diff --git a/ij/ImageJ.java b/ij/ImageJ.java
index acdaa5f4..a6a5104d 100644
--- a/ij/ImageJ.java
+++ b/ij/ImageJ.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class ImageJ extends Frame implements ActionListener,
 
 	/** Plugins should call IJ.getVersion() or IJ.getFullVersion() to get the version string. */
 	public static final String VERSION = "1.54m";
-	public static final String BUILD = "18";
+	public static final String BUILD = "23";
 	public static Color backgroundColor = new Color(237,237,237);
 	/** SansSerif, 12-point, plain font. */
 	public static final Font SansSerif12 = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 12);
diff --git a/ij/gui/Overlay.java b/ij/gui/Overlay.java
index a65e8428..1d2e8735 100644
--- a/ij/gui/Overlay.java
+++ b/ij/gui/Overlay.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class Overlay implements Iterable<Roi> {
     private boolean isCalibrationBar;
     private boolean selectable = true;
     private boolean draggable = true;
+    private double minStrokeWidth = -1;
     
     /** Constructs an empty Overlay. */
     public Overlay() {
@@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ public Overlay(Roi roi) {
 
     /** Adds an ROI to this Overlay. */
     public void add(Roi roi) {
-    	if (roi!=null)
+    	if (roi!=null) {
+    		if (minStrokeWidth>=0)
+    			roi.setMinStrokeWidth(minStrokeWidth);
     		list.add(roi);
+    	}
     }
         
     /** Adds an ROI to this Overlay using the specified name. */
@@ -479,6 +483,11 @@ public void setDraggable(boolean draggable) {
     	this.draggable = draggable;
     }
     
+    /** Sets the minimum scaled stroke width (default is 0.05). */
+	public void setMinStrokeWidth(double minWidth) {
+		minStrokeWidth = minWidth;
+	}
+    
     /** Returns 'true' if ROIs in this overlay can be dragged by their labels. */
 	public boolean isDraggable() {
 		return draggable;
diff --git a/ij/gui/Roi.java b/ij/gui/Roi.java
index aa81ab4c..c58b5afd 100644
--- a/ij/gui/Roi.java
+++ b/ij/gui/Roi.java
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ public class Roi extends Object implements Cloneable, java.io.Serializable, Iter
 	private static int defaultGroup; // zero is no specific group
 	private static Color groupColor;
 	private static double defaultStrokeWidth;
+	private static float defaultMinStrokeWidth = 0.05f;
+	private float minStrokeWidth = defaultMinStrokeWidth;
 	private static String groupNamesString = Prefs.get(NAMES_KEY, null);
 	private static String[] groupNames;
 	private static boolean groupNamesChanged;
@@ -2065,6 +2067,7 @@ public void setNonScalable(boolean nonScalable) {
 	 * @see #setUnscalableStrokeWidth(double)	 
 	 * @see #setStrokeColor(Color)
 	 * @see ij.ImagePlus#setOverlay(ij.gui.Overlay)
+	 * @see setMineStrokeWidth(double)
 	 */
 	public void setStrokeWidth(float strokeWidth) {
 		if (strokeWidth<0f)
@@ -2091,6 +2094,11 @@ public void setStrokeWidth(double strokeWidth) {
 		setStrokeWidth((float)strokeWidth);
 	}
 
