diff --git a/client/CSpellWindow.cpp b/client/CSpellWindow.cpp
index 36c269967..234ac128e 100644
--- a/client/CSpellWindow.cpp
+++ b/client/CSpellWindow.cpp
@@ -516,13 +516,20 @@ void CSpellWindow::deactivate()
 void CSpellWindow::turnPageLeft()
 {
 	if (settings["video"]["spellbookAnimation"].Bool())
+	{
+		CCS->videoh->setScaling(false);
 		CCS->videoh->openAndPlayVideo("PGTRNLFT.SMK", pos.x+13, pos.y+15, screen);
+	}
+		
 }
 
 void CSpellWindow::turnPageRight()
 {
 	if (settings["video"]["spellbookAnimation"].Bool())
+	{
+		CCS->videoh->setScaling(false);
 		CCS->videoh->openAndPlayVideo("PGTRNRGH.SMK", pos.x+13, pos.y+15, screen);
+	}		
 }
 
 void CSpellWindow::keyPressed(const SDL_KeyboardEvent & key)
diff --git a/client/CVideoHandler.cpp b/client/CVideoHandler.cpp
index 88d0f4c9f..608042bb1 100644
--- a/client/CVideoHandler.cpp
+++ b/client/CVideoHandler.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ CVideoPlayer::CVideoPlayer()
 	// combination of av_register_input_format() /
 	// av_register_output_format() / av_register_protocol() instead.
 	av_register_all();
+	
+	doScale = true;
 }
 
 bool CVideoPlayer::open(std::string fname)
diff --git a/client/CVideoHandler.h b/client/CVideoHandler.h
index a826aefd1..f47226857 100644
--- a/client/CVideoHandler.h
+++ b/client/CVideoHandler.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public:
 	virtual bool wait()=0;
 	virtual int curFrame() const =0;
 	virtual int frameCount() const =0;
+	
+	virtual void setScaling(bool enabled) =0;
 
 };
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void close() {};
 	virtual bool wait() {return false;};
 	virtual bool open( std::string name ) {return false;};
+	void setScaling(bool enabled) override {};
 };
 
 
@@ -83,6 +86,8 @@ class CVideoPlayer : public IMainVideoPlayer
 	int refreshWait; // Wait several refresh before updating the image
 	int refreshCount;
 	bool doLoop;				// loop through video
+	
+	bool doScale;
 
 	bool playVideo(int x, int y, SDL_Surface *dst, bool stopOnKey);
 	bool open(std::string fname, bool loop, bool useOverlay = false);
@@ -108,6 +113,8 @@ public:
 	int curFrame() const {return -1;};
 	int frameCount() const {return -1;};
 
+	void setScaling(bool enabled) override {doScale = enabled;};
+
 	// public to allow access from ffmpeg IO functions
 	std::unique_ptr<CInputStream> data;
 };