diff --git a/API/Controllers/ReaderController.cs b/API/Controllers/ReaderController.cs
index d157980ad..b2eb50ee1 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/ReaderController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/ReaderController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -19,14 +20,16 @@ namespace API.Controllers
         private readonly ICacheService _cacheService;
         private readonly ILogger<ReaderController> _logger;
         private readonly IUnitOfWork _unitOfWork;
+        private readonly DataContext _dataContext;
 
         public ReaderController(IDirectoryService directoryService, ICacheService cacheService,
-            ILogger<ReaderController> logger, IUnitOfWork unitOfWork)
+            ILogger<ReaderController> logger, IUnitOfWork unitOfWork, DataContext dataContext)
         {
             _directoryService = directoryService;
             _cacheService = cacheService;
             _logger = logger;
             _unitOfWork = unitOfWork;
+            _dataContext = dataContext;
         }
 
         [HttpGet("image")]
@@ -218,7 +221,8 @@ namespace API.Controllers
                     PagesRead = bookmarkDto.PageNum,
                     VolumeId = bookmarkDto.VolumeId,
                     SeriesId = bookmarkDto.SeriesId,
-                    ChapterId = bookmarkDto.ChapterId
+                    ChapterId = bookmarkDto.ChapterId,
+                    LastModified = DateTime.Now
                 });
             }
             else
@@ -226,8 +230,9 @@ namespace API.Controllers
                 userProgress.PagesRead = bookmarkDto.PageNum;
                 userProgress.SeriesId = bookmarkDto.SeriesId;
                 userProgress.VolumeId = bookmarkDto.VolumeId;
+                userProgress.LastModified = DateTime.Now;
             }
-
+            
             _unitOfWork.UserRepository.Update(user);
 
             if (await _unitOfWork.Complete())
diff --git a/API/Data/SeriesRepository.cs b/API/Data/SeriesRepository.cs
index b9bae9773..7124f0932 100644
--- a/API/Data/SeriesRepository.cs
+++ b/API/Data/SeriesRepository.cs
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ namespace API.Data
                             && s.PagesRead > 0
                             && s.PagesRead < s.Series.Pages
                             && (libraryId <= 0 || s.Series.LibraryId == libraryId))
+                .OrderByDescending(s => s.LastModified)
+                .Take(limit)
                 .Select(s => s.Series.Id);
 
 
             var series = await _context.Series
                 .Where(s =>  seriesWithProgress.Contains(s.Id))
-                  .OrderByDescending(s => s.LastModified)
-                  .Take(limit)
                 .ProjectTo<SeriesDto>(_mapper.ConfigurationProvider)
                   .AsNoTracking()
                   .ToListAsync();