diff --git a/cps/kobo_sync_status.py b/cps/kobo_sync_status.py
index b88cb6ac..eee47d89 100644
--- a/cps/kobo_sync_status.py
+++ b/cps/kobo_sync_status.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from flask_login import current_user
 from . import ub
 import datetime
-from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import or_
+from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import or_, and_
 
 # Add the current book id to kobo_synced_books table for current user, if entry is already present,
 # do nothing (safety precaution)
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ def remove_synced_book(book_id):
     ub.session_commit()
 
 
-def add_archived_books(book_id):
-    archived_book = (ub.session.query(ub.ArchivedBook)
-                     .filter(ub.ArchivedBook.book_id == book_id)
-                     .filter(ub.ArchivedBook.user_id == current_user.id)
-                     .first())
+def change_archived_books(book_id, state=None, message=None):
+    archived_book = ub.session.query(ub.ArchivedBook).filter(and_(ub.ArchivedBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
+                                                                  ub.ArchivedBook.book_id == book_id)).first()
     if not archived_book:
         archived_book = ub.ArchivedBook(user_id=current_user.id, book_id=book_id)
-    archived_book.is_archived = True
+
+    archived_book.is_archived = state if state else not archived_book.is_archived
     archived_book.last_modified = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
     ub.session.merge(archived_book)
-    ub.session_commit()
+    ub.session_commit(message)
+    return archived_book.is_archived
 
 
 # select all books which are synced by the current user and do not belong to a synced shelf and them to archive
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def update_on_sync_shelfs(user_id):
                         .filter(or_(ub.Shelf.kobo_sync == 0, ub.Shelf.kobo_sync == None))
                         .filter(ub.KoboSyncedBooks.user_id == user_id).all())
     for b in books_to_archive:
-        add_archived_books(b.book_id)
+        change_archived_books(b.book_id, True)
         ub.session.query(ub.KoboSyncedBooks) \
             .filter(ub.KoboSyncedBooks.book_id == b.book_id) \
             .filter(ub.KoboSyncedBooks.user_id == user_id).delete()
diff --git a/cps/static/js/table.js b/cps/static/js/table.js
index 0600f0b3..e98f6a8b 100644
--- a/cps/static/js/table.js
+++ b/cps/static/js/table.js
@@ -631,14 +631,14 @@ function singleUserFormatter(value, row) {
 }
 
 function checkboxFormatter(value, row){
-    if(value & this.column)
+    if (value & this.column)
         return '<input type="checkbox" class="chk" data-pk="' + row.id + '" data-name="' + this.field + '" checked onchange="checkboxChange(this, ' + row.id + ', \'' + this.name + '\', ' + this.column + ')">';
     else
         return '<input type="checkbox" class="chk" data-pk="' + row.id + '" data-name="' + this.field + '" onchange="checkboxChange(this, ' + row.id + ', \'' + this.name + '\', ' + this.column + ')">';
 }
 
 function singlecheckboxFormatter(value, row){
-    if(value)
+    if (value)
         return '<input type="checkbox" class="chk" data-pk="' + row.id + '" data-name="' + this.field + '" checked onchange="checkboxChange(this, ' + row.id + ', \'' + this.name + '\', 0)">';
     else
         return '<input type="checkbox" class="chk" data-pk="' + row.id + '" data-name="' + this.field + '" onchange="checkboxChange(this, ' + row.id + ', \'' + this.name + '\', 0)">';
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ function handleListServerResponse (data) {
 function checkboxChange(checkbox, userId, field, field_index) {
     $.ajax({
         method: "post",
-        url: window.location.pathname + "/../../ajax/editlistusers/" + field,
+        url: getPath() + "/ajax/editlistusers/" + field,
         data: {"pk": userId, "field_index": field_index, "value": checkbox.checked},
         error: function(data) {
             handleListServerResponse([{type:"danger", message:data.responseText}])
diff --git a/cps/web.py b/cps/web.py
index 13c56f11..f203783b 100644
--- a/cps/web.py
+++ b/cps/web.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ from .redirect import redirect_back
 from .usermanagement import login_required_if_no_ano
 from .kobo_sync_status import remove_synced_book
 from .render_template import render_title_template
+from .kobo_sync_status import change_archived_books
 
 feature_support = {
     'ldap': bool(services.ldap),
@@ -190,24 +191,15 @@ def toggle_read(book_id):
             return "Custom Column No.{} is not existing in calibre database".format(config.config_read_column), 400
         except (OperationalError, InvalidRequestError) as e:
             calibre_db.session.rollback()
-            log.error(u"Read status could not set: %e", e)
+            log.error(u"Read status could not set: {}".format(e))
             return "Read status could not set: {}".format(e), 400
     return ""
 
 @web.route("/ajax/togglearchived/<int:book_id>", methods=['POST'])
 @login_required
 def toggle_archived(book_id):
-    archived_book = ub.session.query(ub.ArchivedBook).filter(and_(ub.ArchivedBook.user_id == int(current_user.id),
-                                                                  ub.ArchivedBook.book_id == book_id)).first()
-    if archived_book:
-        archived_book.is_archived = not archived_book.is_archived
-        archived_book.last_modified = datetime.utcnow()
-    else:
-        archived_book = ub.ArchivedBook(user_id=current_user.id, book_id=book_id)
-        archived_book.is_archived = True
-    ub.session.merge(archived_book)
-    ub.session_commit("Book {} archivebit toggled".format(book_id))
-    if archived_book.is_archived:
+    is_archived = change_archived_books(book_id, message="Book {} archivebit toggled".format(book_id))
+    if is_archived:
         remove_synced_book(book_id)
     return ""
 
@@ -801,7 +793,6 @@ def list_books():
 
     if sort == "state":
         state = json.loads(request.args.get("state", "[]"))
-        # order = [db.Books.timestamp.asc()] if order == "asc" else [db.Books.timestamp.desc()]   # ToDo wrong: sort ticked
     elif sort == "tags":
         order = [db.Tags.name.asc()] if order == "asc" else [db.Tags.name.desc()]
         join = db.books_tags_link,db.Books.id == db.books_tags_link.c.book, db.Tags