diff --git a/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php b/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
index 761979c..19ff329 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/EpisodeActionController.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public function __construct(
 	public function create(): JSONResponse {
 
 		$episodeActionsArray = $this->filterEpisodesFromRequestParams($this->request->getParams());
+		$episodeActionsArray = $this->filterOnlyPlays($episodeActionsArray);
 		$this->episodeActionSaver->saveEpisodeActions($episodeActionsArray, $this->userId);
 
 		return new JSONResponse(["timestamp" => time()]);
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ public function list(int $since = 0): JSONResponse {
 		]);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param array $data
-	 * @return array $episodeActionsArray
-	 */
-	public function filterEpisodesFromRequestParams(array $data): array {
-		return array_filter($data, "is_numeric", ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
+	public function filterEpisodesFromRequestParams(array $episodesFromRequestParams): array {
+		return array_filter($episodesFromRequestParams, "is_numeric", ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
+	}
+
+	public function filterOnlyPlays(array $episodesFromRequestParams): array {
+		return array_filter($episodesFromRequestParams, fn($ep) => isset($ep['action']) && strtolower($ep['action']) === 'play');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Controller/EpisodeActionControllerTest.php b/tests/Integration/Controller/EpisodeActionControllerTest.php
index 53c51c9..2c30455 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Controller/EpisodeActionControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Controller/EpisodeActionControllerTest.php
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ public function testEpisodeActionCreateAction(): void
    "started": 15,
    "position": 120,
    "total":  500
+  },
+  {
+   "podcast": "https://example.com/feed.rss",
+   "episode": "https://example.com/files/s01e21.mp3",
+   "guid": "s01e21-example-org",
+   "action": "DELETE",
+   "timestamp": "2009-12-12T09:00:00",
+   "started": -1,
+   "position": -1,
+   "total":  -1
   }
 ]',
             true,
@@ -181,6 +191,7 @@ public function testEpisodeActionCreateAction(): void
         $episodeActionEntities = $mapper->findAll(0, $userId);
         /** @var EpisodeActionEntity $firstEntity */
         $firstEntity = $episodeActionEntities[0];
+        $this->assertCount(1, $episodeActionEntities);
         $this->assertSame(
             "https://example.com/feed.rss",
             $firstEntity->getPodcast()