diff --git a/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in b/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
index 6c1a432..2a363e4 100644
--- a/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
+++ b/share/pdf2htmlEX.js.in
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ var pdf2htmlEX = (function(){
       this.container.add(this.outline).on('click', '.'+CSS_CLASS_NAMES['link'], this, this.link_handler);
 
       // disable background image draging
-      $('.'+CSS_CLASS_NAMES['background_image'], this.container).on('dragstart', function(e){return false;});
+      $('img', this.container).on('dragstart', function(e){return false;});
 
       this.render();
 
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
index dc7ae3a..4a95794 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ void HTMLRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef * xref)
             << " " << CSS::PAGE_CONTENT_BOX_CN << pageNum
             << "\">";
 
+    /* an empty div to prevent selection blinks */
+    f_pages.fs << "<div></div>";
+
     if(param.process_nontext)
     {
         f_pages.fs << "<img class=\"" << CSS::BACKGROUND_IMAGE_CN