diff --git a/src/webfetch/content.ts b/src/webfetch/content.ts
index d16fb86..d102379 100644
--- a/src/webfetch/content.ts
+++ b/src/webfetch/content.ts
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ function extractReadableArticle(html: string, url: string): ReadableArticle | un
 				};
 				break;
 			}
+			if (explicitArticle) return explicitArticle;
 
 			const article = new Readability(dom.window.document, {
 				charThreshold: 80,
 				keepClasses: false,
 			}).parse();
-			if (explicitArticle) return explicitArticle;
 			if (!article?.content || !article.textContent) return undefined;
 			return {
 				title: normalizePlainText(
diff --git a/test/webfetch-explicit-article.test.ts b/test/webfetch-explicit-article.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc84bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/webfetch-explicit-article.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const readability = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+	parse: vi.fn(() => {
+		throw new Error("Readability should not run for explicit article matches");
+	}),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@mozilla/readability", () => ({
+	Readability: class {
+		parse(): unknown {
+			return readability.parse();
+		}
+	},
+}));
+
+import { htmlToMarkdown } from "../src/webfetch/content.js";
+
+function explicitArticleHtml(): string {
+	return `<!doctype html>
+		<html>
+			<body>
+				<h1 class="tit_post">Explicit Article</h1>
+				<div class="article_view">
+					<p>Explicit article body has enough words to pass the direct article selector threshold.</p>
+				</div>
+			</body>
+		</html>`;
+}
+
+describe("webfetch explicit article extraction", () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		readability.parse.mockClear();
+	});
+
+	it("#given an explicit article container #when converting markdown #then skips Readability fallback parsing", () => {
+		// given / when
+		const markdown = htmlToMarkdown(explicitArticleHtml(), "https://example.test/post");
+
+		// then
+		expect(markdown).toContain("# Explicit Article");
+		expect(markdown).toContain("Explicit article body");
+		expect(readability.parse).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+});
