diff --git a/buildScripts/versionEnvs b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
index f38df05..5f552a6 100755
--- a/buildScripts/versionEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.86.1
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.86.0
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.85.0
-#export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.84.0
-export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.83.0
+export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.84.0
+#export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.83.0
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.82.0
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.81.0
 
diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc b/pdf2htmlEX/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
index 757f0a1..1f6c184 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ SplashBackgroundRenderer::SplashBackgroundRenderer(const string & imgFormat, HTM
 void SplashBackgroundRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef *xrefA)
 {
     SplashOutputDev::startPage(pageNum, state, xrefA);
-    clearModRegion();
 }
 
 void SplashBackgroundRenderer::drawChar(GfxState *state, double x, double y,
@@ -127,8 +126,16 @@ void SplashBackgroundRenderer::embed_image(int pageno)
 {
     // xmin->xmax is top->bottom
     int xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax;
-    getModRegion(&xmin, &ymin, &xmax, &ymax);
-
+// poppler-0.84.0 hack to recover from the removal of *ModRegion tracking 
+//
+	auto * bitmap = getBitmap();
+	xmin = 0;
+	xmax = bitmap->getWidth();
+	ymin = 0;
+	ymax = bitmap->getHeight();
+//
+// end of hack
+	
     // dump the background image only when it is not empty
     if((xmin <= xmax) && (ymin <= ymax))
     {