diff --git a/pdf.c b/pdf.c
index a7f2f5944..1e5b82e38 100644
--- a/pdf.c
+++ b/pdf.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static int newDrawContext(lua_State *L) {
 	dc->zoom = zoom;
 	dc->offset_x = offset_x;
 	dc->offset_y = offset_y;
+	dc->gamma = gamma;
 
 	luaL_getmetatable(L, "drawcontext");
 	lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
diff --git a/reader.lua b/reader.lua
index 47e45a5bf..23f18fa51 100755
--- a/reader.lua
+++ b/reader.lua
@@ -159,12 +159,6 @@ function setzoom(cacheslot)
 	if optarg["G"] then
 		print("gamma correction: "..optarg["G"])
 		cache[cacheslot].dc:setGamma(optarg["G"])
-	else
-		-- there's still a bug in the DC initialization in C code,
-		-- so we disable gamma correction here explicitly
-		-- (it should be disabled by default)
-		-- TODO: correct bug in C API
-		cache[cacheslot].dc:setGamma(-1.0)
 	end
 end