diff --git a/recipes/harpers.recipe b/recipes/harpers.recipe
index 059f4b5e08..6f0d8497d5 100644
--- a/recipes/harpers.recipe
+++ b/recipes/harpers.recipe
@@ -79,5 +79,10 @@ class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     .index-statement .index-tooltip { font-size: small; }
     """
 
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+        issues_soup = self.index_to_soup("https://harpers.org/issues/")
+        curr_issue_a_ele = issues_soup.select_one("div.issue-card a")
+        if curr_issue_a_ele.find("img"):
+            return curr_issue_a_ele.img["src"]
 
     feeds = [(u"Harper's Magazine", u'https://harpers.org/feed/')]
diff --git a/recipes/harpers_full.recipe b/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
index 159419d623..bf8f8dae79 100644
--- a/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
+++ b/recipes/harpers_full.recipe
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
         if not _issue_url:
             issues_soup = self.index_to_soup("https://harpers.org/issues/")
             curr_issue_a_ele = issues_soup.select_one("div.issue-card a")
-            curr_issue_url = urljoin(self.base_url, curr_issue_a_ele["href"])
+            if curr_issue_a_ele.find("img"):
+                self.cover_url = curr_issue_a_ele.img["src"]
         else:
             curr_issue_url = _issue_url