diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/book/book.html b/bookwyrm/templates/book/book.html
index 8f167528..0aa64836 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/book/book.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/book/book.html
@@ -163,12 +163,9 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="column is-narrow">
                         {% trans "Add read dates" as button_text %}
-                        {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with text=button_text icon="plus" class="is-small" controls_text="add-readthrough" %}
+                        {% include 'snippets/toggle/open_button.html' with text=button_text icon="plus" class="is-small" controls_text="add-readthrough" focus="add-readthrough-focus" %}
                     </div>
                 </header>
-                {% if not readthroughs.exists %}
-                <p>{% trans "You don't have any reading activity for this book." %}</p>
-                {% endif %}
                 <section class="is-hidden box" id="add-readthrough">
                     <form name="add-readthrough" action="/create-readthrough" method="post">
                         {% include 'snippets/readthrough_form.html' with readthrough=None %}
@@ -183,6 +180,9 @@
                         </div>
                     </form>
                 </section>
+                {% if not readthroughs.exists %}
+                <p>{% trans "You don't have any reading activity for this book." %}</p>
+                {% endif %}
                 {% for readthrough in readthroughs %}
                 {% include 'snippets/readthrough.html' with readthrough=readthrough %}
                 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/readthrough_form.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/readthrough_form.html
index c5be295e..891e9071 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/readthrough_form.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/readthrough_form.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ readthrough.id }}">
 <input type="hidden" name="book" value="{{ book.id }}">
 <div class="field">
-    <label class="label">
+    <label class="label" tabindex="0" id="add-readthrough-focus">
         {% trans "Started reading" %}
         <input type="date" name="start_date" class="input" id="id_start_date-{{ readthrough.id }}" value="{{ readthrough.start_date | date:"Y-m-d" }}">
     </label>