diff --git a/multisrc/overrides/fmreader/manhwa18net/src/Manhwa18NetFactory.kt b/multisrc/overrides/fmreader/manhwa18net/src/Manhwa18NetFactory.kt
index e3e26a830..179b63e53 100644
--- a/multisrc/overrides/fmreader/manhwa18net/src/Manhwa18NetFactory.kt
+++ b/multisrc/overrides/fmreader/manhwa18net/src/Manhwa18NetFactory.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.GET
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.Source
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.SourceFactory
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.FilterList
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SChapter
 import okhttp3.Request
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
 
 class Manhwa18NetFactory : SourceFactory {
     override fun createSources(): List<Source> = listOf(
@@ -15,26 +17,61 @@ class Manhwa18NetFactory : SourceFactory {
 }
 
 class Manhwa18Net : FMReader("Manhwa18.net", "https://manhwa18.net", "en") {
-    override fun popularMangaRequest(page: Int): Request =
-        GET("$baseUrl/$requestPath?listType=pagination&page=$page&sort=views&sort_type=DESC&ungenre=raw", headers)
+    override val requestPath = "genre/manhwa"
+    override val popularSort = "sort=top"
+    override val pageListImageSelector = "div#chapter-content > img"
 
     override fun latestUpdatesRequest(page: Int): Request =
-        GET("$baseUrl/$requestPath?listType=pagination&page=$page&sort=last_update&sort_type=DESC&ungenre=raw", headers)
+        GET(
+            "$baseUrl/$requestPath?listType=pagination&page=$page&sort=update&sort_type=DESC",
+            headers,
+        )
 
     override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request {
-        val noRawsUrl = super.searchMangaRequest(page, query, filters).url.newBuilder().addQueryParameter("ungenre", "raw").toString()
+        val noRawsUrl = super.searchMangaRequest(page, query, filters).url.newBuilder().toString()
         return GET(noRawsUrl, headers)
     }
 
     override fun getGenreList() = getAdultGenreList()
+
+    override fun chapterFromElement(element: Element, mangaTitle: String): SChapter {
+        return SChapter.create().apply {
+            setUrlWithoutDomain(element.attr("abs:href"))
+            name = element.attr("title")
+            date_upload = parseAbsoluteDate(
+                element.select(chapterTimeSelector).text().substringAfter(" - "),
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 class Manhwa18NetRaw : FMReader("Manhwa18.net", "https://manhwa18.net", "ko") {
-    override val requestPath = "manga-list-genre-raw.html"
+    override val requestPath = "genre/raw"
+    override val popularSort = "sort=top"
+    override val pageListImageSelector = "div#chapter-content > img"
+
+    override fun latestUpdatesRequest(page: Int): Request =
+        GET(
+            "$baseUrl/$requestPath?listType=pagination&page=$page&sort=update&sort_type=DESC",
+            headers,
+        )
+
     override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request {
-        val onlyRawsUrl = super.searchMangaRequest(page, query, filters).url.newBuilder().addQueryParameter("genre", "raw").toString()
+        val onlyRawsUrl = super.searchMangaRequest(page, query, filters).url.newBuilder().toString()
         return GET(onlyRawsUrl, headers)
     }
 
-    override fun getFilterList() = FilterList(super.getFilterList().filterNot { it == GenreList(getGenreList()) })
+    override fun getFilterList() = FilterList(
+        super.getFilterList().filterNot { it == GenreList(getGenreList()) },
+    )
+
+    override fun chapterFromElement(element: Element, mangaTitle: String): SChapter {
+        return SChapter.create().apply {
+            setUrlWithoutDomain(element.attr("abs:href"))
+            name = element.attr("title")
+            date_upload = parseAbsoluteDate(
+                element.select(chapterTimeSelector).text().substringAfter(" - "),
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
index 3873d626f..dfb96dc11 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
 import org.jsoup.select.Elements
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 import java.util.Calendar
+import java.util.Locale
+
 /**
  * For sites based on the Flat-Manga CMS
  */
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ abstract class FMReader(
     override val name: String,
     override val baseUrl: String,
     override val lang: String,
+    private val dateFormat: SimpleDateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH),
 ) : ParsedHttpSource() {
 
     override val supportsLatest = true
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ abstract class FMReader(
                     name = element.attr(chapterNameAttrSelector).substringAfter("$mangaTitle ")
                 }
             }
-            date_upload = element.select(chapterTimeSelector).let { if (it.hasText()) parseChapterDate(it.text()) else 0 }
+            date_upload = element.select(chapterTimeSelector).let { if (it.hasText()) parseRelativeDate(it.text()) else 0 }
         }
     }
 
@@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ abstract class FMReader(
     // gets the unit of time (day, week hour) from "1 day ago"
     open val dateWordIndex = 1
 
-    private fun parseChapterDate(date: String): Long {
+    private fun parseRelativeDate(date: String): Long {
         val value = date.split(' ')[dateValueIndex].toInt()
         val dateWord = date.split(' ')[dateWordIndex].let {
             if (it.contains("(")) {
@@ -294,6 +298,10 @@ abstract class FMReader(
             }
         }
     }
+    open fun parseAbsoluteDate(dateStr: String): Long {
+        return runCatching { dateFormat.parse(dateStr)?.time }
+            .getOrNull() ?: 0L
+    }
 
     open val pageListImageSelector = "img.chapter-img"
 
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
index 6ff5091f9..46d824c50 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class FMReaderGenerator : ThemeSourceGenerator {
     override val baseVersionCode: Int = 8
 
     override val sources = listOf(
-        MultiLang("Manhwa18.net", "https://manhwa18.net", listOf("en", "ko"), className = "Manhwa18NetFactory", isNsfw = true),
+        MultiLang("Manhwa18.net", "https://manhwa18.net", listOf("en", "ko"), className = "Manhwa18NetFactory", isNsfw = true, overrideVersionCode = 1),
         SingleLang("Epik Manga", "https://www.epikmanga.com", "tr"),
         SingleLang("KissLove", "https://klz9.com", "ja", isNsfw = true, overrideVersionCode = 4),
         SingleLang("Manga-TR", "https://manga-tr.com", "tr", className = "MangaTR", overrideVersionCode = 1),