diff --git a/src/addons/mod/forum/services/handlers/module.ts b/src/addons/mod/forum/services/handlers/module.ts
index 780f432b1..e55e46453 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/forum/services/handlers/module.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/forum/services/handlers/module.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ import { Injectable, Type } from '@angular/core';
 import { AddonModForum, AddonModForumProvider } from '../forum';
 import { makeSingleton, Translate } from '@singletons';
 import { CoreEvents } from '@singletons/events';
-import { CoreSites } from '@services/sites';
-import { CoreUtils } from '@services/utils/utils';
+import { CoreSites, CoreSitesReadingStrategy } from '@services/sites';
 import { CoreCourseModuleHandler, CoreCourseModuleHandlerData } from '@features/course/services/module-delegate';
 import { CoreConstants, ModPurpose } from '@/core/constants';
 import { AddonModForumIndexComponent } from '../../components/index';
@@ -115,11 +114,12 @@ export class AddonModForumModuleHandlerService extends CoreModuleHandlerBase imp
         data.extraBadge = Translate.instant('core.loading');
         data.extraBadgeColor = CoreIonicColorNames.DARK;
 
-        await CoreUtils.ignoreErrors(AddonModForum.invalidateForumData(courseId));
-
         try {
             // Handle unread posts.
-            const forum = await AddonModForum.getForum(courseId, moduleId, { siteId });
+            const forum = await AddonModForum.getForum(courseId, moduleId, {
+                readingStrategy: CoreSitesReadingStrategy.PREFER_NETWORK,
+                siteId,
+            });
 
             data.extraBadgeColor = undefined;
             data.extraBadge = forum.unreadpostscount
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts b/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
index 992e069e8..25a659172 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
@@ -1041,13 +1041,13 @@ export class CoreCourseModulePrefetchDelegateService extends CoreDelegate<CoreCo
      * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
      * @return Promise resolved when finished.
      */
-    syncModules(modules: CoreCourseModuleData[], courseId: number): Promise<unknown> {
-        return Promise.all(modules.map(async (module) => {
-            await this.syncModule(module, courseId);
-
+    async syncModules(modules: CoreCourseModuleData[], courseId: number): Promise<void> {
+        try {
+            await Promise.all(modules.map((module) => this.syncModule(module, courseId)));
+        } finally {
             // Invalidate course updates.
             await CoreUtils.ignoreErrors(this.invalidateCourseUpdates(courseId));
-        }));
+        }
     }
 
     /**