diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/WpComicsParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/WpComicsParser.kt
index ac6b9cd92..6a1c7275d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/WpComicsParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/WpComicsParser.kt
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ internal abstract class WpComicsParser(
 	protected open val selectDate = "div.col-xs-4"
 	protected open val selectChapter = "div.list-chapter li.row:not(.heading)"
 
-	protected open suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document): List<MangaChapter> {
-		return doc.body().select(selectChapter).mapChapters(reversed = true) { i, li ->
+	protected open suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document, reversed: Boolean = true): List<MangaChapter> {
+		return doc.body().select(selectChapter).mapChapters(reversed) { i, li ->
 			val a = li.selectFirstOrThrow("a")
 			val href = a.attrAsRelativeUrl("href")
 			val dateText = li.selectFirst(selectDate)?.text()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/DocTruyen3Q.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/DocTruyen3Q.kt
index e527c7c22..01be77dae 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/DocTruyen3Q.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/DocTruyen3Q.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.vi
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.MangaLoaderContext
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.MangaSourceParser
-import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.WpComicsParser
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.config.ConfigKey
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.model.*
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.WpComicsParser
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.util.*
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.*
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ internal class DocTruyen3Q(context: MangaLoaderContext) :
 		)
 	}
 
-	override suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document): List<MangaChapter> {
-		return doc.select("li.row:not([style*='display: none'])").mapChapters(reversed = true) { _, element ->
+	override suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document, reversed: Boolean): List<MangaChapter> {
+		return doc.select("li.row:not([style*='display: none'])").mapChapters(reversed) { _, element ->
 			val chapterLink = element.selectFirst("a.chapter") ?: return@mapChapters null
 			val href = chapterLink.attrAsAbsoluteUrlOrNull("href") ?: return@mapChapters null
 			val name = chapterLink.text()
@@ -217,12 +217,7 @@ internal class DocTruyen3Q(context: MangaLoaderContext) :
 
 			absoluteTimePattern.matches(dateText) -> {
 				val formatter = SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy", Locale.getDefault())
-				try {
-					val parsedDate = formatter.parse(dateText)
-					parsedDate?.time ?: 0L
-				} catch (e: Exception) {
-					0L
-				}
+				formatter.tryParse(dateText)
 			}
 
 			else -> 0L
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/NetTruyen.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/NetTruyen.kt
index 2ace154ae..136bccc9d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/NetTruyen.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/NetTruyen.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal class NetTruyen(context: MangaLoaderContext) :
 	override suspend fun getDetails(manga: Manga): Manga = coroutineScope {
 		val fullUrl = manga.url.toAbsoluteUrl(domain)
 		val doc = webClient.httpGet(fullUrl).parseHtml()
-		val chaptersDeferred = async { getChapters(doc) }
+		val chaptersDeferred = async { getChapters(doc, reversed = false) }
 		val tagMap = getOrCreateTagMap()
 		val tagsElement = doc.select("li.kind p.col-xs-8 a")
 		val mangaTags = tagsElement.mapNotNullToSet { tagMap[it.text()] }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/TopTruyen.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/TopTruyen.kt
index 0cffd37de..34025804a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/TopTruyen.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/parsers/site/wpcomics/vi/TopTruyen.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.vi
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.MangaLoaderContext
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.MangaSourceParser
-import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.WpComicsParser
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.config.ConfigKey
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.model.*
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.site.wpcomics.WpComicsParser
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.parsers.util.*
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.*
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ internal class TopTruyen(context: MangaLoaderContext) :
 		)
 	}
 
-	override suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document): List<MangaChapter> {
-		return doc.select("li.row:not([style*='display: none'])").mapChapters(reversed = true) { _, element ->
+	override suspend fun getChapters(doc: Document, reversed: Boolean): List<MangaChapter> {
+		return doc.select("li.row:not([style*='display: none'])").mapChapters(reversed) { _, element ->
 			val chapterLink = element.selectFirst("a.chapter") ?: return@mapChapters null
 			val href = chapterLink.attrAsAbsoluteUrlOrNull("href") ?: return@mapChapters null
 			val name = chapterLink.text()
@@ -213,12 +213,7 @@ internal class TopTruyen(context: MangaLoaderContext) :
 
 			absoluteTimePattern.matches(dateText) -> {
 				val formatter = SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy", Locale.getDefault())
-				try {
-					val parsedDate = formatter.parse(dateText)
-					parsedDate?.time ?: 0L
-				} catch (e: Exception) {
-					0L
-				}
+				formatter.tryParse(dateText)
 			}
 
 			else -> 0L