diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/progress_update.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/progress_update.html
index 6936429d3..834766c23 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/progress_update.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/progress_update.html
@@ -10,16 +10,14 @@
+ name="progress" size="3" value="{{ readthrough.progress|default:'' }}">
- {% if readthrough.progress_mode == 'PG' and book.pages %}
- of {{ book.pages }}
- {% else %}
- %
- {% endif %}
+ {% if readthrough.progress_mode == 'PG' %}
+ {% if book.pages %} of {{ book.pages }} {% endif %}
+ {% else %} % {% endif %}