diff --git a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
index 78f0e6ad8..1907dbac1 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController {
 	var article: Article? {
 		didSet {
 			if let controller = currentWebViewController, controller.article != article {
-				controller.article = article
+				controller.setArticle(article)
 				DispatchQueue.main.async {
 					// You have to set the view controller to clear out the UIPageViewController child controller cache.
 					// You also have to do it in an async call or you will get a strange assertion error.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController {
 			view.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: pageViewController.view.bottomAnchor)
 		])
 				
-		let controller = createWebViewController(article)
+		let controller = createWebViewController(article, updateView: false)
 		if let state = restoreState {
 			controller.extractedArticle = state.extractedArticle
 			controller.isShowingExtractedArticle = state.isShowingExtractedArticle
@@ -329,11 +329,11 @@ extension ArticleViewController: UIPageViewControllerDelegate {
 
 private extension ArticleViewController {
 	
-	func createWebViewController(_ article: Article?) -> WebViewController {
+	func createWebViewController(_ article: Article?, updateView: Bool = true) -> WebViewController {
 		let controller = WebViewController()
 		controller.coordinator = coordinator
 		controller.delegate = self
-		controller.article = article
+		controller.setArticle(article, updateView: updateView)
 		return controller
 	}
 	
diff --git a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
index 1000d771e..5e04ea578 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
@@ -57,18 +57,7 @@ class WebViewController: UIViewController {
 	weak var coordinator: SceneCoordinator!
 	weak var delegate: WebViewControllerDelegate?
 	
-	var article: Article? {
-		didSet {
-			stopArticleExtractor()
-			if article?.webFeed?.isArticleExtractorAlwaysOn ?? false {
-				startArticleExtractor()
-			}
-			if article != oldValue {
-				windowScrollY = 0
-				loadWebView()
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	private(set) var article: Article?
 	
 	let scrollPositionQueue = CoalescingQueue(name: "Article Scroll Position", interval: 0.3, maxInterval: 1.0)
 	var windowScrollY = 0
@@ -114,6 +103,22 @@ class WebViewController: UIViewController {
 	
 	// MARK: API
 
+	func setArticle(_ article: Article?, updateView: Bool = true) {
+		stopArticleExtractor()
+		
+		if article != self.article {
+			self.article = article
+			if updateView {
+				if article?.webFeed?.isArticleExtractorAlwaysOn ?? false {
+					startArticleExtractor()
+				}
+				windowScrollY = 0
+				loadWebView()
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
 	func focus() {
 		webView?.becomeFirstResponder()
 	}