diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/background/background.kt b/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/background/background.kt
index 74a0739..a565507 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/background/background.kt
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/background/background.kt
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ override fun doWork(): Result {
 
             repository.handleDBActions()
 
+            val apiItems = repository.tryToCacheItemsAndGetNewOnes()
             if (appSettingsService.isNotifyNewItemsEnabled()) {
                 launch {
-                    handleNewItemsNotification(repository.tryToCacheItemsAndGetNewOnes(), notificationManager)
+                    handleNewItemsNotification(apiItems, notificationManager)
                 }
             }
+            apiItems.map { it.preloadImages(context) }
         }
     }
     return Result.success()
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ override fun doWork(): Result {
         newItems: List<SelfossModel.Item>?,
         notificationManager: NotificationManager
     ) {
+        // TODO: Check if this coroutine is actually required
         CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
                 val apiItems = newItems.orEmpty()
 
@@ -102,7 +105,6 @@ override fun doWork(): Result {
                         notificationManager.notify(2, newItemsNotification.build())
                     }
                 }
-                apiItems.map { it.preloadImages(context) }
             Timer("", false).schedule(4000) {
                 notificationManager.cancel(1)
             }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
index c96d40b..eb6e794 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -456,16 +456,19 @@ class Repository(private val api: SelfossApi, private val appSettingsService: Ap
         db.itemsQueries.updateItem(item.datetime, item.title.getHtmlDecoded(), item.content, item.unread, item.starred, item.thumbnail, item.icon, item.link, item.sourcetitle, item.tags.joinToString(","), item.id.toString())
 
     // TODO: This function should check for duplicate items
-    suspend fun tryToCacheItemsAndGetNewOnes() {
+    suspend fun tryToCacheItemsAndGetNewOnes(): List<SelfossModel.Item> {
         try {
+            val previousNewItems = getDBItems().count { it.unread }
             val newItems = getMaxItemsForBackground(ItemType.UNREAD)
             val allItems = getMaxItemsForBackground(ItemType.ALL)
             val starredItems = getMaxItemsForBackground(ItemType.STARRED)
             val fullItemsList = newItems + allItems + starredItems
             insertDBItems(fullItemsList)
+            return fullItemsList
         } catch (e: Throwable) {
             // We do nothing
         }
+        return emptyList()
     }
 
     // TODO: Add tests