diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
index 506809e8a..89d0a8d84 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerhighlight.lua
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ function ReaderHighlight:updateHighlight(index, side, direction, move_by_char)
                 highlight.pos0 = updated_highlight_beginning
                 highlight.page = updated_highlight_beginning
                 highlight.chapter = self.ui.toc:getTocTitleByPage(updated_highlight_beginning)
-                highlight.pos_percent = self.ui.annotation:getPosPercent(updated_highlight_beginning)
+                highlight.pageno = self.document:getPageFromXPointer(updated_highlight_beginning)
             end
         end
     else -- we move pos1
@@ -1758,7 +1758,6 @@ function ReaderHighlight:saveHighlight(extend_to_sentence)
             pos1 = self.selected_text.pos1,
             text = cleanupSelectedText(self.selected_text.text),
             drawer = self.view.highlight.saved_drawer,
-            datetime = os.date("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
             chapter = self.ui.toc:getTocTitleByPage(pg_or_xp),
         }
         if self.ui.paging then