diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index 4864055da..61c796690 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { libraryItemRepository } from '../repository/library_item'
 import { SaveFollowingItemRequest } from '../routers/svc/following'
 import { generateSlug, wordsCount } from '../utils/helpers'
 import { createThumbnailUrl } from '../utils/imageproxy'
+import { parsePreparedContent } from '../utils/parser'
 import { parseSearchQuery } from '../utils/search'
 
 enum ReadFilter {
@@ -847,11 +848,30 @@ export const createLibraryItem = async (
   return newLibraryItem
 }
 
-export const saveFeedItemInFollowing = (
+export const saveFeedItemInFollowing = async (
   input: SaveFollowingItemRequest,
   userId: string
 ) => {
   const thumbnail = input.thumbnail && createThumbnailUrl(input.thumbnail)
+  let content: string | undefined
+
+  if (input.previewContent) {
+    const parsedResult = await parsePreparedContent(input.url, {
+      document: input.previewContent,
+      pageInfo: {
+        title: input.title,
+        author: input.author,
+        canonicalUrl: input.url,
+        contentType: input.previewContentType,
+        description: input.description,
+        previewImage: thumbnail,
+      },
+    })
+
+    if (parsedResult.parsedContent) {
+      content = parsedResult.parsedContent.content
+    }
+  }
 
   return authTrx(
     async (tx) => {
@@ -863,6 +883,8 @@ export const saveFeedItemInFollowing = (
         folder: InFilter.FOLLOWING,
         slug: generateSlug(input.title),
         thumbnail,
+        readableContent: content,
+        state: LibraryItemState.ContentNotFetched,
       }
 
       return tx
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index dff855b4f..54373baea 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const getPurifiedContent = (html: string): Document => {
 const getReadabilityResult = async (
   url: string,
   html: string,
-  document: Document,
+  document?: Document,
   isNewsletter?: boolean
 ): Promise<Readability.ParseResult | null> => {
   // First attempt to read the article as is.