });
+        loadImage();
 
         return imageView;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
-        loadImage();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/util/PageFileTarget.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/util/PageFileTarget.java
index a94a9d45f..7470daedd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/util/PageFileTarget.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/mangafeed/util/PageFileTarget.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import eu.kanade.mangafeed.R;
 
 public class PageFileTarget extends ViewTarget<SubsamplingScaleImageView, File> {
-    public static final String TAG = PageFileTarget.class.getSimpleName();
 
     public PageFileTarget(SubsamplingScaleImageView view) {
         super(view);
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ public class PageFileTarget extends ViewTarget<SubsamplingScaleImageView, File>
 
     @Override
     public void onResourceReady(File resource, GlideAnimation<? super File> glideAnimation) {
-        view.setImage(ImageSource.uri(Uri.fromFile(resource)));
+        view.setImage(ImageSource.uri(Uri.fromFile(resource))
+                .tilingDisabled());
     }
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2384b2907..d591678ac 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://repos.zeroturnaround.com/nexus/content/repositories/zt-public-releases'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.0'
+        // This does not break the build when Android Studio is missing the JRebel for Android plugin.
+        classpath 'com.zeroturnaround.jrebel.android:jr-android-gradle:0.9.+'
         classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.7'
         classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.2.3'
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong