diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
index 50cd561135..90d56af696 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/issuehistory.tt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[% USE Koha %]
 [% USE KohaDates %]
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-open.inc' %]
 <title>Koha &rsaquo; Catalog &rsaquo; Checkout history for [% title |html %]</title>
@@ -7,13 +8,12 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" id="js">
 $(document).ready(function() {
     $("#table_issues").dataTable($.extend(true, {}, dataTablesDefaults, {
-            "aoColumns": [
-                null,null,null,null,{ "sType": "title-string" },{ "sType": "title-string" },{ "sType": "title-string" }
-            ],
-            "aaSorting": [[ 4, "desc" ]],
-            "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
-        })
-    );
+        "aoColumnDefs": [
+            { "sType": "title-string", "aTargets" : [ "title-string" ] }
+        ],
+        "aaSorting": [[ 4, "desc" ]],
+        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
+    }));
 }); </script>
 
 </head>
@@ -38,18 +38,22 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         <h4>Checked out [% total %] times</h4>
         <table id="table_issues">
             <thead><tr>
+            [% IF Koha.Preference('intranetreadinghistory') %]
             <th>Patron</th>
+            [% END %]
             <th>Barcode</th>
             <th>Checked out from</th>
             <th>Renewed</th>
-            <th>Checkout on</th>
-            <th>Due date</th>
-            <th>Checkin on</th>
+            <th class='title-string'>Checkout on</th>
+            <th class='title-string'>Due date</th>
+            <th class='title-string'>Checkin on</th>
             </tr></thead>
             <tbody>
         [% FOREACH issue IN issues %]
-        [% UNLESS ( loop.odd ) %]<tr class="highlight">[% ELSE %]<tr>[% END %]
+            <tr>
+                [% IF Koha.Preference('intranetreadinghistory') %]
                 <td><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?borrowernumber=[% issue.borrowernumber %]">[% IF HidePatronName %][% issue.cardnumber %][% ELSE %][% issue.surname %][% IF ( issue.firstname ) %], [% issue.firstname %][% END %][% END %]</a></td>
+                [% END %]
                 <td>[% IF ( issue.barcode ) %]
                         <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/moredetail.pl?biblionumber=[% issue.biblionumber %]&amp;itemnumber=[% issue.itemnumber %]">[% issue.barcode %]</a>
                     [% ELSE %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
index 773995ab21..4797e7e1f2 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/readingrec.tt
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 [% INCLUDE 'members-toolbar.inc' %]
 <h1>Circulation history</h1>
 
-[% IF is_anonymous %]
+[% UNLESS Koha.Preference('intranetreadinghistory') %]
+    <div class="dialog alert">Staff members are not allowed to access patron's checkout history</div>
+[% ELSIF is_anonymous %]
     <div class="dialog alert">This is the anonymous patron, so no circulation history is displayed. To get a list of anonymized loans, please run a report.</div>
 [% ELSIF ( !loop_reading ) %]
     <div class="dialog message">This patron has no circulation history.</div>