diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index ca9b026b5..3d3fd2765 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ import { isSiteBlockedForParse } from '../../utils/blocked'
 import {
   authorized,
   cleanUrl,
+  errorHandler,
   generateSlug,
   isBase64Image,
   isParsingTimeout,
   libraryItemToArticle,
   libraryItemToSearchItem,
-  pageError,
   titleForFilePath,
   userDataToUser,
 } from '../../utils/helpers'
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
 
     const userData = await userRepository.findById(uid)
     if (!userData) {
-      return pageError(
+      return errorHandler(
         {
           errorCodes: [CreateArticleErrorCode.Unauthorized],
         },
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
 
     try {
       if (isSiteBlockedForParse(url)) {
-        return pageError(
+        return errorHandler(
           {
             errorCodes: [CreateArticleErrorCode.NotAllowedToParse],
           },
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
       let title: string | undefined
       let parsedContent: Readability.ParseResult | null = null
       let canonicalUrl
-      let userArticleUrl: string | null = null
       let uploadFileHash = null
       let domContent = null
       let itemType = LibraryItemType.Unknown
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
          */
         const uploadFile = await findUploadFileById(uploadFileId)
         if (!uploadFile) {
-          return pageError(
+          return errorHandler(
             { errorCodes: [CreateArticleErrorCode.UploadFileMissing] },
             uid,
             articleSavingRequestId,
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
           uploadFile.fileName
         )
         uploadFileHash = uploadFileDetails.md5Hash
-        userArticleUrl = uploadFileDetails.fileUrl
         canonicalUrl = uploadFile.url
         itemType = itemTypeForContentType(uploadFile.contentType)
         title = titleForFilePath(uploadFile.url)
@@ -282,7 +280,6 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
         title,
         parsedContent,
         userId: uid,
-        itemId: articleSavingRequestId,
         slug,
         croppedPathname,
         originalHtml: domContent,
@@ -295,21 +292,15 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
 
       log.info('New article saving', {
         parsedArticle: Object.assign({}, libraryItemToSave, {
-          content: undefined,
-          originalHtml: undefined,
+          readableContent: undefined,
+          originalContent: undefined,
         }),
-        userArticleUrl,
-        labels: {
-          source: 'resolver',
-          resolver: 'createArticleResolver',
-          userId: uid,
-        },
       })
 
       if (uploadFileId) {
         const uploadFileData = await setFileUploadComplete(uploadFileId)
         if (!uploadFileData || !uploadFileData.id || !uploadFileData.fileName) {
-          return pageError(
+          return errorHandler(
             {
               errorCodes: [CreateArticleErrorCode.UploadFileMissing],
             },
@@ -344,7 +335,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
           pubsub
         )
       } else {
-        // create new page in elastic
+        // create new page in database
         libraryItemToReturn = await createLibraryItem(
           libraryItemToSave,
           uid,
@@ -353,7 +344,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
       }
 
       log.info(
-        'page created in elastic',
+        'item created in database',
         libraryItemToReturn.id,
         libraryItemToReturn.originalUrl,
         libraryItemToReturn.slug,
@@ -367,7 +358,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
       }
     } catch (error) {
       log.error('Error creating article', error)
-      return pageError(
+      return errorHandler(
         {
           errorCodes: [CreateArticleErrorCode.ElasticError],
         },
@@ -399,6 +390,7 @@ export const getArticleResolver = authorized<
             user: true,
             labels: true,
           },
+          uploadFile: true,
         },
       })
     )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index eb6973c88..386da6a21 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
       }
       return article.url
     },
-    async originalArticleUrl(article: { url: string }) {
+    originalArticleUrl(article: { url: string }) {
       return article.url
     },
     hasContent(article: {
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
     image(item: SearchItem) {
       return item.image && createImageProxyUrl(item.image, 320, 320)
     },
+    originalArticleUrl(item: { url: string }) {
+      return item.url
+    },
   },
   Subscription: {
     newsletterEmail(subscription: Subscription) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
index e399a933f..0a5001834 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
 import { authorized, generateSlug } from '../../utils/helpers'
 import {
+  contentReaderForLibraryItem,
   generateUploadFilePathName,
   generateUploadSignedUrl,
   getFilePublicUrl,
@@ -127,25 +128,21 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver = authorized<
       // If we have a file:// URL, don't try to match it
       // and create a copy of the page, just create a
       // new item.
-      const item = isFileUrl(input.url)
-        ? await findLibraryItemByUrl(input.url, uid)
-        : undefined
-
+      const item = await findLibraryItemByUrl(input.url, uid)
       if (item) {
-        if (
-          !(await updateLibraryItem(
-            item.id,
-            {
-              savedAt: new Date(),
-              archivedAt: null,
-            },
-            uid
-          ))
-        ) {
-          return { errorCodes: [UploadFileRequestErrorCode.FailedCreate] }
-        }
+        await updateLibraryItem(
+          item.id,
+          {
+            savedAt: new Date(),
+            archivedAt: null,
+            state: LibraryItemState.Processing,
+          },
+          uid
+        )
         createdItemId = item.id
       } else {
+        const itemType = itemTypeForContentType(input.contentType)
+        const uploadFileId = uploadFileData.id
         const item = await createLibraryItem(
           {
             originalUrl: isFileUrl(input.url) ? publicUrl : input.url,
@@ -153,9 +150,11 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver = authorized<
             user: { id: uid },
             title,
             readableContent: '',
-            itemType: itemTypeForContentType(input.contentType),
+            itemType,
             uploadFile: { id: uploadFileData.id },
             slug: generateSlug(uploadFilePathName),
+            state: LibraryItemState.Processing,
+            contentReader: contentReaderForLibraryItem(itemType, uploadFileId),
           },
           uid
         )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
index c760d58d7..7fcf08696 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
   userId,
   url,
   pubsub = createPubSubClient(),
-  articleSavingRequestId = uuidv4(),
+  articleSavingRequestId,
   state,
   priority,
   labels,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
   await enqueueParseRequest({
     url,
     userId,
-    saveRequestId: articleSavingRequestId,
+    saveRequestId: libraryItem.id,
     priority,
     state,
     labels,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
index 15063ca17..057b61ad0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { LibraryItemState } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { User } from '../entity/user'
 import { homePageURL } from '../env'
 import {
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   SaveFileInput,
   SaveResult,
 } from '../generated/graphql'
-import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { getStorageFileDetails } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { findOrCreateLabels } from './labels'
 import { updateLibraryItem } from './library_item'
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export const saveFile = async (
   input: SaveFileInput,
   user: User
 ): Promise<SaveResult> => {
-  logger.info('saving file with input', input)
-  const pageId = input.clientRequestId
   const uploadFile = await findUploadFileById(input.uploadFileId)
   if (!uploadFile) {
     return {
@@ -35,28 +33,25 @@ export const saveFile = async (
     }
   }
 
