diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
index 210b1b2ae..7e7c30681 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/article/PdfArticleContainer.tsx
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ export default function PdfArticleContainer(
           }
           await articleReadingProgressMutation({
             id: props.article.id,
+            force: true,
             readingProgressPercent: percent,
             readingProgressAnchorIndex: pageIndex,
           })
diff --git a/packages/web/lib/networking/mutations/articleReadingProgressMutation.ts b/packages/web/lib/networking/mutations/articleReadingProgressMutation.ts
index 6c41950d0..95fd754d7 100644
--- a/packages/web/lib/networking/mutations/articleReadingProgressMutation.ts
+++ b/packages/web/lib/networking/mutations/articleReadingProgressMutation.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { gqlFetcher } from '../networkHelpers'
 
 export type ArticleReadingProgressMutationInput = {
   id: string
+  force?: boolean
   readingProgressPercent?: number
   readingProgressTopPercent?: number
   readingProgressAnchorIndex?: number