diff --git a/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.h b/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.h
index e96365e..6ee7ec8 100755
--- a/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.h
+++ b/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.h
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 
 @interface UIScrollView (APParallaxHeader)
 
-- (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow;
+- (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow overlap:(CGFloat)overlap;
 - (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height;
 - (void)addParallaxWithView:(UIView*)view andHeight:(CGFloat)height;
-- (void)addParallaxWithView:(UIView*)view andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow;
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) APParallaxView *parallaxView;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL showsParallax;
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, APParallaxTrackingState) {
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIImageView *imageView;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *currentSubView;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) APParallaxShadowView *shadowView;
-@property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *customView;
 
 - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame andShadow:(BOOL)shadow;
 
diff --git a/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.m b/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.m
index b9106ea..32dff01 100755
--- a/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.m
+++ b/APParallaxHeader/UIScrollView+APParallaxHeader.m
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ @interface APParallaxView ()
 @property (nonatomic, weak) UIScrollView *scrollView;
 @property (nonatomic, readwrite) CGFloat originalTopInset;
 @property (nonatomic) CGFloat parallaxHeight;
+@property (nonatomic) CGFloat overlap;
 
 @property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL isObserving;
 
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ @interface APParallaxView ()
 @implementation UIScrollView (APParallaxHeader)
 
 - (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height {
-    [self addParallaxWithImage:image andHeight:height andShadow:YES];
+    [self addParallaxWithImage:image andHeight:height andShadow:YES overlap:0];
 }
 
-- (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow {
+- (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow overlap:(CGFloat)overlap {
     if(self.parallaxView) {
         if(self.parallaxView.currentSubView) {
             [self.parallaxView.currentSubView removeFromSuperview];
@@ -43,46 +44,43 @@ - (void)addParallaxWithImage:(UIImage *)image andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShado
     }
     else
     {
-        APParallaxView *parallaxView = [[APParallaxView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.bounds.size.width*2, height) andShadow:shadow];
-        [parallaxView setClipsToBounds:YES];
-        [parallaxView.imageView setImage:image];
+        APParallaxView *view = [[APParallaxView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.bounds.size.width, height) andShadow:shadow];
+        [view setClipsToBounds:YES];
+        [view.imageView setImage:image];
         
-        parallaxView.scrollView = self;
-        parallaxView.parallaxHeight = height;
-        [self addSubview:parallaxView];
+        view.scrollView = self;
+        view.parallaxHeight = height;
+        view.overlap = overlap;
+        [self insertSubview:view atIndex:0];
         
-        parallaxView.originalTopInset = self.contentInset.top;
+        view.originalTopInset = self.contentInset.top;
         
         UIEdgeInsets newInset = self.contentInset;
-        newInset.top = height;
+        newInset.top = height - overlap;
         self.contentInset = newInset;
         
-        self.parallaxView = parallaxView;
+        self.parallaxView = view;
         self.showsParallax = YES;
     }
 }
 
 - (void)addParallaxWithView:(UIView*)view andHeight:(CGFloat)height {
-    [self addParallaxWithView:view andHeight:height andShadow:YES];
-}
-
-- (void)addParallaxWithView:(UIView*)view andHeight:(CGFloat)height andShadow:(BOOL)shadow {
     if(self.parallaxView) {
         [self.parallaxView.currentSubView removeFromSuperview];
         [view setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
-        [self.parallaxView setCustomView:view];
+        [self.parallaxView addSubview:view];
     }
     else
     {
-        APParallaxView *parallaxView = [[APParallaxView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.bounds.size.width, height) andShadow:shadow];
+        APParallaxView *parallaxView = [[APParallaxView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.bounds.size.width, height)];
         [parallaxView setClipsToBounds:YES];
-        
-        [parallaxView setCustomView:view];
+        [view setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
+        [parallaxView addSubview:view];
         
         parallaxView.scrollView = self;
         parallaxView.parallaxHeight = height;
         [self addSubview:parallaxView];
-
+        
         parallaxView.originalTopInset = self.contentInset.top;
         
         UIEdgeInsets newInset = self.contentInset;
@@ -187,27 +185,21 @@ - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
 - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame andShadow:(BOOL)shadow {
     if(self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
         
-        [self setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
-        
         // default styling values
         [self setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
         [self setState:APParallaxTrackingActive];
+        [self setAutoresizesSubviews:YES];
         
-        self.imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] init];
+        self.imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, CGRectGetWidth(frame), CGRectGetHeight(frame))];
+        [self.imageView setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight];
         [self.imageView setContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill];
         [self.imageView setClipsToBounds:YES];
         [self addSubview:self.imageView];
         
-        [self.imageView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
-        [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|[imageView]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:@{@"imageView" : self.imageView}]];
-        [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[imageView]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:@{@"imageView" : self.imageView}]];
-        
         if (shadow) {
-            self.shadowView = [[APParallaxShadowView alloc] init];
+            self.shadowView = [[APParallaxShadowView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, CGRectGetMaxY(frame)-8, CGRectGetWidth(frame), 8)];
+            [self.shadowView setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin];
             [self addSubview:self.shadowView];
-            [self.shadowView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
-            [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:[shadowView(8.0)]|" options:NSLayoutFormatAlignAllBottom metrics:nil views:@{@"shadowView" : self.shadowView}]];
-            [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|[shadowView]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:@{@"shadowView" : self.shadowView}]];
         }
     }
     
@@ -233,38 +225,13 @@ - (void)addSubview:(UIView *)view {
     self.currentSubView = view;
 }
 
-- (void)setCustomView:(UIView *)customView
-{
-    if (_customView) {
-        [_customView removeFromSuperview];
-    }
-    
-    _customView = customView;
-    
-    [self addSubview:customView];
-    [customView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
-    [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"H:|[customView]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:@{@"customView" : customView}]];
-    [self addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[customView]|" options:0 metrics:nil views:@{@"customView" : customView}]];
-}
-
-- (void)layoutSubviews
-{
-    [super layoutSubviews];
-    
-    if (self.shadowView) {
-        [self bringSubviewToFront:self.shadowView];
-    }
-}
-
 #pragma mark - Observing
 
 - (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
-    if([keyPath isEqualToString:@"contentOffset"]) {
+    if([keyPath isEqualToString:@"contentOffset"])
         [self scrollViewDidScroll:[[change valueForKey:NSKeyValueChangeNewKey] CGPointValue]];
-    }
-    else if([keyPath isEqualToString:@"frame"]) {
+    else if([keyPath isEqualToString:@"frame"])
         [self layoutSubviews];
-    }
 }
 
 - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(CGPoint)contentOffset {
@@ -276,7 +243,7 @@ - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(CGPoint)contentOffset {
     }
     
     if(self.state == APParallaxTrackingActive) {
-        CGFloat yOffset = contentOffset.y*-1;
+        CGFloat yOffset = (contentOffset.y*-1) + self.overlap;
         if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(parallaxView:willChangeFrame:)]) {
             [self.delegate parallaxView:self willChangeFrame:self.frame];
         }