diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
index dde916be4..e167a1b6a 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/ArticleContentQuery.swift
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ extension DataService {
             return
           }
 
-          if status == .succeeded {
+          if status == .succeeded || result.item.isPDF {
             do {
               try self?.persistArticleContent(
                 item: result.item,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ extension DataService {
           let articleContent = ArticleContent(
             htmlContent: result.htmlContent,
             highlightsJSONString: result.highlights.asJSONString,
-            contentStatus: .make(from: result.contentStatus)
+            contentStatus: result.item.isPDF ? .succeeded : .make(from: result.contentStatus)
           )
 
           continuation.resume(returning: articleContent)
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
index 5e39aa6b9..d050c5e4f 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ struct InternalLinkedItem {
   let contentReader: String?
   var labels: [InternalLinkedItemLabel]
 
+  var isPDF: Bool {
+    if let contentReader = contentReader {
+      return contentReader == "PDF"
+    }
+    return (pageURLString ?? "").hasSuffix("pdf")
+  }
+
   func asManagedObject(inContext context: NSManagedObjectContext) -> LinkedItem {
     let existingItem = LinkedItem.lookup(byID: id, inContext: context)
     let linkedItem = existingItem ?? LinkedItem(entity: LinkedItem.entity(), insertInto: context)