diff --git a/reader/static/css/reader_toolbar.css b/reader/static/css/reader_toolbar.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70fd952877227741092e6b854e48a17bfbdb88b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reader/static/css/reader_toolbar.css
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+.reading-toolbar-top {
+    height: 5%;
+    table {
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+    }
+    background-color: #ccc;
+    color: #1c1b22;
+}
+
+.ta-left {
+    float: left;
+}
+
+.ta-right {
+    float: right;
+}
+
+.ta-text {
+    padding: 1rem;
+    font-family: "Inter", "SF Pro", "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Oxygen", "Ubuntu", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif;
+}
+
+#outerContainer {
+    height: 95% !important;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reader/templates/reader/book_read/pdf_viewer.html b/reader/templates/reader/book_read/pdf_viewer.html
index c077701ea2e828e8871f9a657aebae88acdf1568..5fce1a9025a34c71afa8e9ad47f6e53ed9aabc4a 100644
--- a/reader/templates/reader/book_read/pdf_viewer.html
+++ b/reader/templates/reader/book_read/pdf_viewer.html
@@ -36,16 +36,34 @@ See https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/cmap-resources
     <link rel="resource" type="application/l10n" href="{% static "pdfjs/locale/locale.json" %}">
     <script src="{% static "pdfjs/pdf.mjs" %}" type="module"></script>
 
+    <script src="{% static "js/jquery-3.7.1.min.js" %}"></script>
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "pdfjs/viewer.css" %}">
 
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "css/reader_toolbar.css" %}">
+
     <script type="module">
         {% include "reader/book_read/viewer.mjs" %}
     </script>
 </head>
 
 <body tabindex="1">
+    <div class="reading-toolbar-top">
+        <table>
+            <tbody>
+                <tr>
+                    <td class="ta-left">
+                        <span class="ta-text">Now reading: {{ book.title }}</span>
+                    </td>
+                    <td></td>
+                    <td class="ta-right">
+                        <span class="ta-text"><a href="{% url 'view_book' book.id %}" class="btn btn-primary">Back to book</a></span>
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
+            </tbody>
+        </table>
+    </div>
     <div id="outerContainer">
-
         <div id="sidebarContainer">
             <div id="toolbarSidebar">
                 <div id="toolbarSidebarLeft">
@@ -620,16 +638,34 @@ See https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/cmap-resources
 
     </div> <!-- outerContainer -->
     <div id="printContainer"></div>
-
     <script>
+        PDFViewerApplicationOptions.set("disablehistory", true);
         document.addEventListener("webviewerloaded", () => {
             PDFViewerApplication.initializedPromise.then(() => {
+                {% if pagenumber %}
+                    PDFViewerApplication.pdfViewer.currentPageNumber = {{ pagenumber }};
+                {% endif %}
                 PDFViewerApplication.eventBus.on("documentloaded", (e) => {
                     console.log("The document has now been loaded");
                 });
 
                 PDFViewerApplication.eventBus.on("pagechanging", (e) => {
                     console.log('pagechanging, from ' + e.previous + ' to ' + e.pageNumber);
+                    if (e.pageNumber === {{ pagenumber }}) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    $.ajax(
+                        "{% url 'update_progress' book_id=book.id %}",
+                        {
+                            method: "POST",
+                            data: {
+                                csrfmiddlewaretoken: "{{ csrf_token }}",
+                                last_progress_cfi: e.pageNumber,
+                                last_progress_device: "Web Viewer",
+                                percentage_read: e.pageNumber / PDFViewerApplication.pagesCount
+                            }
+                        }
+                    );
                 });
 
                 PDFViewerApplication.eventBus.on("scalechanging", (e) => {
diff --git a/reader/templates/reader/book_read/viewer.mjs b/reader/templates/reader/book_read/viewer.mjs
index d9d94c08e90a92693c6d78cfa1e4b2f1dbf3be0d..0ab897b84d0cc7cf5be3abf406aa328fa0fab5ce 100644
--- a/reader/templates/reader/book_read/viewer.mjs
+++ b/reader/templates/reader/book_read/viewer.mjs
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     kind: OptionKind.VIEWER + OptionKind.PREFERENCE
   },
   debuggerSrc: {
-    value: "./debugger.mjs",
+    value: "{% static 'pdfjs/debugger.mjs' %}",
     kind: OptionKind.VIEWER
   },
   defaultZoomDelay: {
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     kind: OptionKind.VIEWER + OptionKind.PREFERENCE
   },
   disableHistory: {
-    value: false,
+    value: true,
     kind: OptionKind.VIEWER
   },
   disablePageLabels: {