diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/reader/CoreReaderFragment.kt b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/reader/CoreReaderFragment.kt
index 6bf9fc4d4..c424ca6fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/reader/CoreReaderFragment.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/reader/CoreReaderFragment.kt
@@ -2232,10 +2232,6 @@ abstract class CoreReaderFragment :
   private fun saveTabStates(onComplete: () -> Unit = {}) {
     CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {
       savingTabsMutex.withLock {
-        // clear the previous history saved in database
-        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-          repositoryActions?.clearWebViewPageHistory()
-        }
         val coreApp = sharedPreferenceUtil?.context as CoreApp
         val settings = coreApp.getSharedPreferences(
           SharedPreferenceUtil.PREF_KIWIX_MOBILE,
@@ -2247,6 +2243,9 @@ abstract class CoreReaderFragment :
           getWebViewHistoryEntity(view, index)?.let(webViewHistoryEntityList::add)
         }
         withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+          // clear the previous history saved in database
+          repositoryActions?.clearWebViewPageHistory()
+          // Store new history in database.
           repositoryActions?.saveWebViewPageHistory(webViewHistoryEntityList)
         }
         settings.edit {
diff --git a/custom/src/androidTest/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/search/SearchFragmentTestForCustomApp.kt b/custom/src/androidTest/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/search/SearchFragmentTestForCustomApp.kt
index 1f5a75894..cefec90e5 100644
--- a/custom/src/androidTest/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/search/SearchFragmentTestForCustomApp.kt
+++ b/custom/src/androidTest/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/search/SearchFragmentTestForCustomApp.kt
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ class SearchFragmentTestForCustomApp {
       clickOnHomeButton(composeTestRule)
       // click on an article to load the other page.
       clickOnAFoolForYouArticle(composeTestRule)
+      composeTestRule.mainClock.advanceTimeByFrame()
       assertAFoolForYouArticleLoaded(composeTestRule)
+      composeTestRule.waitUntilTimeout()
       // open note screen.
       openNoteFragment(customMainActivity as CoreMainActivity, composeTestRule)
       composeTestRule.waitUntilTimeout()