diff --git a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
index 1e5d0c62..536fd84f 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/plugins/AbsAudioPlayer.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(sendSleepTimerSet), name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepSet.rawValue), object: nil)
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(sendSleepTimerEnded), name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.sleepEnded.rawValue), object: nil)
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(onPlaybackFailed), name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.failed.rawValue), object: nil)
+        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(onLocalMediaProgressUpdate), name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.localProgress.rawValue), object: nil)
         
         self.bridge?.webView?.allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures = true;
         
@@ -186,8 +187,12 @@ public class AbsAudioPlayer: CAPPlugin {
         ])
     }
     
-    @objc func onLocalMediaProgressUpdate(_ localMediaProgress: [String: Any]) {
-        self.notifyListeners("onLocalMediaProgressUpdate", data: localMediaProgress)
+    @objc func onLocalMediaProgressUpdate() {
+        guard let localMediaProgressId = PlayerHandler.getPlaybackSession()?.localMediaProgressId else { return }
+        guard let localMediaProgress = Database.shared.getLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgressId: localMediaProgressId) else { return }
+        guard let progressUpdate = try? localMediaProgress.asDictionary() else { return }
+        NSLog("Sending local progress back to the UI")
+        self.notifyListeners("onLocalMediaProgressUpdate", data: progressUpdate)
     }
     
     @objc func onPlaybackFailed() {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
index e6a7a8d8..16b0372a 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerHandler.swift
@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@ class PlayerHandler {
         localMediaProgress.updateFromPlaybackSession(session)
         Database.shared.saveLocalMediaProgress(localMediaProgress)
         
-        // TODO: Send local media progress back to UI
+        NSLog("Local progress saved to the database")
+        
+        // Send the local progress back to front-end
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.localProgress.rawValue), object: nil)
         
         return localMediaProgress
     }
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/util/PlayerEvents.swift b/ios/App/Shared/util/PlayerEvents.swift
index 86bf801d..4b225a9e 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/util/PlayerEvents.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/util/PlayerEvents.swift
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ enum PlayerEvents: String {
     case sleepSet = "com.audiobookshelf.app.player.sleep.set"
     case sleepEnded = "com.audiobookshelf.app.player.sleep.ended"
     case failed = "com.audiobookshelf.app.player.failed"
+    case localProgress = "com.audiobookshelf.app.player.localProgress"
 }