diff --git a/resources/recipes/hbr.recipe b/resources/recipes/hbr.recipe
index 10f4c580d1..7c91837529 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/hbr.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/hbr.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+import re
 
 class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription = True
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     timefmt                = ' [%B %Y]'
-    no_stylesheets = True
-
+    no_stylesheets = True   
+    
     LOGIN_URL = 'http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/login?request_url=/'
     INDEX = 'http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/current'
 
@@ -19,7 +20,15 @@ class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 'contentRight', 'summaryLink']),
             dict(name='form'),
             ]
-
+    
+    extra_css = '''
+                a {font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; }
+                .article{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: xx-small;}
+                h2{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:large; }
+                h4{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:small;  }
+                #articleAuthors{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000;font-size:x-small;}
+                #summaryText{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:x-small;}                
+                '''
 
     def get_browser(self):
         br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
@@ -86,4 +95,15 @@ class HBR(BasicNewsRecipe):
         feeds.extend(self.get_departments(soup))
         return feeds
 
-
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+        cover_url = None
+        index = 'http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/current'
+        soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+        link_item = soup.find('img', alt=re.compile("HBR Cover Image"), src=True)
+        
+        if link_item:
+           cover_url = 'http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org' + link_item['src']
+           
+        return cover_url
+    
+  
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py
index b86819a441..77cef0d22c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/base.py
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ class Manifest(object):
 
 
             # Remove DOCTYPE declaration as it messes up parsing
-            # Inparticular it causes tostring to insert xmlns
+            # In particular, it causes tostring to insert xmlns
             # declarations, which messes up the coercing logic
             idx = data.find('<html')
             if idx > -1:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
index 48e344890b..12b1856b82 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ class TagsView(QTreeView):
         ci = self.currentIndex()
         if not ci.isValid():
             ci = self.indexAt(QPoint(10, 10))
-        self.model().refresh()
+        try:
+            self.model().refresh()
+        except: #Database connection could be closed if an integrity check is happening
+            pass
         if ci.isValid():
             self.scrollTo(ci, QTreeView.PositionAtTop)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/linux.py b/src/calibre/linux.py
index f8beafc94d..b66c2ff49d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/linux.py
+++ b/src/calibre/linux.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class PostInstall:
             self.info('Creating symlinks...')
             for exe in scripts.keys():
                 dest = os.path.join(self.opts.staging_bindir, exe)
-                if os.path.exists(dest):
+                if os.path.lexists(dest):
                     os.unlink(dest)
                 tgt = os.path.join(getattr(sys, 'frozen_path'), exe)
                 self.info('\tSymlinking %s to %s'%(tgt, dest))