diff --git a/Shared/Article Extractor/ArticleExtractor.swift b/Shared/Article Extractor/ArticleExtractor.swift
index bd2dfcd78..29d87394a 100644
--- a/Shared/Article Extractor/ArticleExtractor.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Article Extractor/ArticleExtractor.swift	
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ class ArticleExtractor {
 				decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
 				self.article = try decoder.decode(ExtractedArticle.self, from: data)
 				
-				self.state = .complete
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
 					if self.article?.content == nil {
+						self.state = .failedToParse
 						self.delegate?.articleExtractionDidFail(with: URLError(.cannotDecodeContentData))
 					} else {
+						self.state = .complete
 						self.delegate?.articleExtractionDidComplete(extractedArticle: self.article!)
 					}
                 }