diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
index f14e63d5e..1bb6a31e6 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
@@ -1036,7 +1036,23 @@ private extension ReaderAPIAccountDelegate {
 			// let authors = Set([ParsedAuthor(name: entry.authorName, url: entry.jsonFeed?.jsonFeedAuthor?.url, avatarURL: entry.jsonFeed?.jsonFeedAuthor?.avatarURL, emailAddress: nil)])
 			// let feed = account.idToFeedDictionary[entry.origin.streamId!]! // TODO clean this up
 			
-			return ParsedItem(syncServiceID: entry.uniqueID(), uniqueID: entry.uniqueID(), feedURL: streamID, url: nil, externalURL: entry.alternates.first?.url, title: entry.title, language: nil, contentHTML: entry.summary.content, contentText: nil, summary: entry.summary.content, imageURL: nil, bannerImageURL: nil, datePublished: entry.parseDatePublished(), dateModified: nil, authors: nil, tags: nil, attachments: nil)
+			return ParsedItem(syncServiceID: entry.uniqueID(variant: variant),
+							  uniqueID: entry.uniqueID(variant: variant),
+							  feedURL: streamID,
+							  url: nil,
+							  externalURL: entry.alternates.first?.url,
+							  title: entry.title,
+							  language: nil,
+							  contentHTML: entry.summary.content,
+							  contentText: nil,
+							  summary: entry.summary.content,
+							  imageURL: nil,
+							  bannerImageURL: nil,
+							  datePublished: entry.parseDatePublished(),
+							  dateModified: nil,
+							  authors: nil,
+							  tags: nil,
+							  attachments: nil)
 		}
 		
 		return Set(parsedItems)
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPICaller.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPICaller.swift
index 0e40f79be..465bde73d 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPICaller.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPICaller.swift
@@ -639,9 +639,13 @@ final class ReaderAPICaller: NSObject {
 				}
 				
 				let itemIds = itemRefs.map { (reference) -> String in
-					// Convert the IDs to the (stupid) Google Hex Format
-					let idValue = Int(reference.itemId)!
-					return String(idValue, radix: 16, uppercase: false)
+					if self.variant == .theOldReader {
+						return reference.itemId
+					} else {
+						// Convert the IDs to the (stupid) Google Hex Format
+						let idValue = Int(reference.itemId)!
+						return String(idValue, radix: 16, uppercase: false)
+					}
 				}
 				
 				self.retrieveEntries(articleIDs: itemIds) { (results) in
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
index d8f85ca6f..41abfe4be 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
@@ -74,15 +74,13 @@ struct ReaderAPIEntry: Codable {
 	}
 	
 	func parseDatePublished() -> Date? {
-		
 		guard let unixTime = publishedTimestamp else {
 			return nil
 		}
-		
 		return Date(timeIntervalSince1970: unixTime)
 	}
 	
-	func uniqueID() -> String {
+	func uniqueID(variant: ReaderAPIVariant) -> String {
 		// Should look something like "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/00058b10ce338909"
 		// REGEX feels heavy, I should be able to just split on / and take the last element
 		
@@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ struct ReaderAPIEntry: Codable {
 			return articleID
 		}
 		
+		guard variant != .theOldReader else {
+			return idPart
+		}
+
 		// Convert hex representation back to integer and then a string representation
 		guard let idNumber = Int(idPart, radix: 16) else {
 			return articleID
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ struct ReaderAPIEntry: Codable {
 		
 		return String(idNumber, radix: 10, uppercase: false)
 	}
+	
 }
 
 struct ReaderAPIArticleSummary: Codable {
@@ -115,7 +118,6 @@ struct ReaderAPIAlternateLocation: Codable {
 	}
 }
 
-
 struct ReaderAPIEntryOrigin: Codable {
 	let streamId: String?
 	let title: String?
@@ -125,4 +127,3 @@ struct ReaderAPIEntryOrigin: Codable {
 		case title = "title"
 	}
 }
-