diff --git a/recipes/economist.recipe b/recipes/economist.recipe
index 09ca59e63a..c3ab3409bb 100644
--- a/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     'economist.com/',
                     'economist.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=960,quality=80,format=auto/',
                 )
-                .replace('SQ_', '')
+                .replace('SQ_', '').replace('_AS', '_AP')
             )
             self.log('Got cover:', self.cover_url)
 
diff --git a/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index 09ca59e63a..c3ab3409bb 100644
--- a/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     'economist.com/',
                     'economist.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=960,quality=80,format=auto/',
                 )
-                .replace('SQ_', '')
+                .replace('SQ_', '').replace('_AS', '_AP')
             )
             self.log('Got cover:', self.cover_url)