diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
index 810c456494..f42a9348c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.widget.SeekBar
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegate
 import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils
 import androidx.core.view.GestureDetectorCompat
+import androidx.core.view.isVisible
 import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog
 import com.davemorrissey.labs.subscaleview.SubsamplingScaleImageView
 import com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetBehavior
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ class ReaderActivity :
 
         if (savedInstanceState != null) {
             menuVisible = savedInstanceState.getBoolean(::menuVisible.name)
+            binding.readerNav.root.isVisible = menuVisible
+        } else {
+            binding.readerNav.root.gone()
         }
 
         binding.chaptersSheet.chaptersBottomSheet.setup(this)
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ class ReaderActivity :
                         return@setOnTouchListener false
                     }
                     if (it == pageSeekbar) {
-                        readerNavGestureDetector.lockVertical
+                        readerNavGestureDetector.lockVertical || !readerNavGestureDetector.hasScrollHorizontal
                     } else {
                         result
                     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderNavGestureDetector.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderNavGestureDetector.kt
index 9968085222..0149dee716 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderNavGestureDetector.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderNavGestureDetector.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ReaderNavGestureDetector(private val activity: ReaderActivity) : GestureDe
         val newDistanceX = (e1?.rawX ?: 0f) - (e2?.rawX ?: 0f)
         val newDistanceY = (e1?.rawY ?: 0f) - (e2?.rawY ?: 0f)
         if ((!hasScrollHorizontal || lockVertical) && e2 != null) {
-            hasScrollHorizontal = abs(newDistanceX) > abs(newDistanceY) && abs(newDistanceX) > 80
+            hasScrollHorizontal = abs(newDistanceX) > abs(newDistanceY) && abs(newDistanceX) > 60
 
             val modE = MotionEvent.obtain(e2)
             modE.setLocation(