diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
index 7d743054..73f732d5 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
@@ -276,13 +276,15 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         guard self.isInitialized() else { return }
         
         self.audioPlayer.pause()
-        self.status = 0
-        self.rate = 0.0
         
         Task {
-            await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer(currentTime: self.getCurrentTime(), includesPlayProgress: true, isStopping: true)
+            let wasPlaying = self.status > 0
+            await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromPlayer(currentTime: self.getCurrentTime(), includesPlayProgress: wasPlaying, isStopping: true)
         }
         
+        self.status = 0
+        self.rate = 0.0
+        
         updateNowPlaying()
         
         self.startPausedTimer()