diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/index.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/index.ts
index 65a645bc5..3ec074933 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/index.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export const updatePage = async (
         },
       },
       refresh: ctx.refresh,
+      retry_on_conflict: 3,
     })
 
     if (body.result !== 'updated') return false
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ export const addLabelInPage = async (
         },
       },
       refresh: ctx.refresh,
+      retry_on_conflict: 3,
     })
 
     return body.result === 'updated'
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 71b372a0f..e1337f7e8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ export const saveArticleReadingProgressResolver = authorized<
     { input: { id, readingProgressPercent, readingProgressAnchorIndex } },
     { claims: { uid }, pubsub }
   ) => {
-    const userArticleRecord = await getPageByParam({ userId: uid, _id: id })
+    const page = await getPageByParam({ userId: uid, _id: id })
 
-    if (!userArticleRecord) {
+    if (!page) {
       return { errorCodes: [SaveArticleReadingProgressErrorCode.NotFound] }
     }
 
@@ -725,26 +725,25 @@ export const saveArticleReadingProgressResolver = authorized<
     // be greater than the current reading progress.
     const shouldUpdate =
       readingProgressPercent === 0 ||
-      (userArticleRecord.readingProgressPercent || 0) <
-        readingProgressPercent ||
-      (userArticleRecord.readingProgressAnchorIndex || 0) <
-        readingProgressAnchorIndex
+      page.readingProgressPercent < readingProgressPercent ||
+      page.readingProgressAnchorIndex < readingProgressAnchorIndex
 
-    const updatedArticle = Object.assign(userArticleRecord, {
+    const updatedPart = {
       readingProgressPercent: shouldUpdate
         ? readingProgressPercent
-        : userArticleRecord.readingProgressPercent,
+        : page.readingProgressPercent,
       readingProgressAnchorIndex: shouldUpdate
         ? readingProgressAnchorIndex
-        : userArticleRecord.readingProgressAnchorIndex,
-    })
+        : page.readingProgressAnchorIndex,
+    }
 
-    shouldUpdate && (await updatePage(id, updatedArticle, { pubsub, uid }))
+    shouldUpdate && (await updatePage(id, updatedPart, { pubsub, uid }))
 
     return {
       updatedArticle: {
-        ...updatedArticle,
-        isArchived: !!updatedArticle.archivedAt,
+        ...page,
+        ...updatedPart,
+        isArchived: !!page.archivedAt,
       },
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/article/Article.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/article/Article.tsx
index 60bbe1ff1..f02be67c2 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/article/Article.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/article/Article.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-import { Box } from './../../../components/elements/LayoutPrimitives'
+import { Box } from '../../elements/LayoutPrimitives'
 import { useReadingProgressAnchor } from '../../../lib/hooks/useReadingProgressAnchor'
 import {
-  useScrollWatcher,
   ScrollOffsetChangeset,
+  useScrollWatcher,
 } from '../../../lib/hooks/useScrollWatcher'
 import {
-  useRef,
-  useState,
-  useEffect,
   MutableRefObject,
   useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
 } from 'react'
 import { articleReadingProgressMutation } from '../../../lib/networking/mutations/articleReadingProgressMutation'
 import { Tweet } from 'react-twitter-widgets'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import { isDarkTheme } from '../../../lib/themeUpdater'
-import useDebounce from '../../../lib/hooks/useDebounce'
+import { debounce } from 'lodash'
 
 export type ArticleProps = {
   articleId: string
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ export type ArticleProps = {
 export function Article(props: ArticleProps): JSX.Element {
   const highlightTheme = isDarkTheme() ? 'dark' : 'default'
 
-  const [readingProgress, setReadingProgress] = useState(props.initialReadingProgress)
+  const [readingProgress, setReadingProgress] = useState(
+    props.initialReadingProgress
+  )
 
   const [readingAnchorIndex, setReadingAnchorIndex] = useState(
     props.initialAnchorIndex
@@ -41,14 +44,30 @@ export function Article(props: ArticleProps): JSX.Element {
 
   useReadingProgressAnchor(articleContentRef, setReadingAnchorIndex)
 
-  const debouncedReadingProgress = useDebounce(readingProgress, 1000);
+  const debouncedSetReadingProgress = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      debounce((readingProgress: number) => {
+        console.log('setReadingProgress', readingProgress)
+        setReadingProgress(readingProgress)
+      }, 2000),
+    []
+  )
+
+  // Stop the invocation of the debounced function
+  // after unmounting
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      debouncedSetReadingProgress.cancel()
+    }
+  }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     ;(async () => {
-      if (!debouncedReadingProgress) return
+      if (!readingProgress) return
       await articleReadingProgressMutation({
         id: props.articleId,
-        readingProgressPercent: debouncedReadingProgress,
+        // round reading progress to 100% if more than that
+        readingProgressPercent: readingProgress > 100 ? 100 : readingProgress,
         readingProgressAnchorIndex: readingAnchorIndex,
       })
     })()
@@ -56,20 +75,16 @@ export function Article(props: ArticleProps): JSX.Element {
     // We don't react to changes to readingAnchorIndex we
     // only care about the progress (scroll position) changed.
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [
-    props.articleId,
-    debouncedReadingProgress,
-    readingAnchorIndex,
-  ])
+  }, [props.articleId, readingProgress])
 