+	/** Sets the minimum scaled stroke width (default=0.05). */
+	public void setMinStrokeWidth(double minWidth) {
+		minStrokeWidth = (float)minWidth;
+	}
+
 	/** Sets the width of the line used to draw this ROI and
 	 * prevents the width from increasing when the image
 	 * is zoomed.
@@ -2132,7 +2140,8 @@ protected BasicStroke getScaledStroke() {
 		double mag = ic.getMagnification();
 		if (mag!=1.0) {
 			float width = (float)(stroke.getLineWidth()*mag);
-			//return new BasicStroke(width, BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT, BasicStroke.JOIN_BEVEL);
+			if (width<minStrokeWidth)
+				width = minStrokeWidth;
 			return new BasicStroke(width, stroke.getEndCap(), stroke.getLineJoin(), stroke.getMiterLimit(), stroke.getDashArray(), stroke.getDashPhase());
 		} else
 			return stroke;
diff --git a/ij/macro/Functions.java b/ij/macro/Functions.java
index b7c424f8..9de3afce 100644
--- a/ij/macro/Functions.java
+++ b/ij/macro/Functions.java
@@ -6765,16 +6765,6 @@ else if (name.equals("paste")) {
 			getImage().setOverlay(overlayClipboard);
 			return Double.NaN;
 		} else if (name.equals("pasteAndMerge")) {
-			/*
-			interp.getParens();
-			if (overlayClipboard==null)
-				interp.error("Overlay clipboard empty");
-			Overlay overlay = getImage().getOverlay(); 
-			if (overlay!=null)
-				getImage().setOverlay(overlay.add(overlayClipboard));
-			else
-				getImage().setOverlay(overlayClipboard);
-			*/
 			return Double.NaN;
 		} else if (name.equals("drawLabels")) {
 			overlayDrawLabels = getBooleanArg();
@@ -6798,11 +6788,13 @@ else if (name.equals("paste")) {
 		if (overlay==null && name.equals("size")) {
 			interp.getParens();
 			return 0.0;
-		} else if (name.equals("hidden"))
+		} else if (name.equals("hidden")) {
 			return overlay!=null && imp.getHideOverlay()?1.0:0.0;
-		else if (name.equals("addSelection") || name.equals("addRoi"))
+		} else if (name.equals("setMinStrokeWidth")) {
+			return setMinStrokeWidth(imp, overlay);
+		} else if (name.equals("addSelection") || name.equals("addRoi")) {
 			return overlayAddSelection(imp, overlay);
-		else if (name.equals("setPosition")) {
+		} else if (name.equals("setPosition")) {
 			addDrawingToOverlay(imp);
 			return overlaySetPosition(overlay);
 		} else if (name.equals("setFillColor"))
@@ -6954,7 +6946,7 @@ private double activateSelection(ImagePlus imp, Overlay overlay, boolean wait) {
 			ResultsTable.selectRow(roi);
 		return Double.NaN;
 	}
-
+	
 	private double getOverlayElementBounds(Overlay overlay) {
 		int index = (int)getFirstArg();
 		Variable x = getNextVariable();
@@ -6971,7 +6963,7 @@ private double getOverlayElementBounds(Overlay overlay) {
 		height.setValue(r.height);
 		return Double.NaN;
 	}
-
+	
 	double overlayAddSelection(ImagePlus imp, Overlay overlay) {
 		String strokeColor = null;
 		double strokeWidth = Double.NaN;
@@ -7014,6 +7006,16 @@ private double getOverlayElementBounds(Overlay overlay) {
 		return Double.NaN;
 	}
 
+	private double setMinStrokeWidth(ImagePlus imp, Overlay overlay) {
+		double minStrokeWidth = getArg();
+		if (overlay==null) {
+			overlay = new Overlay();
+			imp.setOverlay(overlay);
+		}
+		overlay.setMinStrokeWidth(minStrokeWidth);
+		return Double.NaN;
+	}
+
 	double overlaySetPosition(Overlay overlay) {
 		int c=0, z=0, t=0;
 		int nargs = 1;
@@ -7813,7 +7815,10 @@ private Variable doRoi() {
 			return new Variable(Colors.colorToString(color));
 		}
 		ImagePlus imp = getImage();
-		if (name.equals("paste")) {
+		if (name.equals("setMinStrokeWidth")) {
+			setMinStrokeWidth(imp, imp.getOverlay());
+			return null;
+		} else if (name.equals("paste")) {
 			interp.getParens();
 			//IJ.log("paste: "+roiClipboard);
 			if (roiClipboard!=null)
diff --git a/ij/process/StackConverter.java b/ij/process/StackConverter.java
index 70e20e88..abec441b 100644
--- a/ij/process/StackConverter.java
+++ b/ij/process/StackConverter.java
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public void convertToGray16() {
 			}
 			((CompositeImage)imp).setLuts(luts);
 			imp.updateAndDraw();
-		}
+		} else if (scale)
+			imp.setDisplayRange(0,65535);
 	}
 
 	/** Converts this Stack to 32-bit (float) grayscale. */
diff --git a/release-notes.html b/release-notes.html
index 2efc6578..204f8fa7 100644
--- a/release-notes.html
+++ b/release-notes.html
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 <body>
 
 
-<li> <u>1.54m16  28 October 2024</u>
+<li> <u>1.54m23  9 November 2024</u>
 <ul>
+<li> Thanks to Kenneth Sloan, added the Overlay.setMinStrokeWidth(minStrokeWidth)
+macro function and Java method that you can use to specify a
+minimum scaled stroke width
+(<a href="http://wsr.imagej.net/macros/Polygons.ijm">example</a>). DOC
 <li> Thanks to Michael Cammer, the <i>Orthogonal Views</i> command
 no longer removes overlays.
 <li> Thanks to 'Patricia' and Herbie Gluender, the
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@
 -batch option.
 <li> Thanks to Guenter Pudmich, fixed bug with the calculation
 of 16 and 32 bit histogram bin widths.
+<li> Thanks to Gilles Carpentier, fixed several Hyperstack type
+conversion bugs.
 </ul>
 
 <li> <u>1.54k  15 September 2024</u>