diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index 2f3642647..fe3b226a7 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
   preferenceSidebarViewOnLoad: SidebarView.NONE,
   preferencePdfBugEnabled: false,
   preferenceShowPreviousViewOnLoad: true,
+  preferenceDefaultZoomValue: '',
   isViewerEmbedded: (window.parent !== window),
   url: '',
 
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
           window.history.replaceState(null, '');
         }
       }),
+      Preferences.get('defaultZoomValue').then(function resolved(value) {
+        self.preferenceDefaultZoomValue = value;
+      }),
       Preferences.get('disableTextLayer').then(function resolved(value) {
         if (PDFJS.disableTextLayer === true) {
           return;
@@ -259,7 +263,6 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
       Preferences.get('useOnlyCssZoom').then(function resolved(value) {
         PDFJS.useOnlyCssZoom = value;
       })
-
       // TODO move more preferences and other async stuff here
     ]).catch(function (reason) { });
 
@@ -885,29 +888,21 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
       }
     });
 
-    // Fetch the necessary preference values.
-    var defaultZoomValue;
-    var defaultZoomValuePromise =
-      Preferences.get('defaultZoomValue').then(function (prefValue) {
-        defaultZoomValue = prefValue;
-      });
-
     var storePromise = store.initializedPromise;
-    Promise.all([firstPagePromise, storePromise, defaultZoomValuePromise]).then(
-        function resolved() {
+    Promise.all([firstPagePromise, storePromise]).then(function resolved() {
       var storedHash = null;
       if (PDFViewerApplication.preferenceShowPreviousViewOnLoad &&
           store.get('exists', false)) {
         var pageNum = store.get('page', '1');
-        var zoom = defaultZoomValue ||
+        var zoom = self.preferenceDefaultZoomValue ||
                    store.get('zoom', self.pdfViewer.currentScale);
         var left = store.get('scrollLeft', '0');
         var top = store.get('scrollTop', '0');
 
         storedHash = 'page=' + pageNum + '&zoom=' + zoom + ',' +
                      left + ',' + top;
-      } else if (defaultZoomValue) {
-        storedHash = 'page=1&zoom=' + defaultZoomValue;
+      } else if (self.preferenceDefaultZoomValue) {
+        storedHash = 'page=1&zoom=' + self.preferenceDefaultZoomValue;
       }
       self.setInitialView(storedHash, scale);