diff --git a/src/core/MainWindow.cpp b/src/core/MainWindow.cpp
index 92f4ede8..02ef1fd2 100644
--- a/src/core/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/core/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void MainWindow::toggleOverview(bool visibility, GraphWidget *targetGraph)
             overviewDock->setUserClosed(true);
         }
     });
-    connect(overviewDock, SIGNAL(resized()), this, SLOT(forceUpdateOverview()));
+    connect(overviewDock, SIGNAL(resized()), this, SLOT(forceUpdateOverview())); // TODO: remove this, overviewDock handles resize itself!
 }
 
 void MainWindow::disconnectOverview()
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void MainWindow::disconnectOverview()
         disconnect(overviewDock->getGraphView(), SIGNAL(mouseMoved()), this, SLOT(adjustGraph()));
         disconnect(overviewDock->getGraphView(), SIGNAL(refreshBlock()), this, SLOT(updateOverviewAddr()));
         disconnect(overviewDock, &QDockWidget::dockLocationChanged, this, &MainWindow::forceUpdateOverview);
-        disconnect(overviewDock, SIGNAL(resized()), this, SLOT(forceUpdateOverview()));
+        disconnect(overviewDock, SIGNAL(resized()), this, SLOT(forceUpdateOverview())); // TODO: remove this, overviewDock handles resize itself!
     }
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ void MainWindow::forceUpdateOverview()
     if (!isOverviewActive()) {
         return;
     }
-    overviewDock->getGraphView()->useCache = false;
     setOverviewData();
     drawOverview();
 }
@@ -377,10 +376,7 @@ void MainWindow::updateOverview()
         return;
     }
     if (overviewDock->getGraphView()->currentFcnAddr != targetGraphDock->getGraphView()->currentFcnAddr) {
-        overviewDock->getGraphView()->useCache = false;
         setOverviewData();
-    } else {
-        overviewDock->getGraphView()->useCache = true;
     }
     drawOverview();
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.cpp b/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.cpp
index 451b4a61..d11d267b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.cpp
@@ -999,3 +999,10 @@ void DisassemblerGraphView::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event)
     }
     emit graphMoved();
 }
+
+void DisassemblerGraphView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
+{
+    // DisassemblerGraphView is always dirty
+    setCacheDirty();
+    GraphView::paintEvent(event);
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.h b/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.h
index cf2a2adb..b5ee6a93 100644
--- a/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.h
+++ b/src/widgets/DisassemblerGraphView.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ protected:
     void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event) override;
 
+    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
+
 private slots:
     void on_actionExportGraph_triggered();
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/GraphView.cpp b/src/widgets/GraphView.cpp
index 0ee403eb..71f1a3c1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/GraphView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/GraphView.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,42 @@ void GraphView::beginMouseDrag(QMouseEvent *event)
     viewport()->grabMouse();
 }
 
+QSize GraphView::getCacheSize()
+{
+    return
+#ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
+        useGL ? cacheSize :
+#endif
+        pixmap.size();
+}
+
+qreal GraphView::getCacheDevicePixelRatioF()
+{
+    return
+#ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
+        useGL ? 1.0 :
+#endif
+        pixmap.devicePixelRatioF();
+}
+
+QSize GraphView::getRequiredCacheSize()
+{
+    return
+#ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
+        useGL ? viewport()->size() :
+#endif
+        viewport()->size() * devicePixelRatioF();
+}
+
+qreal GraphView::getRequiredCacheDevicePixelRatioF()
+{
+    return
+#ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
+        useGL ? 1.0f :
+#endif
+        devicePixelRatioF();
+}
+
 void GraphView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
 {
 #ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
@@ -150,8 +186,15 @@ void GraphView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if(!useCache || !qFuzzyCompare(devicePixelRatioF(), pixmap.devicePixelRatioF())) {
+    if (!qFuzzyCompare(getCacheDevicePixelRatioF(), getRequiredCacheDevicePixelRatioF())
+        || getCacheSize() != getRequiredCacheSize()) {
+        setCacheDirty();
+    }
+
+    bool cacheWasDirty = cacheDirty;
+    if(cacheDirty) {
         paintGraphCache();
+        cacheDirty = false;
     }
 
     if (useGL) {
@@ -159,20 +202,19 @@ void GraphView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
         auto gl = glWidget->context()->extraFunctions();
         gl->glBindFramebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, cacheFBO);
         gl->glBindFramebuffer(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, glWidget->defaultFramebufferObject());
-        gl->glBlitFramebuffer(0, 0, viewport()->width(), viewport()->height(),
+        gl->glBlitFramebuffer(0, 0, cacheSize.width(), cacheSize.height(),
                               0, 0, viewport()->width(), viewport()->height(),
                               GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_NEAREST);
         glWidget->doneCurrent();
 #endif
     } else {
         QRectF target(0.0, 0.0, viewport()->width(), viewport()->height());
-        QRectF source(0.0, 0.0, viewport()->width() * pixmap.devicePixelRatioF(),
-            viewport()->height() * pixmap.devicePixelRatioF());
+        QRectF source(0.0, 0.0, pixmap.width(), pixmap.height());
         QPainter p(viewport());
         p.drawPixmap(target, pixmap, source);
     }
 
