diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useKOSync.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useKOSync.ts
index 65b0c7f3..150ce10b 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useKOSync.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useKOSync.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Book, BookProgress, FIXED_LAYOUT_FORMATS } from '@/types/book';
 import { BookDoc } from '@/libs/document';
 import { debounce } from '@/utils/debounce';
 import { eventDispatcher } from '@/utils/event';
-import { getCFIFromXPointer, XCFI } from '@/utils/xcfi';
+import { getCFIFromXPointer, normalizeProgressXPointer, XCFI } from '@/utils/xcfi';
 
 type SyncState = 'idle' | 'checking' | 'conflict' | 'synced' | 'error';
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const useKOSync = (bookKey: string) => {
           const { doc, index: spineIndex } = content;
           const converter = new XCFI(doc, spineIndex || 0);
           const xpointerResult = converter.cfiToXPointer(cfi);
-          koProgress = xpointerResult.xpointer;
+          koProgress = normalizeProgressXPointer(xpointerResult.xpointer);
         }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to convert CFI to XPointer', error);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const useKOSync = (bookKey: string) => {
         await kosyncClient.updateProgress(currentBook, progress.koProgress, progress.percentage);
       }, 5000),
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-    [bookKey, appService, kosyncClient, generateKOProgress],
+    [bookKey, appService, kosyncClient],
   );
 
   const pullProgress = useCallback(
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ export const useKOSync = (bookKey: string) => {
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const handlePullProgress = (event: CustomEvent) => {
-      if (event.detail.bookKey !== bookKey) return;
-      pullProgress();
-    };
     const handlePushProgress = (event: CustomEvent) => {
       if (event.detail.bookKey !== bookKey) return;
       pushProgress();
@@ -251,16 +247,26 @@ export const useKOSync = (bookKey: string) => {
       if (event.detail.bookKey !== bookKey) return;
       pushProgress.flush();
     };
-    eventDispatcher.on('pull-kosync', handlePullProgress);
     eventDispatcher.on('push-kosync', handlePushProgress);
     eventDispatcher.on('flush-kosync', handleFlush);
     return () => {
-      eventDispatcher.off('pull-kosync', handlePullProgress);
       eventDispatcher.off('push-kosync', handlePushProgress);
       eventDispatcher.off('flush-kosync', handleFlush);
       pushProgress.flush();
+      console.log('useKOSync cleanup done for', bookKey);
     };
-  }, [bookKey, pushProgress, pullProgress]);
+  }, [bookKey, pushProgress]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handlePullProgress = (event: CustomEvent) => {
+      if (event.detail.bookKey !== bookKey) return;
+      pullProgress();
+    };
+    eventDispatcher.on('pull-kosync', handlePullProgress);
+    return () => {
+      eventDispatcher.off('pull-kosync', handlePullProgress);
+    };
+  }, [bookKey, pullProgress]);
 
   // Pull: pull progress once when the book is opened
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useProgressSync.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useProgressSync.ts
index d56466e8..99388809 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useProgressSync.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/hooks/useProgressSync.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { CFI } from '@/libs/document';
 import { debounce } from '@/utils/debounce';
 import { eventDispatcher } from '@/utils/event';
 import { DEFAULT_BOOK_SEARCH_CONFIG, SYNC_PROGRESS_INTERVAL_SEC } from '@/services/constants';
-import { getCFIFromXPointer, getXPointerFromCFI } from '@/utils/xcfi';
+import { getCFIFromXPointer, getXPointerFromCFI, normalizeProgressXPointer } from '@/utils/xcfi';
 
 export const useProgressSync = (bookKey: string) => {
   const _ = useTranslation();
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const useProgressSync = (bookKey: string) => {
           if (content && !FIXED_LAYOUT_FORMATS.has(book.format)) {
             const { doc, index } = content;
             const xpointerResult = await getXPointerFromCFI(config.location!, doc, index || 0);
-            config.xpointer = xpointerResult.xpointer;
+            config.xpointer = normalizeProgressXPointer(xpointerResult.xpointer);
           }
         } catch (error) {
           console.warn('Failed to convert CFI to XPointer', error);
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/xcfi.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/xcfi.ts
index 1888852a..68b5e04b 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/xcfi.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/xcfi.ts
@@ -539,3 +539,15 @@ export const getXPointerFromCFI = async (
   const xpointer = converter.cfiToXPointer(cfi);
   return xpointer;
 };
+
+// Koreader sometimes cannot recognize totally valid XPointer.
+// Workaround this by cleaning up any trailing /text().N segments.
+// This has neglectable effect on position accuracy as the XPointer still point to the correct element
+// while offset within the text node is usually ignored by pagination.
+export const normalizeProgressXPointer = (xpointer: string): string => {
+  const tailingTextRange = /\/text\(\)\.\d+$/;
+  if (xpointer.match(tailingTextRange)) {
+    xpointer = xpointer.replace(tailingTextRange, '');
+  }
+  return xpointer;
+};