diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 568d73d7..451e7a33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ if (LSB_RELEASE_ID_SHORT STREQUAL "Ubuntu" AND LSB_RELEASE_NUMBER_SHORT STREQUAL
   message ("Automatically set BUILD_POPPLER ON on Ubuntu 16.04")
 endif()
 
+set (POPPLER_MIN_VER "0.58")
+set (POPPLER_MAX_VER  "0.68")
+set (POPPLER_BUILD_FROM "git" CACHE STRING "Source to build poppler from: git (default), tarball, sourcefolder")
 set (POPPLER_GIT_VER "0.61.1" CACHE STRING "Version of Poppler to build")
-option (POPPLER_GIT "Use git version of Poppler" ON)
-set(POPPLER_DIR "/path/to/poppler/source" CACHE STRING "Directory with poppler")
+set (POPPLER_SRC_DIR "/path/to/poppler/source" CACHE STRING "Directory with poppler source")
+set (POPPLER_SRC_TARXZ "/path/to/poppler.tar.xz" CACHE STRING "Tarball file location")
+
 if (BUILD_POPPLER)
   # For documentation see https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/cmake/RPATH-handling
   set(POPPLER_LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/xournalpplib)
@@ -129,8 +133,7 @@ if (BUILD_POPPLER)
   include (ExternalProject)
   set (POPPLER_PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/poppler-prefix")
   set (POPPLER_CMAKE_ARGS "-DBUILD_QT5_TESTS=OFF -DENABLE_UTILS=OFF -DENABLE_QT5=OFF -DENABLE_QT4=OFF -DBUILD_QT4_TESTS=OFF")
-  if (POPPLER_GIT)
-
+  if (POPPLER_BUILD_FROM STREQUAL "git")
     ExternalProject_Add (poppler
         GIT_REPOSITORY "git://git.freedesktop.org/git/poppler/poppler"
         GIT_TAG "poppler-${POPPLER_GIT_VER}"
@@ -139,14 +142,24 @@ if (BUILD_POPPLER)
         CMAKE_ARGS ${POPPLER_CMAKE_ARGS}
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     )
-  else ()
-     ExternalProject_Add (poppler
-        SOURCE_DIR "${POPPLER_DIR}"
+  elseif (POPPLER_BUILD_FROM STREQUAL "sourcefolder")
+    ExternalProject_Add (poppler
+        SOURCE_DIR "${POPPLER_SRC_DIR}"
         PREFIX "${POPPLER_PREFIX}"
 
         CMAKE_ARGS ${POPPLER_CMAKE_ARGS}
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     )
+  elseif (POPPLER_BUILD_FROM STREQUAL "tarball")
+	ExternalProject_Add (poppler
+        URL "${POPPLER_SRC_TARXZ}"
+        PREFIX "${POPPLER_PREFIX}"
+
+        CMAKE_ARGS ${POPPLER_CMAKE_ARGS}
+		INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    )
+  else ()
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "Source to build poppler from must be: git (default), sourcefolder or tarball")
   endif()
   
   # Additional packages required by Poppler
@@ -207,9 +220,13 @@ if (BUILD_POPPLER)
 
 else ()
 
-  find_package (Poppler 0.58.0)
+  find_package (Poppler)
   if (NOT POPPLER_FOUND)
     message (FATAL_ERROR "Poppler not found – you should enable BUILD_POPPLER CMake flag")
+  elseif (POPPLER_VERSION VERSION_LESS ${POPPLER_MIN_VER})
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "Poppler too old - you should enable BUILD_POPPLER CMake flag")
+  elseif (POPPLER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER ${POPPLER_MAX_VER})
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "Poppler too new, Xournalpp has not been adapted jet - you should enable BUILD_POPPLER CMake flag")
   endif (NOT POPPLER_FOUND)
 
 endif ()
diff --git a/src/gui/PageView.cpp b/src/gui/PageView.cpp
index da92389d..56e91431 100644
--- a/src/gui/PageView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/PageView.cpp
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ bool XojPageView::actionDelete()
 	return false;
 }
 
-void XojPageView::drawLoadingPage()
+void XojPageView::drawLoadingPage(cairo_t* cr)
 {
 	XOJ_CHECK_TYPE(XojPageView);
 
@@ -895,24 +895,21 @@ void XojPageView::drawLoadingPage()
 	int dispWidth = getDisplayWidth();
 	int dispHeight = getDisplayHeight();
 
-	this->crBuffer = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, dispWidth, dispHeight);
-	cairo_t* cr2 = cairo_create(this->crBuffer);
-	cairo_set_source_rgb(cr2, 1, 1, 1);
-	cairo_rectangle(cr2, 0, 0, dispWidth, dispHeight);
-	cairo_fill(cr2);
+	cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 1, 1, 1);
+	cairo_rectangle(cr, 0, 0, dispWidth, dispHeight);
+	cairo_fill(cr);
 
-	cairo_scale(cr2, zoom, zoom);
+	cairo_scale(cr, zoom, zoom);
 
+	cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
+	cairo_select_font_face(cr, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD);
+	cairo_set_font_size(cr, 32.0);
 	cairo_text_extents_t ex;
-	cairo_set_source_rgb(cr2, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
-	cairo_select_font_face(cr2, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD);
-	cairo_set_font_size(cr2, 32.0);
-	cairo_text_extents(cr2, txtLoading.c_str(), &ex);
-	cairo_move_to(cr2, (page->getWidth() - ex.width) / 2 - ex.x_bearing,
-					   (page->getHeight() - ex.height) / 2 - ex.y_bearing);
-	cairo_show_text(cr2, txtLoading.c_str());
-
-	cairo_destroy(cr2);
+	cairo_text_extents(cr, txtLoading.c_str(), &ex);
+	cairo_move_to(cr, (page->getWidth() - ex.width) / 2 - ex.x_bearing,
+					  (page->getHeight() - ex.height) / 2 - ex.y_bearing);
+	cairo_show_text(cr, txtLoading.c_str());
+
 	rerenderPage();
 }
 
@@ -925,7 +922,8 @@ void XojPageView::paintPageSync(cairo_t* cr, GdkRectangle* rect)
 
 	if (this->crBuffer == NULL)
 	{
-		drawLoadingPage();
+		drawLoadingPage(cr);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	double zoom = xournal->getZoom();
diff --git a/src/gui/PageView.h b/src/gui/PageView.h
index d8c3701f..6b2412f4 100644
--- a/src/gui/PageView.h
+++ b/src/gui/PageView.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private:
 
 	void addRerenderRect(double x, double y, double width, double height);
 
-	void drawLoadingPage();
+	void drawLoadingPage(cairo_t* cr);
 
 public:
 	/**
diff --git a/src/gui/dialog/SelectBackgroundColorDialog.cpp b/src/gui/dialog/SelectBackgroundColorDialog.cpp
index eba9eaef..28257984 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialog/SelectBackgroundColorDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialog/SelectBackgroundColorDialog.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const int backgroundXournalCount = sizeof(backgroundXournal) / sizeof(GdkRGBA);
 
 SelectBackgroundColorDialog::SelectBackgroundColorDialog(Control* control)
  : control(control),
-   lastBackgroundColors({
+   lastBackgroundColors{
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff),
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff),
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff),
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ SelectBackgroundColorDialog::SelectBackgroundColorDialog(Control* control)
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff),
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff),
 	RGBA_FROM_HEX(0xffffff)
-   }),
+   },
    selected(-1)
 {
 	XOJ_INIT_TYPE(SelectBackgroundColorDialog);