diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 165cf2c2..ec4f260e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - Fix handling of inputs with combined ANSI color and attribute sequences, see #2185 and #2856 (@eth-p)
 - Fix panel width when line 10000 wraps, see #2854 (@eth-p)
 - Fix compile issue of `time` dependency caused by standard library regression #3045 (@cyqsimon)
+- Fix override behavior of --plain and --paging, see issue #2731 and PR #3108 (@einfachIrgendwer0815)
 
 ## Other
 
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 4d52c73d..c7262aa3 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -98,12 +98,30 @@ impl App {
     pub fn config(&self, inputs: &[Input]) -> Result<Config> {
         let style_components = self.style_components()?;
 
+        let extra_plain = self.matches.get_count("plain") > 1;
+        let plain_last_index = self
+            .matches
+            .indices_of("plain")
+            .and_then(Iterator::max)
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let paging_last_index = self
+            .matches
+            .indices_of("paging")
+            .and_then(Iterator::max)
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+
         let paging_mode = match self.matches.get_one::<String>("paging").map(|s| s.as_str()) {
-            Some("always") => PagingMode::Always,
+            Some("always") => {
+                // Disable paging if the second -p (or -pp) is specified after --paging=always
+                if extra_plain && plain_last_index > paging_last_index {
+                    PagingMode::Never
+                } else {
+                    PagingMode::Always
+                }
+            }
             Some("never") => PagingMode::Never,
             Some("auto") | None => {
                 // If we have -pp as an option when in auto mode, the pager should be disabled.
-                let extra_plain = self.matches.get_count("plain") > 1;
                 if extra_plain || self.matches.get_flag("no-paging") {
                     PagingMode::Never
                 } else if inputs.iter().any(Input::is_stdin) {
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
index 4327fa15..ac1f4007 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
             Arg::new("plain")
                 .overrides_with("plain")
                 .overrides_with("number")
-                .overrides_with("paging")
                 .short('p')
                 .long("plain")
                 .action(ArgAction::Count)
@@ -322,7 +321,6 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
                 .long("paging")
                 .overrides_with("paging")
                 .overrides_with("no-paging")
-                .overrides_with("plain")
                 .value_name("when")
                 .value_parser(["auto", "never", "always"])
                 .default_value("auto")
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 5f5b9fd7..59cc83b3 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -1019,6 +1019,31 @@ fn enable_pager_if_pp_flag_comes_before_paging() {
         .stdout(predicate::eq("pager-output\n").normalize());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn paging_does_not_override_simple_plain() {
+    bat()
+        .env("PAGER", "echo pager-output")
+        .arg("--decorations=always")
+        .arg("--plain")
+        .arg("--paging=never")
+        .arg("test.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::eq("hello world\n"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn simple_plain_does_not_override_paging() {
+    bat()
+        .env("PAGER", "echo pager-output")
+        .arg("--paging=always")
+        .arg("--plain")
+        .arg("test.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::eq("pager-output\n"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn pager_failed_to_parse() {
     bat()