diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index 431f6619e..8fd3a4d30 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ export const parsePreparedContent = async (
     labels: { source: 'parsePreparedContent' },
   }
 
-  let article = null
+  // If we have a parse result, use it
+  let article = parseResult || null
   let highlightData = undefined
   const { document, pageInfo } = preparedDocument
 
@@ -205,14 +206,16 @@ export const parsePreparedContent = async (
 
   let dom = parseHTML(document).document
 
-  // preParse content
-  const preParsedDom = await preParseContent(url, dom)
-  preParsedDom && (dom = preParsedDom)
-
   try {
-    article =
-      parseResult ||
-      (await getReadabilityResult(url, document, dom, isNewsletter))
+    if (!article) {
+      // Attempt to parse the article
+      // preParse content
+      const preParsedDom = await preParseContent(url, dom)
+      preParsedDom && (dom = preParsedDom)
+
+      article = await getReadabilityResult(url, document, dom, isNewsletter)
+    }
+
     if (!article?.textContent && allowRetry) {
       const newDocument = {
         ...preparedDocument,
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
index 0ee12be6e..2eb417901 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign);
 const os = require('os');
 const { Storage } = require('@google-cloud/storage');
 const { parseHTML } = require('linkedom');
-const { preHandleContent } = require("@omnivore/content-handler");
+const { preHandleContent, preParseContent } = require("@omnivore/content-handler");
 const { Readability } = require("@omnivore/readability");
 
 const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-extra');
@@ -314,7 +314,18 @@ async function fetchContent(req, res) {
 
       logRecord.fetchContentTime = Date.now() - functionStartTime;
 
-      const readabilityResult = content ? (await getReadabilityResult(url, content)) : null;
+      let readabilityResult = null;
+      if (content) {
+        let document = parseHTML(content).document;
+
+        // preParse content
+        const preParsedDom = await preParseContent(url, document)
+        if (preParsedDom) {
+          document = preParsedDom
+        }
+
+        readabilityResult = await getReadabilityResult(url, document);
+      }
 
       const apiResponse = await sendSavePageMutation(userId, {
         url: finalUrl,