diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/networking/HighlightMutations.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/networking/HighlightMutations.kt
index eba0d5baa..795cf3f23 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/networking/HighlightMutations.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/networking/HighlightMutations.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,39 @@ data class CreateHighlightParams(
   )
 }
 
+//2022-11-29 13:41:56.273 13373-14177/app.omnivore.omnivore D/wv: received actionID from Android:
+// mergeHighlight, {
+// "prefix":"In what may be its final public hearing, the committee intends to present new  theevidence about the former president’s state of mind and central role in the plan to overturn ",
+// "suffix":"2020 election.",
+// "quote":"",
+// "id":"646a3b52-a134-469e-8ea3-26aad47f74c3",
+// "shortId":"IK35C_Hp","patch":"@@ -307,32 +307,73 @@\n  to overturn the\n+%3Comnivore_highlight%3E%3C/omnivore_highlight%3E\n  2020 election.P\n",
+// "articleId":"14bb47ff-af23-461b-8ce3-1afe6b8bdc5b",
+// "overlapHighlightIdList":[""]}
+
+data class MergeHighlightsParams(
+  val shortId: String?,
+  val highlightID: String?,
+  val quote: String?,
+  val patch: String?,
+  val articleId: String?,
+  val prefix: String?,
+  val suffix: String?,
+  val overlapHighlightIdList: List<String>?,
+  val `annotation`: String?
+) {
+  fun asMergeHighlightInput() = MergeHighlightInput(
+    annotation = Optional.presentIfNotNull(`annotation`),
+    prefix = Optional.presentIfNotNull(prefix),
+    articleId = articleId ?: "",
+    id = highlightID ?: "",
+    patch = patch ?: "",
+    quote = quote ?: "",
+    shortId = shortId ?: "",
+    overlapHighlightIdList = overlapHighlightIdList ?: listOf()
+  )
+}
+
 suspend fun Networker.deleteHighlights(highlightIDs: List<String>): Boolean {
   val statuses: MutableList<Boolean> = mutableListOf()
   for (highlightID in highlightIDs) {
@@ -40,6 +73,11 @@ suspend fun Networker.deleteHighlights(highlightIDs: List<String>): Boolean {
   return !hasFailure
 }
 
+suspend fun Networker.mergeWebHighlights(jsonString: String): Boolean {
+  val input = Gson().fromJson(jsonString, MergeHighlightsParams::class.java).asMergeHighlightInput()
+  return mergeHighlights(input)
+}
+
 suspend fun Networker.mergeHighlights(input: MergeHighlightInput): Boolean {
   val result = authenticatedApolloClient().mutation(MergeHighlightMutation(input)).execute()
   Log.d("Network", "highlight merge result: $result")
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 de6cacb7f..06f509310 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
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@ class OmnivoreWebView(context: Context) : WebView(context) {
         }
         R.id.highlight -> {
           val script = "var event = new Event('highlight');document.dispatchEvent(event);"
-          evaluateJavascript(script, null)
-          clearFocus()
-          mode.finish()
+          evaluateJavascript(script) {
+            clearFocus()
+            mode.finish()
+          }
           true
         }
         R.id.delete -> {
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 7bec12af3..2f9f1b414 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
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ class WebReaderViewModel @Inject constructor(
       "shareHighlight" -> {
         // unimplemented
       }
+      "mergeHighlight" -> {
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+          val isHighlightSynced = networker.mergeWebHighlights(jsonString)
+          Log.d("Network", "isMergedHighlightSynced = $isHighlightSynced")
+        }
+      }
       else -> {
         Log.d("Loggo", "receive unrecognized action of $actionID with json: $jsonString")
       }