diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/labels/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/labels/index.ts
index b27c9bf3b..b39f358c8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/labels/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/labels/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-import { authorized, generateRandomColor } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import { Between, ILike } from 'typeorm'
+import { createPubSubClient } from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
+import { getHighlightById } from '../../elastic/highlights'
+import {
+  deleteLabel,
+  setLabelsForHighlight,
+  updateLabel,
+  updateLabelsInPage,
+} from '../../elastic/labels'
+import { getPageById } from '../../elastic/pages'
+import { Label } from '../../entity/label'
+import { User } from '../../entity/user'
+import { getRepository, setClaims } from '../../entity/utils'
+import { env } from '../../env'
 import {
   CreateLabelError,
   CreateLabelErrorCode,
@@ -25,23 +38,10 @@ import {
   UpdateLabelErrorCode,
   UpdateLabelSuccess,
 } from '../../generated/graphql'
-import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
-import { env } from '../../env'
-import { User } from '../../entity/user'
-import { Label } from '../../entity/label'
-import { Between, ILike } from 'typeorm'
-import { getRepository, setClaims } from '../../entity/utils'
-import { createPubSubClient } from '../../datalayer/pubsub'
 import { AppDataSource } from '../../server'
-import { getPageById } from '../../elastic/pages'
-import {
-  deleteLabel,
-  setLabelsForHighlight,
-  updateLabel,
-  updateLabelsInPage,
-} from '../../elastic/labels'
-import { getHighlightById } from '../../elastic/highlights'
 import { getLabelsByIds } from '../../services/labels'
+import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
+import { authorized, generateRandomColor } from '../../utils/helpers'
 
 export const labelsResolver = authorized<LabelsSuccess, LabelsError>(
   async (_obj, _params, { claims: { uid }, log }) => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
index 335421e76..6285c1d81 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
@@ -153,14 +153,19 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
       ctx
     )
   }
+  const labelsInput = labels?.map((label) => ({
+    name: label.name,
+    color: label.color,
+    description: label.description,
+  }))
   // enqueue task to parse page
   await enqueueParseRequest({
     url,
     userId,
     saveRequestId: page.id,
     priority,
-    archivedAt,
-    labels,
+    state: archivedAt ? ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Archived : undefined,
+    labels: labelsInput,
   })
 
   return pageToArticleSavingRequest(user, page)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
index fee84bc46..102265155 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { Label } from '../entity/label'
-import { ILike, In } from 'typeorm'
-import { PageContext } from '../elastic/types'
-import { User } from '../entity/user'
-import { addLabelInPage } from '../elastic/labels'
-import { getRepository } from '../entity/utils'
-import { Link } from '../entity/link'
 import DataLoader from 'dataloader'
-import { generateRandomColor } from '../utils/helpers'
+import { In } from 'typeorm'
+import { addLabelInPage } from '../elastic/labels'
+import { PageContext } from '../elastic/types'
+import { Label } from '../entity/label'
+import { Link } from '../entity/link'
+import { User } from '../entity/user'
+import { getRepository } from '../entity/utils'
 import { CreateLabelInput } from '../generated/graphql'
+import { generateRandomColor } from '../utils/helpers'
 
 const batchGetLabelsFromLinkIds = async (
   linkIds: readonly string[]
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ export const addLabelToPage = async (
     return false
   }
 
-  let labelEntity = await getRepository(Label).findOneBy({
-    user: { id: user.id },
-    name: ILike(label.name),
-  })
+  let labelEntity = await getRepository(Label)
+    .createQueryBuilder()
+    .where({ user: { id: user.id } })
+    .andWhere('LOWER(name) = LOWER(:name)', { name: label.name })
+    .getOne()
 
   if (!labelEntity) {
     console.log('creating new label', label.name)
@@ -87,10 +88,11 @@ export const createLabel = async (
     description?: string
   }
 ): Promise<Label> => {
-  const existingLabel = await getRepository(Label).findOneBy({
-    user: { id: userId },
-    name: ILike(label.name),
-  })
+  const existingLabel = await getRepository(Label)
+    .createQueryBuilder()
+    .where({ user: { id: userId } })
+    .andWhere('LOWER(name) = LOWER(:name)', { name: label.name })
+    .getOne()
 
   if (existingLabel) {
     return existingLabel
@@ -117,17 +119,23 @@ export const createLabels = async (
     return []
   }
 
-  const labelEntities = await getRepository(Label).findBy({
-    user: { id: user.id },
-    name: In(labels.map((l) => l.name)),
-  })
+  const labelEntities = await getRepository(Label)
+    .createQueryBuilder()
+    .where({
+      user: { id: user.id },
+    })
+    .andWhere('LOWER(name) IN (:...names)', {
+      names: labels.map((l) => l.name.toLowerCase()),
+    })
+    .getMany()
 
   const existingLabels = labelEntities.map((l) => l.name)
   const newLabels = labels.filter((l) => !existingLabels.includes(l.name))
   // create new labels
   const newLabelEntities = await getRepository(Label).save(
     newLabels.map((l) => ({
-      ...l,
+      name: l.name,
+      description: l.description,
       color: l.color || generateRandomColor(),
       user,
     }))
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 89ec9a8dc..5d48e2a54 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ import { CloudTasksClient, protos } from '@google-cloud/tasks'
 import { google } from '@google-cloud/tasks/build/protos/protos'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
-import { Label, Recommendation } from '../elastic/types'
+import { Recommendation } from '../elastic/types'
 import { env } from '../env'
+import {
+  ArticleSavingRequestStatus,
+  CreateLabelInput,
+} from '../generated/graphql'
 import { signFeatureToken } from '../services/features'
 import { CreateTaskError } from './errors'
 import { buildLogger } from './logger'
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ export const enqueueParseRequest = async ({
   saveRequestId,
   priority = 'high',
   queue = env.queue.name,
-  archivedAt,
+  state,
   labels,
 }: {
   url: string
@@ -208,15 +212,15 @@ export const enqueueParseRequest = async ({
   saveRequestId: string
   priority?: 'low' | 'high'
   queue?: string
-  archivedAt?: Date | null
-  labels?: Label[]
+  state?: ArticleSavingRequestStatus
+  labels?: CreateLabelInput[]
 }): Promise<string> => {
   const { GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT } = process.env
   const payload = {
     url,
     userId,
     saveRequestId,
-    archivedAt,
+    state,
     labels,
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
index 2f25293b9..960a8e735 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ async function fetchContent(req, res) {
         title,
         originalContent: content,
         parseResult: readabilityResult,
+        state,
+        labels,
       });
 
       logRecord.totalTime = Date.now() - functionStartTime;