diff --git a/recipes/harpers_full.recipe b/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
index b965bca9b8..153f82db7b 100644
--- a/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
+++ b/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ If you have institutional subscription based on access IP you do not need to ent
 anything in username/password fields
 '''
 
-import time
+import time, re
 import urllib
 from calibre import strftime
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription    = 'optional'
     masthead_url          = 'http://harpers.org/wp-content/themes/harpers/images/pheader.gif'
     publication_type      = 'magazine'
-    INDEX                 = strftime('http://harpers.org/archive/%Y/%m')
     LOGIN                 = 'http://harpers.org/wp-content/themes/harpers/ajax_login.php'
     extra_css             = """
                                 body{font-family: adobe-caslon-pro,serif}
@@ -65,17 +64,28 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
         return br
 
     def parse_index(self):
+        #find current issue
+        soup = self.index_to_soup('http://harpers.org/')
+        currentIssue=soup.find('div',attrs={'class':'mainNavi'}).find('li',attrs={'class':'curentIssue'})
+        currentIssue_url=self.tag_to_string(currentIssue.a['href'])
+        self.log(currentIssue_url)
+
+        #go to the current issue
+        soup1 = self.index_to_soup(currentIssue_url)
+        date = re.split('\s\|\s',self.tag_to_string(soup1.head.title.string))[0]
+        self.timefmt =  u' [%s]'%date
+
+        #get cover
+        coverurl='http://harpers.org/wp-content/themes/harpers/ajax_microfiche.php?img=harpers-'+re.split('harpers.org/',currentIssue_url)[1]+'gif/0001.gif'
+        soup2 = self.index_to_soup(coverurl)
+        self.cover_url = self.tag_to_string(soup2.find('img')['src'])
+        self.log(self.cover_url)
         articles = []
-        print 'Processing ' + self.INDEX
-        soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
         count = 0
-        for item in soup.findAll('div', attrs={'class':'articleData'}):
+        for item in soup1.findAll('div', attrs={'class':'articleData'}):
             text_links = item.findAll('h2')
             for text_link in text_links:
                 if count == 0:
-                   lcover_url = item.find(attrs={'class':'dwpdf'})
-                   if lcover_url:
-                      self.cover_url = lcover_url.a['href']
                    count = 1
                 else:
                    url   = text_link.a['href']
@@ -87,7 +97,14 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
                                      ,'url'        :url
                                      ,'description':''
                                     })
-        return [(soup.head.title.string, articles)]
+        return [(soup1.head.title.string, articles)]
 
     def print_version(self, url):
         return url + '?single=1'
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        soup = self.index_to_soup('http://harpers.org/')
+        signouturl=self.tag_to_string(soup.find('li', attrs={'class':'subLogOut'}).findNext('li').a['href'])
+        self.log(signouturl)
+        self.browser.open(signouturl)
+