diff --git a/recipes/der_standard.recipe b/recipes/der_standard.recipe
index 8784cbaf61..6cb9a7541a 100644
--- a/recipes/der_standard.recipe
+++ b/recipes/der_standard.recipe
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2009, Gerhard Aigner <gerhard.aigner at gmail.com>'
 
 ''' http://www.derstandard.at - Austrian Newspaper '''
 import re
+import random
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 from time import strftime
 
@@ -47,8 +48,11 @@ class DerStandardRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         (u'Meinung', u'http://derStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Meinung'),
         (u'Lifestyle', u'http://derStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Lifestyle'),
         (u'Reisen', u'http://derStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Reisen'),
+        (u'Familie', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Familie'),
+        (u'Greenlife', u'http://derStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Greenlife'),
         (u'Karriere', u'http://derStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Karriere'),
         (u'Immobilien', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Immobilien'),
+        (u'Automobil', u'http://derstandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=Automobil'),
         (u'dieStandard', u'http://dieStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=diestandard'),
         (u'daStandard', u'http://daStandard.at/?page=rss&ressort=dastandard')
                       ]
@@ -90,40 +94,14 @@ class DerStandardRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             t.name = 'div'
         return soup
 
+    cover_re = re.compile('<img.*class="thumbnailBig.*src="(.*)" alt="issue"')
+
     def get_cover_url(self):
-        highResolution = True
-
-        date    = strftime("%Y/%Y%m%d")
-        # it is also possible for the past
-        #date    = '2012/20120503'
-
-        urlP1   = 'http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/'
-        urlP2   = 'data_ep/STAN/' + date
-        urlP3   = '/V.B1/'
-        urlP4   = 'paper.htm'
-        urlHTML = urlP1 + urlP2 + urlP3 + urlP4
-
+        base_url = 'https://epaper.derstandard.at/'
+        url = base_url + 'shelf.act?s=' + str(random.random() * 10000)
         br = self.clone_browser(self.browser)
-        htmlF  = br.open_novisit(urlHTML)
-        htmlC  = htmlF.read()
-
-
-        # URL EXAMPLE: data_ep/STAN/2012/20120504/V.B1/pages/A3B6798F-2751-4D8D-A103-C5EF22F7ACBE.htm
-        # consists of part2 + part3 + 'pages/' + code
-        # 'pages/' has length 6, code has lenght 36
-
-        index   = htmlC.find(urlP2) + len(urlP2 + urlP3) + 6
-        code    = htmlC[index:index + 36]
-
-
-        # URL EXAMPLE HIGH RESOLUTION: http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/data_ep/STAN/2012/20120504/pagejpg/A3B6798F-2751-4D8D-A103-C5EF22F7ACBE_b.png
-        # URL EXAMPLE LOW RESOLUTION: http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/data_ep/STAN/2012/20120504/pagejpg/2AB52F71-11C1-4859-9114-CDCD79BEFDCB.png
-
-        urlPic  = urlP1 + urlP2 + '/pagejpg/' + code
-
-        if highResolution:
-            urlPic  = urlPic + '_b'
-
-        urlPic  = urlPic + '.png'
-
-        return urlPic
+        html = br.open(url).read()
+        cover_match = self.cover_re.search(html)
+        if cover_match is not None:
+            cover_url = base_url + cover_match.group(1)
+            return cover_url