-  // save state
-  const archivedAt =
-    input.state === ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Archived ? new Date() : null
-  // add labels to page
-  const labels = input.labels
-    ? await findOrCreateLabels(input.labels, user.id)
-    : undefined
   if (input.state || input.labels) {
-    const updated = await updateLibraryItem(
-      pageId,
+    // save state
+    const archivedAt =
+      input.state === ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Archived ? new Date() : null
+    // add labels to page
+    const labels = input.labels
+      ? await findOrCreateLabels(input.labels, user.id)
+      : undefined
+    await updateLibraryItem(
+      input.clientRequestId,
       {
         archivedAt,
         labels,
+        state: input.state
+          ? (input.state as unknown as LibraryItemState)
+          : LibraryItemState.Succeeded,
       },
       user.id
     )
-    if (!updated) {
-      logger.info('error updating page', pageId)
-      return {
-        errorCodes: [SaveErrorCode.Unknown],
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index f64166121..daa718729 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/helpers'
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { parsePreparedContent } from '../utils/parser'
+import { contentReaderForLibraryItem } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { createPageSaveRequest } from './create_page_save_request'
 import { createHighlight } from './highlights'
 import { findOrCreateLabels } from './labels'
@@ -258,5 +259,6 @@ export const parsedContentToLibraryItem = ({
     itemLanguage: parsedContent?.language,
     siteIcon: parsedContent?.siteIcon,
     wordCount: wordsCount(parsedContent?.textContent || ''),
+    contentReader: contentReaderForLibraryItem(itemType, uploadFileId),
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/upload_file.ts b/packages/api/src/services/upload_file.ts
index 7b03e8544..863e457de 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/upload_file.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/upload_file.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ export const findUploadFileById = async (id: string) => {
 
 export const setFileUploadComplete = async (id: string, userId?: string) => {
   return authTrx(
-    async (tx) =>
-      tx.getRepository(UploadFile).save({ id, status: 'COMPLETED' }),
+    async (tx) => {
+      const repo = tx.getRepository(UploadFile)
+      await repo.update(id, { status: 'COMPLETED' })
+
+      return repo.findOneByOrFail({ id })
+    },
     undefined,
     userId
   )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index fd03bd992..c27ccfb0a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export const generateSlug = (title: string): string => {
 
 export const MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 5e7 //50MB
 
-export const pageError = async (
+export const errorHandler = async (
   result: CreateArticleError,
   userId: string,
   pageId?: string | null,
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ export const libraryItemToArticle = (item: LibraryItem): Article => ({
   readingProgressAnchorIndex: item.readingProgressHighestReadAnchor,
   readingProgressPercent: item.readingProgressTopPercent,
   highlights: item.highlights?.map(highlightDataToHighlight) || [],
+  uploadFileId: item.uploadFile?.id,
+  pageType: item.itemType as unknown as PageType,
 })
 
 export const libraryItemToSearchItem = (item: LibraryItem): SearchItem => ({
@@ -260,6 +262,7 @@ export const libraryItemToSearchItem = (item: LibraryItem): SearchItem => ({
   ),
   image: item.thumbnail,
   highlights: item.highlights?.map(highlightDataToHighlight),
+  uploadFileId: item.uploadFile?.id,
 })
 
 export const isParsingTimeout = (libraryItem: LibraryItem): boolean => {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
index 7ba3f4613..c625bb737 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 import { File, GetSignedUrlConfig, Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage'
+import { ContentReaderType, LibraryItemType } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { env } from '../env'
-import { ContentReader, PageType } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { logger } from './logger'
 
-export const contentReaderForPage = (
-  pageType: PageType,
+export const contentReaderForLibraryItem = (
+  itemType: LibraryItemType,
   uploadFileId: string | null | undefined
 ) => {
   if (!uploadFileId) {
-    return ContentReader.Web
+    return ContentReaderType.WEB
   }
-  switch (pageType) {
-    case PageType.Book:
-      return ContentReader.Epub
-    case PageType.File:
-      return ContentReader.Pdf
+  switch (itemType) {
+    case LibraryItemType.Book:
+      return ContentReaderType.EPUB
+    case LibraryItemType.File:
+      return ContentReaderType.PDF
     default:
-      return ContentReader.Web
+      return ContentReaderType.WEB
   }
 }
 
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ export const generateUploadSignedUrl = async (
   contentType: string,
   selectedBucket?: string
 ): Promise<string> => {
-  // if (env.dev.isLocal) {
-  //   return 'http://localhost:3000/uploads/' + filePathName
-  // }
-
   // These options will allow temporary uploading of file with requested content type
   const options: GetSignedUrlConfig = {
     version: 'v4',