-    if(!useCache) { // TODO: does this condition make sense?
+    if(cacheWasDirty) { // TODO: does this condition make sense?
         emit refreshBlock();
     }
 }
@@ -219,7 +261,7 @@ void GraphView::paintGraphCache()
 #endif
     } else {
         auto dpr = devicePixelRatioF();
-        pixmap = QPixmap(int(viewport()->width() * dpr), int(viewport()->height() * dpr));
+        pixmap = QPixmap(getRequiredCacheSize());
         pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(dpr);
         p.begin(&pixmap);
         p.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
diff --git a/src/widgets/GraphView.h b/src/widgets/GraphView.h
index c49d5d41..5943e141 100644
--- a/src/widgets/GraphView.h
+++ b/src/widgets/GraphView.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public:
     explicit GraphView(QWidget *parent);
     ~GraphView() override;
 
-    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
-
     void showBlock(GraphBlock &block);
     void showBlock(GraphBlock *block);
 
@@ -51,11 +49,6 @@ public:
 
     QPoint offset = QPoint(0, 0);
 
-    /**
-     * @brief flag to control if the cached pixmap should be used
-     */
-    bool useCache = false;
-
     /**
      * @brief keep the current addr of the fcn of Graph
      * Everytime overview updates its contents, it compares this value with the one in Graph
@@ -70,6 +63,7 @@ protected:
     // Padding inside the block
     int block_padding = 16;
 
+    void setCacheDirty()    { cacheDirty = true; }
 
     void addBlock(GraphView::GraphBlock block);
     void setEntry(ut64 e);
@@ -93,6 +87,8 @@ protected:
     void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
     void mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
 
+    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
+
     void center();
     void centerX();
     void centerY();
@@ -132,6 +128,15 @@ private:
     QOpenGLWidget *glWidget;
 #endif
 
+    /**
+     * @brief flag to control if the cache is invalid and should be re-created in the next draw
+     */
+    bool cacheDirty = true;
+    QSize getCacheSize();
+    qreal getCacheDevicePixelRatioF();
+    QSize getRequiredCacheSize();
+    qreal getRequiredCacheDevicePixelRatioF();
+
     QPolygonF recalculatePolygon(QPolygonF polygon);
     void beginMouseDrag(QMouseEvent *event);
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/OverviewView.cpp b/src/widgets/OverviewView.cpp
index 52c73b1a..a86bf313 100644
--- a/src/widgets/OverviewView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/OverviewView.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void OverviewView::setData(int baseWidth, int baseHeight,
     blocks = baseBlocks;
     edgeConfigurations = baseEdgeConfigurations;
     scaleAndCenter();
+    setCacheDirty();
 }
 
 OverviewView::~OverviewView()
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ void OverviewView::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     qreal x = event->localPos().x() - w / 2;
     qreal y = event->localPos().y() - h / 2;
     rangeRect = QRectF(x, y, w, h);
-    useCache = true;
     viewport()->update();
     emit mouseMoved();
     mouseContainsRect(event);
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ void OverviewView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     qreal x = event->localPos().x() - initialDiff.x();
     qreal y = event->localPos().y() - initialDiff.y();
     rangeRect = QRectF(x, y, rangeRect.width(), rangeRect.height());
-    useCache = true;
     viewport()->update();
     emit mouseMoved();
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/OverviewView.h b/src/widgets/OverviewView.h
index d2c52389..1e5f21f9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/OverviewView.h
+++ b/src/widgets/OverviewView.h
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ protected:
      */
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event) override;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief override the paintEvent to draw the rect on Overview
+     */
+    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
+
 private:
     /**
      * @brief this will be handled in mouse events to move the rect properly
@@ -100,11 +105,6 @@ private:
     virtual GraphView::EdgeConfiguration edgeConfiguration(GraphView::GraphBlock &from,
                                                            GraphView::GraphBlock *to) override;
 
-    /**
-     * @brief override the paintEvent to draw the rect on Overview
-     */
-    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
-
     /**
      * @brief if the mouse is in the rect in Overview.
      */