diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
index e302307d7..776e98123 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReader.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ fun WebReaderLoadingContainer(slug: String, webReaderViewModel: WebReaderViewMod
 @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
 @Composable
 fun WebReader(params: WebReaderParams, webReaderViewModel: WebReaderViewModel) {
+  // TODO: maybe handle cases where js can be queued up?
   val javascriptToExecute = remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
 
   val annotation: String? by webReaderViewModel.annotationLiveData.observeAsState(null)
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReaderViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReaderViewModel.kt
index c887db6e0..d3cf9cef7 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReaderViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/WebReaderViewModel.kt
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.DatastoreRepository
 import app.omnivore.omnivore.models.LinkedItem
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.CreateHighlightParams
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.Networker
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.createHighlight
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.linkedItem
+import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.*
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
@@ -68,7 +65,10 @@ class WebReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
         Log.d("Loggo", "receive update highlight action: $jsonString")
       }
       "articleReadingProgress" -> {
-        Log.d("Loggo", "received article reading progress action: $jsonString")
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+          val isReadingProgressSynced = networker.updateReadingProgress(jsonString)
+          Log.d("Network", "isReadingProgressSynced = $isReadingProgressSynced")
+        }
       }
       "annotate" -> {
         viewModelScope.launch {