diff --git a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsDatabase.swift b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsDatabase.swift
index a78619df..4a36a1d8 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsDatabase.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsDatabase.swift
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ public class AbsDatabase: CAPPlugin {
                 call.reject("Local media progress not found or created")
                 return
             }
-            localMediaProgress.updateFromServerMediaProgress(serverMediaProgress)
             
             NSLog("syncServerMediaProgressWithLocalMediaProgress: Saving local media progress")
-            Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
+            localMediaProgress.updateFromServerMediaProgress(serverMediaProgress)
+            
             call.resolve(try localMediaProgress.asDictionary())
         } catch {
             call.reject("Failed to sync media progress")
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ public class AbsDatabase: CAPPlugin {
 
         // Update finished status
         localMediaProgress.updateIsFinished(isFinished)
-        Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
         
         // Build API response
         let progressDictionary = try? localMediaProgress.asDictionary()
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/models/local/LocalMediaProgress.swift b/ios/App/Shared/models/local/LocalMediaProgress.swift
index 001e07ff..c15c38a9 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/models/local/LocalMediaProgress.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/models/local/LocalMediaProgress.swift
@@ -158,19 +158,24 @@ extension LocalMediaProgress {
     }
     
     static func fetchOrCreateLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: String?, localLibraryItemId: String?, localEpisodeId: String?) -> LocalMediaProgress? {
-        if let localMediaProgressId = localMediaProgressId {
-            // Check if it existing in the database, if not, we need to create it
-            if let progress = Database.shared.getLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: localMediaProgressId) {
-                return progress
+        let realm = try! Realm()
+        return try! realm.write { () -> LocalMediaProgress? in
+            if let localMediaProgressId = localMediaProgressId {
+                // Check if it existing in the database, if not, we need to create it
+                if let progress = Database.shared.getLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: localMediaProgressId) {
+                    return progress
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if let localLibraryItemId = localLibraryItemId {
+                guard let localLibraryItem = Database.shared.getLocalLibraryItem(localLibraryItemId: localLibraryItemId) else { return nil }
+                let episode = localLibraryItem.getPodcastEpisode(episodeId: localEpisodeId)
+                let progress = LocalMediaProgress(localLibraryItem: localLibraryItem, episode: episode)
+                realm.add(progress)
+                return progress
+            } else {
+                return nil
             }
-        }
-        
-        if let localLibraryItemId = localLibraryItemId {
-            guard let localLibraryItem = Database.shared.getLocalLibraryItem(localLibraryItemId: localLibraryItemId) else { return nil }
-            let episode = localLibraryItem.getPodcastEpisode(episodeId: localEpisodeId)
-            return LocalMediaProgress(localLibraryItem: localLibraryItem, episode: episode)
-        } else {
-            return nil
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
index 231ad102..afe03c86 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ class PlayerProgress {
             }
 
             localMediaProgress.updateFromPlaybackSession(session)
-            Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
             
             NSLog("Local progress saved to the database")