diff --git a/API/Services/ReaderService.cs b/API/Services/ReaderService.cs
index 648f05dfa..d7bef07f0 100644
--- a/API/Services/ReaderService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/ReaderService.cs
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ public class ReaderService : IReaderService
         if (currentlyReadingChapter != null) return currentlyReadingChapter;
 
         // Order with volume 0 last so we prefer the natural order
-        return FindNextReadingChapter(volumes.OrderBy(v => v.Number, SortComparerZeroLast.Default).SelectMany(v => v.Chapters).ToList());
+        return FindNextReadingChapter(volumes.OrderBy(v => v.Number, SortComparerZeroLast.Default)
+                                             .SelectMany(v => v.Chapters.OrderBy(c => double.Parse(c.Number))).ToList());
     }
 
     private static ChapterDto FindNextReadingChapter(IList<ChapterDto> volumeChapters)
diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
index f3666479e..30acb3e1d 100644
--- a/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       "name": "GPL-3.0",
       "url": "https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/blob/develop/LICENSE"
     },
-    "version": "0.7.2.16"
+    "version": "0.7.2.18"
   },
   "servers": [
     {