diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/view.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/view.pyj
index 3d5c40b905..219b630a6c 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/view.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/view.pyj
@@ -703,8 +703,8 @@ class View:
             # type anything into text boxes.
             # See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=404315
             return
-        ui_operations.update_url_state(data.replace_history)
         username = self.update_cfi_data(data)
+        ui_operations.update_url_state(data.replace_history)
         if username:
             key = self.book.key
             lrd = {'device':get_device_uuid(), 'cfi':data.cfi, 'pos_frac':data.progress_frac}