diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee71354..b88a868 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 edbee.lib:
 
+- fix #13, Added a method to disable the scrollarea shadows: widget->textScrollArea()->enableShadowWidget(bool)
 - fix #9, Updated onigmo library. Fixes compilation/linkage issue on Mac OS X (enc/windows_31j.c)
 - fix, Fixed build warnings via een #pragma for the onig library. (When updating vendor/onig, include "config-onig-edbee.h" in "config.h")
 - fix #5, Incorrect memory access after coalescing in TextDocument::ReplaceRangeSet. (Crash on Linux/Windows)
diff --git a/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.cpp b/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.cpp
index 0a768c3..1756f94 100644
--- a/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.cpp
+++ b/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ TextEditorScrollArea::TextEditorScrollArea(QWidget* parent)
     , shadowWidgetRef_(0)
 {
     shadowWidgetRef_ = new PrivateShadowWidget(this);
-    leftWidgetRef_  = shadowWidgetRef_ ;
     setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
     setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
 }
@@ -180,7 +179,9 @@ void TextEditorScrollArea::layoutMarginWidgets()
     setViewportMargins( left, top, right, bottom );
 
     // overlay the shadow over the viewport
-    this->shadowWidgetRef_->setGeometry( viewport()->geometry() );
+    if( shadowWidgetRef_ ) {
+        this->shadowWidgetRef_->setGeometry( viewport()->geometry() );
+    }
 
     // set the widget
     if( leftWidgetRef_) {
@@ -205,6 +206,11 @@ void TextEditorScrollArea::layoutMarginWidgets()
 
 }
 
+void TextEditorScrollArea::enableShadowWidget(bool enabled)
+{
+    shadowWidgetRef_->setVisible(enabled);
+}
+
 
 void TextEditorScrollArea::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event)
 {
diff --git a/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.h b/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.h
index 33f18d6..d45c66e 100644
--- a/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.h
+++ b/edbee-lib/edbee/views/texteditorscrollarea.h
@@ -27,22 +27,14 @@ class TextEditorScrollArea : public QScrollArea
     void setRightWidget(QWidget* widget);
     void setBottomWidget(QWidget* widget);
 
-
 public:
 
     void layoutMarginWidgets();
-
+    void enableShadowWidget(bool enabled);
 
 protected:
     virtual void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event);
 
-public:
-    void renderShade(QPaintEvent *event, QPainter* painter );
-
-
-signals:    
-public slots:
-
 private:
 
     QWidget* leftWidgetRef_;               ///< The left widget
@@ -51,7 +43,6 @@ public slots:
     QWidget* bottomWidgetRef_;             ///< The bottom widget
     PrivateShadowWidget* shadowWidgetRef_; ///< The private shadow widget
 
-
 };
 
 } // edbee