diff --git a/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/__init__.py
index 0cad3db1..1aeca8af 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/__init__.py
@@ -45,13 +45,10 @@ class Restock(dict):
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         # Custom logic to handle setting price and original_price
-        if key == 'price':
+        if key == 'price' or key == 'original_price':
             if isinstance(value, str):
                 value = self.parse_currency(raw_value=value)
 
-            if value and not self.get('original_price'):
-                self['original_price'] = value
-
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
 class Watch(BaseWatch):
diff --git a/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/processor.py b/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/processor.py
index e3ee6247..790241e5 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/processor.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/processor.py
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         # Main detection method
         fetched_md5 = None
 
+        # store original price if not set
+        if itemprop_availability and itemprop_availability.get('price') and not itemprop_availability.get('original_price'):
+            itemprop_availability['original_price'] = itemprop_availability.get('price')
+            update_obj['restock']["original_price"] = itemprop_availability.get('price')
+
         if not self.fetcher.instock_data and not itemprop_availability.get('availability'):
             raise ProcessorException(
                 message=f"Unable to extract restock data for this page unfortunately. (Got code {self.fetcher.get_last_status_code()} from server), no embedded stock information was found and nothing interesting in the text, try using this watch with Chrome.",