diff --git a/jquery.scroll.js b/jquery.scroll.js
index 26d0308..106505f 100644
--- a/jquery.scroll.js
+++ b/jquery.scroll.js
@@ -34,21 +34,21 @@
  *    |  |                 |  +------+   |
  *    |  |                 |  | +--+ |   |
  *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
- *    |  |                 |  | | <-------------- handle
- *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
- *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
- *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
- *    |  |                 |  | +--+ |   |
- *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
- *    |  |                 |  |   <-------------- handle container
- *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  | | <-------------- handle
+ *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  | |  | |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  | +--+ |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |   <-------------- handle container
+ *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
  *    |  |         <----------------------------- pane
- *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
- *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
- *    |  |                 |  +------+   |
- *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
- *    |  |                 |  |   <-------------- handle arrow down
- *    |  +-----------------+  +------+   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  +------+   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |      |   |
+ *    |  |                 |  |   <-------------- handle arrow down
+ *    |  +-----------------+  +------+   |
  *    |                                  |
  *    +----------------------------------|
  *
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
         scrollStep:        20,         // handle increment between two mousedowns on arrows [px]
         
         scrollSpeedArrows: 40,         // speed of handle while mousedown within the handle container [milli sec]
-        scrollStepArrows:  3           // handle increment between two mousedowns within the handle container [px]
+        scrollStepArrows:  3,           // handle increment between two mousedowns within the handle container [px]
+        scrollTop: 0
     };
 
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
 
             // save height of container to re-set it after some DOM manipulations
             var height = this.container.height();
-
+            
             // set scrollbar-object properties
             this.pane =            this.container.find('.scrollbar-pane');
             this.handle =          this.container.find('.scrollbar-handle');
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@
             this.handleArrows =    this.container.find('.scrollbar-handle-up, .scrollbar-handle-down');
             this.handleArrowUp =   this.container.find('.scrollbar-handle-up');
             this.handleArrowDown = this.container.find('.scrollbar-handle-down');
+            
+            
 
             // set some default CSS attributes (may be overwritten by CSS definitions in an external CSS file)
             this.pane.defaultCss({
@@ -242,8 +245,11 @@
         // calculate positions and dimensions of handle and arrow-handles
         //
         initHandle: function(){
+            
             this.props.handleContainerHeight = this.handleContainer.height();
             this.props.contentHeight = this.pane.height();
+            
+            var startPct = this.opts.scrollTop/(this.pane.height()-this.container.height())
 
            // height of handle
             this.props.handleHeight = this.opts.handleHeight == 'auto' ? Math.max(Math.ceil(this.props.containerHeight * this.props.handleContainerHeight / this.props.contentHeight), this.opts.handleMinHeight) : this.opts.handleHeight;
@@ -257,12 +263,17 @@
                 min: 0,
                 max: this.props.handleContainerHeight - this.props.handleHeight
             };
+            
+            var handleInitTop = startPct <= 1 ?  this.props.handleTop.max*startPct : this.props.handleTop.max
 
             // ratio of handle-container-height to content-container-height (to calculate position of content related to position of handle)
             this.props.handleContentRatio = (this.props.contentHeight - this.props.containerHeight) / (this.props.handleContainerHeight - this.props.handleHeight);
 
             // initial position of handle at top
-            this.handle.top = 0;
+            this.handle.top = handleInitTop;
+            
+            this.setHandlePosition()
+            this.setContentPosition()
         },
 
 
@@ -313,7 +324,6 @@
         startOfHandleMove: function(ev){
             ev.preventDefault();
             ev.stopPropagation();
-
             // set start position of mouse
             this.mouse.start = this.mousePosition(ev);
 
@@ -383,6 +393,7 @@
             this.pane.top = -1 * this.props.handleContentRatio * this.handle.top;
 
             this.pane[0].style.top = this.pane.top + 'px';
+
         },
 
 
@@ -617,4 +628,4 @@
         return $.event.handle.apply(this, args);
     };
     
-})(jQuery, document);  // inject global jQuery object
+})(jQuery, document);  // inject global jQuery object
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