diff --git a/web/base_viewer.js b/web/base_viewer.js
index ff2840cc6..b872ccac5 100644
--- a/web/base_viewer.js
+++ b/web/base_viewer.js
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ class BaseViewer {
     } else {
       this.renderingQueue = options.renderingQueue;
     }
-
     this._doc = document.documentElement;
 
     this.scroll = watchScroll(this.container, this._scrollUpdate.bind(this));
@@ -708,7 +707,6 @@ class BaseViewer {
       }
       return;
     }
-
     this._doc.style.setProperty("--zoom-factor", newScale);
 
     for (let i = 0, ii = this._pages.length; i < ii; i++) {
diff --git a/web/pdf_page_view.js b/web/pdf_page_view.js
index b959657f3..9efa40543 100644
--- a/web/pdf_page_view.js
+++ b/web/pdf_page_view.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class PDFPageView {
     this.renderingState = RenderingStates.INITIAL;
     this.resume = null;
     this._renderError = null;
+    this._isStandalone = !this.renderingQueue?.hasViewer();
 
     this.annotationLayer = null;
     this.textLayer = null;
@@ -281,6 +282,10 @@ class PDFPageView {
     if (optionalContentConfigPromise instanceof Promise) {
       this._optionalContentConfigPromise = optionalContentConfigPromise;
     }
+    if (this._isStandalone) {
+      const doc = document.documentElement;
+      doc.style.setProperty("--zoom-factor", this.scale);
+    }
 
     const totalRotation = (this.rotation + this.pdfPageRotate) % 360;
     this.viewport = this.viewport.clone({
diff --git a/web/pdf_rendering_queue.js b/web/pdf_rendering_queue.js
index 20f91f30e..5de17d084 100644
--- a/web/pdf_rendering_queue.js
+++ b/web/pdf_rendering_queue.js
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ class PDFRenderingQueue {
     return this.highestPriorityPage === view.renderingId;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  hasViewer() {
+    return !!this.pdfViewer;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {Object} currentlyVisiblePages
    */