diff --git a/android-pdf-viewer/src/main/java/com/github/barteksc/pdfviewer/PDFView.java b/android-pdf-viewer/src/main/java/com/github/barteksc/pdfviewer/PDFView.java
index 07a98501..51f8038b 100644
--- a/android-pdf-viewer/src/main/java/com/github/barteksc/pdfviewer/PDFView.java
+++ b/android-pdf-viewer/src/main/java/com/github/barteksc/pdfviewer/PDFView.java
@@ -807,8 +807,8 @@ void loadComplete(PdfFile pdfFile) {
 
         this.pdfFile = pdfFile;
 
-        if (renderingHandlerThread == null) {
-            return;
+        if(renderingHandlerThread == null){
+            renderingHandlerThread = new HandlerThread("PDF renderer");
         }
 
         if (!renderingHandlerThread.isAlive()) {