diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/Highlight.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/Highlight.kt
index f2f78ab4d..0a7c90423 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/Highlight.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/models/Highlight.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 package app.omnivore.omnivore.models
 
-import android.graphics.Color
-import android.graphics.Rect
-import android.graphics.RectF
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.networking.CreateHighlightParams
-import com.google.gson.Gson
-import com.pspdfkit.annotations.AnnotationType
-import com.pspdfkit.annotations.BlendMode
-import com.pspdfkit.annotations.HighlightAnnotation
-
 data class Highlight(
   val id: String,
   val shortId: String,
@@ -20,39 +11,5 @@ data class Highlight(
   val createdAt: Any?,
   val updatedAt: Any?,
   val createdByMe : Boolean,
-) {
-  fun asHighlightAnnotation(): HighlightAnnotation {
-    val highlightPatch = Gson().fromJson(patch, HighlightPatch::class.java)
-
-    var highlightAnnotation = HighlightAnnotation(
-      highlightPatch.pageIndex,
-      highlightPatch.rectList()
-    )
-
-    highlightAnnotation.color = Color.parseColor(highlightPatch.color)
-    highlightAnnotation.boundingBox = highlightPatch.boundingBox()
-    highlightAnnotation.blendMode = BlendMode.MULTIPLY
-
-    return highlightAnnotation
-
-  }
-}
-
-data class HighlightPatch(
-  val bbox: List<Float>,
-  val blendMode: String,
-  val color: String,
-  val rects: List<List<Float>>,
-  val pageIndex: Int
-) {
-  fun rectList(): List<RectF> {
-    return rects.map {
-      RectF(it[0], it[1], it[2], it[3])
-    }
-  }
-
-  fun boundingBox(): RectF {
-    return RectF(bbox[0], bbox[1], bbox[2], bbox[3])
-  }
-}
+)
 
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt
index 64dee631b..d8a4c3612 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReader.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.omnivore.omnivore.ui.reader
 
+import android.graphics.RectF
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.util.Log
@@ -27,9 +28,6 @@ class PDFReaderActivity: AppCompatActivity(), DocumentListener {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
     setContentView(R.layout.pdf_reader_fragment)
 
-    val slug = intent.getStringExtra("LINKED_ITEM_SLUG") ?: ""
-    viewModel.loadItem(slug, this)
-
     // Create the observer which updates the UI.
     val pdfParamsObserver = Observer<PDFReaderParams?> { params ->
       if (params != null) {
@@ -39,6 +37,9 @@ class PDFReaderActivity: AppCompatActivity(), DocumentListener {
 
     // Observe the LiveData, passing in this activity as the LifecycleOwner and the observer.
     viewModel.pdfReaderParamsLiveData.observe(this, pdfParamsObserver)
+
+    val slug = intent.getStringExtra("LINKED_ITEM_SLUG") ?: ""
+    viewModel.loadItem(slug, this)
   }
 
   private fun load(params: PDFReaderParams) {
@@ -56,24 +57,30 @@ class PDFReaderActivity: AppCompatActivity(), DocumentListener {
     }
   }
 
-  @UiThread
   override fun onDocumentLoaded(document: PdfDocument) {
     if (hasLoadedHighlights) return
-
     hasLoadedHighlights = true
 
     val params = viewModel.pdfReaderParamsLiveData.value
 
     params?.let {
       for (highlight in it.articleContent.highlights) {
-        Log.d("anno", "adding highlight: ${highlight.patch}")
+        val highlightAnnotation = fragment
+          .document
+          ?.annotationProvider
+          ?.createAnnotationFromInstantJson(highlight.patch)
 
-        val highlightAnnotation = highlight.asHighlightAnnotation()
-
-        Log.d("anno", "created highlight annotation: $highlightAnnotation")
-
-        fragment.addAnnotationToPage(highlightAnnotation, true)
+        highlightAnnotation?.let {
+          fragment.addAnnotationToPage(highlightAnnotation, true)
+        }
       }
+
+      fragment.scrollTo(
+        RectF(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f),
+        params.item.readingProgressAnchor,
+        0,
+        true
+      )
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt
index fed961558..c673cfdd2 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/reader/PDFReaderViewModel.kt
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ class PDFReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
       val job = DownloadJob.startDownload(request)
 
-      Log.d("anno", "highlights: ${articleQueryResult.highlights}")
-
       job.setProgressListener(object : DownloadJob.ProgressListenerAdapter() {
         override fun onProgress(progress: Progress) {
 //          progressBar.setProgress((100f * progress.bytesReceived / progress.totalBytes).toInt())
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ class PDFReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
             labelsJSONString = Gson().toJson(articleQueryResult.labels)
           )
 
-          pdfReaderParamsLiveData.value = PDFReaderParams(article, articleContent, Uri.fromFile(output))
+          pdfReaderParamsLiveData.postValue(PDFReaderParams(article, articleContent, Uri.fromFile(output)))
         }
 
         override fun onError(exception: Throwable) {
@@ -74,6 +72,6 @@ class PDFReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
   }
 
   fun reset() {
-    pdfReaderParamsLiveData.value = null
+    pdfReaderParamsLiveData.postValue(null)
   }
 }