diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderViewModel.swift
index 8795a0177..92a0b249a 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderViewModel.swift
@@ -24,19 +24,18 @@ final class WebReaderViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
     if let content = dataService.pageFromCache(slug: slug) {
       articleContent = content
-      // continue to load from the web if possible
+    } else {
+      dataService.articleContentPublisher(username: username, slug: slug).sink(
+        receiveCompletion: { [weak self] completion in
+          guard case .failure = completion else { return }
+          self?.isLoading = false
+        },
+        receiveValue: { [weak self] articleContent in
+          self?.articleContent = articleContent
+        }
+      )
+      .store(in: &subscriptions)
     }
-
-    dataService.articleContentPublisher(username: username, slug: slug).sink(
-      receiveCompletion: { [weak self] completion in
-        guard case .failure = completion else { return }
-        self?.isLoading = false
-      },
-      receiveValue: { [weak self] articleContent in
-        self?.articleContent = articleContent
-      }
-    )
-    .store(in: &subscriptions)
   }
 
   func createHighlight(
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Models/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Models/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents
index 5da70984b..35c15e85a 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Models/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Models/CoreData/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodeld/CoreDataModel.xcdatamodel/contents
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         <attribute name="contentReader" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="createdAt" attributeType="Date" usesScalarValueType="NO"/>
         <attribute name="descriptionText" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
+        <attribute name="htmlContent" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="id" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="imageURLString" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="isArchived" attributeType="Boolean" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
@@ -67,15 +68,6 @@
             </uniquenessConstraint>
         </uniquenessConstraints>
     </entity>
-    <entity name="PersistedArticleContent" representedClassName="PersistedArticleContent" syncable="YES" codeGenerationType="class">
-        <attribute name="htmlContent" attributeType="String"/>
-        <attribute name="slug" attributeType="String"/>
-        <uniquenessConstraints>
-            <uniquenessConstraint>
-                <constraint value="slug"/>
-            </uniquenessConstraint>
-        </uniquenessConstraints>
-    </entity>
     <entity name="Viewer" representedClassName="Viewer" syncable="YES" codeGenerationType="class">
         <attribute name="name" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="profileImageURL" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
@@ -89,10 +81,9 @@
     </entity>
     <elements>
         <element name="Highlight" positionX="27" positionY="225" width="128" height="224"/>
-        <element name="LinkedItem" positionX="-18" positionY="63" width="128" height="299"/>
+        <element name="LinkedItem" positionX="-18" positionY="63" width="128" height="314"/>
         <element name="LinkedItemLabel" positionX="-36" positionY="18" width="128" height="104"/>
         <element name="NewsletterEmail" positionX="0" positionY="180" width="128" height="74"/>
-        <element name="PersistedArticleContent" positionX="9" positionY="108" width="128" height="59"/>
         <element name="Viewer" positionX="45" positionY="234" width="128" height="89"/>
     </elements>
 </model>
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diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
index 25391e216..68776f3fd 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/DataService.swift
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public extension DataService {
     )
 
     guard let linkedItem = try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(linkedItemFetchRequest).first else { return nil }
+    guard let htmlContent = linkedItem.htmlContent else { return nil }
 
     let highlightsFetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<Models.Highlight> = Highlight.fetchRequest()
     highlightsFetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(
@@ -91,21 +92,10 @@ public extension DataService {
 
     guard let highlights = try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(highlightsFetchRequest) else { return nil }
 
-    let highlightsJSONString = highlights.map { InternalHighlight.make(from: $0) }.asJSONString
-
-    let fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<Models.PersistedArticleContent> = PersistedArticleContent.fetchRequest()
-    fetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(
-      format: "slug = %@", slug
+    return ArticleContent(
+      htmlContent: htmlContent,
+      highlightsJSONString: highlights.map { InternalHighlight.make(from: $0) }.asJSONString
     )
-
-    if let articleContent = (try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(fetchRequest))?.first {
-      return ArticleContent(
-        htmlContent: articleContent.htmlContent ?? "",
-        highlightsJSONString: highlightsJSONString
-      )
-    } else {
-      return nil
-    }
   }
 
   func invalidateCachedPage(slug _: String?) {}
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
index dea30e725..686f4c0b6 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
@@ -76,31 +76,18 @@ public extension DataService {
 
 extension DataService {
   func persistArticleContent(htmlContent: String, slug: String, highlights: [InternalHighlight]) {
-    let fetchContentRequest: NSFetchRequest<Models.PersistedArticleContent> = PersistedArticleContent.fetchRequest()
-    fetchContentRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(
-      format: "slug == %@", slug
-    )
-
-    if let content = (try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(fetchContentRequest))?.first {
-      content.htmlContent = htmlContent
-    } else {
-      let persistedArticleContent = PersistedArticleContent(
-        entity: PersistedArticleContent.entity(),
-        insertInto: persistentContainer.viewContext
-      )
-      persistedArticleContent.htmlContent = htmlContent
-      persistedArticleContent.slug = slug
-    }
-
     let fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<Models.LinkedItem> = LinkedItem.fetchRequest()
     fetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(
       format: "slug == %@", slug
     )
 
-    if let linkedItemID = try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(fetchRequest).first?.id {
+    let linkedItem = try? persistentContainer.viewContext.fetch(fetchRequest).first
+
+    if let linkedItem = linkedItem, let linkedItemID = linkedItem.id {
       _ = highlights.map {
         $0.asManagedObject(context: persistentContainer.viewContext, associatedItemID: linkedItemID)
       }
+      linkedItem.htmlContent = htmlContent
     }
 
     do {