   // Post message to webkit so apple app embeds get progress updates
   useEffect(() => {
     if (typeof window?.webkit != 'undefined') {
       window.webkit.messageHandlers.readingProgressUpdate?.postMessage({
-        progress: debouncedReadingProgress,
+        progress: readingProgress,
       })
     }
-  }, [readingProgress, debouncedReadingProgress])
+  }, [readingProgress])
 
   const setScrollWatchedElement = useScrollWatcher(
     (changeset: ScrollOffsetChangeset) => {
@@ -79,13 +94,13 @@ export function Article(props: ArticleProps): JSX.Element {
           (changeset.current.y + scrollContainer.clientHeight) /
           scrollContainer.scrollHeight
 
-        setReadingProgress(newReadingProgress * 100)
+        debouncedSetReadingProgress(newReadingProgress * 100)
       } else if (window && window.document.scrollingElement) {
         const newReadingProgress =
           window.scrollY / window.document.scrollingElement.scrollHeight
         const adjustedReadingProgress =
           newReadingProgress > 0.92 ? 1 : newReadingProgress
-        setReadingProgress(adjustedReadingProgress * 100)
+        debouncedSetReadingProgress(adjustedReadingProgress * 100)
       }
     },
     1000
@@ -152,9 +167,15 @@ export function Article(props: ArticleProps): JSX.Element {
       }
 
       if (props.scrollElementRef.current) {
-        props.scrollElementRef.current?.scroll(0, calculateOffset(anchorElement))
+        props.scrollElementRef.current?.scroll(
+          0,
+          calculateOffset(anchorElement)
+        )
       } else {
-        window.document.documentElement.scroll(0, calculateOffset(anchorElement))
+        window.document.documentElement.scroll(
+          0,
+          calculateOffset(anchorElement)
+        )
       }
     }
   }, [
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/homeFeed/HomeFeedContainer.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/homeFeed/HomeFeedContainer.tsx
index 7b04fabab..36c2371c4 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/homeFeed/HomeFeedContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/homeFeed/HomeFeedContainer.tsx
@@ -206,9 +206,12 @@ export function HomeFeedContainer(props: HomeFeedContainerProps): JSX.Element {
     if (activeCardId && !alreadyScrolled.current) {
       scrollToActiveCard(activeCardId)
       alreadyScrolled.current = true
-    }
-    if (activeItem) {
-      performActionOnItem('refresh', activeItem)
+
+      if (activeItem) {
+        console.log('refreshing')
+        // refresh items on home feed
+        performActionOnItem('refresh', activeItem)
+      }
     }
   }, [activeCardId, scrollToActiveCard])
 
diff --git a/packages/web/package.json b/packages/web/package.json
index 34236e76d..49a6a9737 100644
--- a/packages/web/package.json
+++ b/packages/web/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@types/cookie": "^0.4.1",
     "@types/diff-match-patch": "^1.0.32",
     "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
+    "@types/lodash.debounce": "^4.0.6",
     "@types/react": "17.0.2",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "@types/segment-analytics": "^0.0.34",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e99e3552b..bd1b1dd0f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5443,6 +5443,18 @@
     "@types/interpret" "*"
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/lodash.debounce@^4.0.6":
+  version "4.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash.debounce/-/lodash.debounce-4.0.6.tgz#c5a2326cd3efc46566c47e4c0aa248dc0ee57d60"
+  integrity sha512-4WTmnnhCfDvvuLMaF3KV4Qfki93KebocUF45msxhYyjMttZDQYzHkO639ohhk8+oco2cluAFL3t5+Jn4mleylQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/lodash" "*"
+
+"@types/lodash@*":
+  version "4.14.180"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.180.tgz#4ab7c9ddfc92ec4a887886483bc14c79fb380670"
+  integrity sha512-XOKXa1KIxtNXgASAnwj7cnttJxS4fksBRywK/9LzRV5YxrF80BXZIGeQSuoESQ/VkUj30Ae0+YcuHc15wJCB2g==
+
 "@types/long@^4.0.0", "@types/long@^4.0.1":
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/long/-/long-4.0.1.tgz#459c65fa1867dafe6a8f322c4c51695663cc55e9"