diff --git a/share/hide_pages.js b/share/hide_pages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc513fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/hide_pages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* hide all pages */
+(function(){
+ var s = '.p{display:none;}';
+ var n = document.createElement("style");
+ n.type = "text/css";
+ if (n.styleSheet) {
+  n.styleSheet.cssText = s;
+ } else {
+  n.appendChild(document.createTextNode(s));
+ }
+ document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(n);
+})();
diff --git a/share/manifest b/share/manifest
index 1ff5e1e..a657bc1 100644
--- a/share/manifest
+++ b/share/manifest
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 @base.css
 $css
 @jquery.js
+@hide_pages.js
 
 """
 <title></title>
diff --git a/share/scroll.js b/share/scroll.js
index c07a7e1..c9692f4 100644
--- a/share/scroll.js
+++ b/share/scroll.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ $(function() {
       $main  = $("#pdf-main"),
       l = $pages.length;
 
-  $pages.hide();
-
   function isPageVisible(i, H) {
     var $pw = $($pageWrappers[i]),
         t   = $pw.offset().top,