diff --git a/BookPlayer/Player/PlayerManager.swift b/BookPlayer/Player/PlayerManager.swift
index 7d70f24a..54ee0c58 100755
--- a/BookPlayer/Player/PlayerManager.swift
+++ b/BookPlayer/Player/PlayerManager.swift
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ final class PlayerManager: NSObject, PlayerManagerProtocol {
 
     if currentTime >= currentItem.currentChapter.end || currentTime < currentItem.currentChapter.start,
       let newChapter = currentItem.getChapter(at: currentTime),
-      newChapter != currentItem.currentChapter
+      newChapter != currentItem.currentChapter,
+      !currentItem.isBoundBook || newChapter.chapterOffset != 0
     {
       /// Avoid setting the same chapter, as it would publish an update event
       currentItem.currentChapter = newChapter
diff --git a/Shared/Services/PlaybackService.swift b/Shared/Services/PlaybackService.swift
index fe0eb953..2541b0a6 100644
--- a/Shared/Services/PlaybackService.swift
+++ b/Shared/Services/PlaybackService.swift
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public final class PlaybackService: PlaybackServiceProtocol {
 
   func getPlayableChapters(book: SimpleLibraryItem) throws -> [PlayableChapter] {
     guard
-      let chapters = self.libraryService.getChapters(from: book.relativePath)
+      var chapters = self.libraryService.getChapters(from: book.relativePath)
     else {
       throw BookPlayerError.runtimeError(
         String.localizedStringWithFormat(
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ public final class PlaybackService: PlaybackServiceProtocol {
       )
     }
 
+    /// Ignore chapters that don't have the duration set properly
+    chapters = chapters.filter { $0.duration > 0 }
+
     guard !chapters.isEmpty else {
       return [
         PlayableChapter(