diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
index 4b9ddb94e..a91b246f8 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerfooter.lua
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ function ReaderFooter:updateFooterPos()
 end
 
 -- updateFooterText will start as a noop. After onReaderReady event is
--- received, it will initialized as _updateFooterText
+-- received, it will initialized as _updateFooterText below
 function ReaderFooter:updateFooterText()
 end
 
@@ -484,7 +484,12 @@ function ReaderFooter:onHoldFooter(arg, ges)
 end
 
 function ReaderFooter:onSetStatusLine(status_line)
-    self.view.footer_visible = (status_line == 1)
+    -- 1 is min progress bar while 0 is full cre header progress bar
+    if status_line == 1 then
+        self.view.footer_visible = (self.mode ~= MODE.off)
+    else
+        self:applyFooterMode(MODE.off)
+    end
     self.ui.document:setStatusLineProp(status_line)
     self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("UpdatePos"))
 end
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
index de8726bb1..ba4a1af70 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerview.lua
@@ -643,8 +643,7 @@ function ReaderView:onReadSettings(config)
     end
     self.state.gamma = config:readSetting("gamma") or DGLOBALGAMMA
     local full_screen = config:readSetting("kopt_full_screen") or self.document.configurable.full_screen
-    local status_line = config:readSetting("copt_status_line") or self.document.configurable.status_line
-    if full_screen == 0 or status_line == 0 then
+    if full_screen == 0 then
         self.footer_visible = false
     end
     self:resetLayout()
diff --git a/spec/unit/readerfooter_spec.lua b/spec/unit/readerfooter_spec.lua
index b1b68164d..cf3664774 100644
--- a/spec/unit/readerfooter_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/unit/readerfooter_spec.lua
@@ -315,4 +315,28 @@ describe("Readerfooter module", function()
         end
         assert.is.same(0, found)
     end)
+
+    it("should toggle between full and min progress bar for cre documents", function()
+        local sample_txt = "spec/front/unit/data/sample.txt"
+        local readerui = ReaderUI:new{
+            document = DocumentRegistry:openDocument(sample_txt),
+        }
+        local footer = readerui.view.footer
+
+        footer:applyFooterMode(0)
+        assert.is.same(0, footer.mode)
+        assert.falsy(readerui.view.footer_visible)
+        readerui.view.footer:onSetStatusLine(1)
+        assert.is.same(0, footer.mode)
+        assert.falsy(readerui.view.footer_visible)
+
+        footer.mode = 1
+        readerui.view.footer:onSetStatusLine(1)
+        assert.is.same(1, footer.mode)
+        assert.truthy(readerui.view.footer_visible)
+
+        readerui.view.footer:onSetStatusLine(0)
+        assert.is.same(0, footer.mode)
+        assert.falsy(readerui.view.footer_visible)
+    end)
 end)