diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 1a073713c..2a1d39641 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
         articleToSave.id = newPageId
       } else {
         // update existing page's state from processing to succeeded
-        articleToSave.archivedAt = archive ? saveTime : undefined
+        articleToSave.archivedAt = archive ? saveTime : null
         const updated = await updatePage(pageId, articleToSave, {
           ...ctx,
           uid,
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
index fe08eea37..ef82378f3 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/article.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ const createArticleQuery = (
           id
           title
           content
+          isArchived
         }
         user {
           id
@@ -371,6 +372,41 @@ describe('Article API', () => {
         pageId = res.body.data.createArticle.createdArticle.id
       })
     })
+
+    context('when saving an archived article', () => {
+      before(async () => {
+        url = 'https://example.com/saving-archived-article.com'
+        source = 'puppeteer-parse'
+        document = '<p>test</p>'
+        title = 'new title'
+
+        await createPage(
+          {
+            content: document,
+            createdAt: new Date(),
+            hash: 'test hash',
+            id: '',
+            pageType: PageType.Article,
+            readingProgressAnchorIndex: 0,
+            readingProgressPercent: 0,
+            savedAt: new Date(),
+            slug: 'test saving an archived article slug',
+            state: ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded,
+            title,
+            userId: user.id,
+            url,
+            archivedAt: new Date(),
+          },
+          ctx
+        )
+      })
+
+      it('should unarchive the article', async () => {
+        const res = await graphqlRequest(query, authToken).expect(200)
+
+        expect(res.body.data.createArticle.createdArticle.isArchived).to.false
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('GetArticle', () => {