diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index c69cdad93..68c7d8d66 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -688,14 +688,14 @@ export const updatesSinceResolver = authorized<
   const sort = sortParamsToSort(sortParams)
 
   // create a search query
-  const query = `updated:${startDate.toISOString()}${
+  const query = `${
     folder ? ' in:' + folder : ''
-  } sort:${sort.by}-${sort.order}`
+  } updated:${startDate.toISOString()} sort:${sort.by}-${sort.order}`
 
   const searchLibraryItemArgs = {
     includeDeleted: true,
     query,
-    includeContent: true, // by default include content for offline use for now
+    includeContent: false,
   }
 
   const libraryItems = await searchLibraryItems(
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ export const updatesSinceResolver = authorized<
       ...searchLibraryItemArgs,
       from: Number(startCursor),
       size: size + 1, // fetch one more item to get next cursor
+      useFolders: query.includes('use:folders'),
     },
     uid
   )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index 3412d9187..d3cd06b1a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -573,35 +573,6 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
 
       return ctx.dataLoaders.highlights.load(item.id)
     },
-    async content(item: PartialLibraryItem, _: unknown, ctx: ResolverContext) {
-      // convert html to the requested format if requested
-      if (
-        item.format &&
-        item.format !== ArticleFormat.Html &&
-        item.readableContent
-      ) {
-        if (item.format === ArticleFormat.HighlightedMarkdown) {
-          // if the content is highlighted markdown, we will return markdown instead
-          // because the conversion is very slow and we don't want to block the response
-          // we will convert it to highlighted markdown in the client if needed
-          item.format = ArticleFormat.Markdown
-        }
-
-        try {
-          ctx.log.info(`Converting content to: ${item.format}`)
-
-          // convert html to the requested format
-          const converter = contentConverter(item.format)
-          if (converter) {
-            return converter(item.readableContent)
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          ctx.log.error('Error converting content', error)
-        }
-      }
-
-      return item.readableContent
-    },
     isArchived: (item: LibraryItem) => !!item.archivedAt,
     pageType: (item: LibraryItem) => item.itemType,
     highlightsCount: (item: LibraryItem) => item.highlightAnnotations?.length,