diff --git a/plexpy/activity_pinger.py b/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
index 8ce2490f..1b99cf05 100644
--- a/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
+++ b/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ def check_active_sessions(ws_request=False):
                             # Check if the user has reached the offset in the media we defined as the "watched" percent
                             # Don't trigger if state is buffer as some clients push the progress to the end when
                             # buffering on start.
-                            if session['progress'] and session['duration'] and session['state'] != 'buffering':
-                                if helpers.get_percent(session['progress'],
+                            if session['view_offset'] and session['duration'] and session['state'] != 'buffering':
+                                if helpers.get_percent(session['view_offset'],
                                                        session['duration']) > plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_WATCHED_PERCENT:
                                     # Push any notifications -
                                     # Push it on it's own thread so we don't hold up our db actions
diff --git a/plexpy/datafactory.py b/plexpy/datafactory.py
index 6fa10a9a..8ba72e23 100644
--- a/plexpy/datafactory.py
+++ b/plexpy/datafactory.py
@@ -830,14 +830,17 @@ class DataFactory(object):
                                        'FROM sessions '
                                        'WHERE session_key = ?', args=[session_key])
 
-            paused_counter = 0
+            paused_counter = None
             for session in result:
                 if session['last_paused']:
                     paused_offset = int(time.time()) - int(session['last_paused'])
                     paused_counter = int(session['paused_counter']) + int(paused_offset)
 
             values = {'state': 'playing',
-                      'last_paused': timestamp,
-                      'paused_counter': paused_counter}
+                      'last_paused': timestamp
+                      }
+            if paused_counter:
+                values['paused_counter'] = paused_counter
+
             keys = {'session_key': session_key}
             monitor_db.upsert('sessions', values, keys)
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