diff --git a/presentation-widget/src/main/java/tachiyomi/presentation/widget/WidgetManager.kt b/presentation-widget/src/main/java/tachiyomi/presentation/widget/WidgetManager.kt
index eda0ff0a1..f54ab702c 100644
--- a/presentation-widget/src/main/java/tachiyomi/presentation/widget/WidgetManager.kt
+++ b/presentation-widget/src/main/java/tachiyomi/presentation/widget/WidgetManager.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import android.content.Context
 import androidx.glance.appwidget.updateAll
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleCoroutineScope
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.core.security.SecurityPreferences
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.combine
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import logcat.LogPriority
@@ -21,9 +23,12 @@ class WidgetManager(
         combine(
             getUpdates.subscribe(read = false, after = BaseUpdatesGridGlanceWidget.DateLimit.toEpochMilli()),
             securityPreferences.useAuthenticator().changes(),
-            transform = { a, _ -> a },
+            transform = { a, b -> a to b },
         )
-            .distinctUntilChanged()
+            .distinctUntilChanged { old, new ->
+                old.second == new.second &&
+                    old.first.map { it.chapterId }.toSet() == new.first.map { it.chapterId }.toSet()
+            }
             .onEach {
                 try {
                     UpdatesGridGlanceWidget().updateAll(this)
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ class WidgetManager(
                     logcat(LogPriority.ERROR, e) { "Failed to update widget" }
                 }
             }
+            .flowOn(Dispatchers.Default)
             .launchIn(scope)
     }
 }