diff --git a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-2.md b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-2.md
index b3c7d4f..c9519ce 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-2.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-2.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 date: 2017-04-10T11:00:59-04:00
 description: "Pierre Gringoire"
-featured_image: ""
 tags: []
 title: "Chapter II: Pierre Gringoire"
 ---
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-3.md b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-3.md
index cd29cee..713b354 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-3.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-3.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 date: 2017-04-11T11:13:32-04:00
 description: "Monsieur the Cardinal"
-featured_image: ""
 tags: []
 title: "Chapter III: Monsieur the Cardinal"
 ---
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-4.md b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-4.md
index f49d937..2c347bc 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-4.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-4.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 date: 2017-04-12T11:14:48-04:00
 description: "Master Jacques Coppenole"
-featured_image: ""
 tags: ["scene"]
 title: "Chapter IV: Master Jacques Coppenole"
 ---
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-5.md b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-5.md
index e0f5d28..ab74c76 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-5.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/post/chapter-5.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 date: 2017-04-13T11:15:58-04:00
 description: "Quasimodo"
-featured_image: ""
 tags: []
 title: "Chapter V: Quasimodo"
 ---
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-header.html b/layouts/partials/page-header.html
index 9e408ce..ca21b9c 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-header.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {{ $featured_image := $.Param "featured_image" }}
 {{ if $featured_image }}
-  <header class="cover bg-center" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image | absURL }}');">
+  {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
+  <header class="cover bg-center" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image }}');">
     <div class="pb3-m pb6-l bg-black-60">
       {{ partial "site-navigation.html" . }}
       <div class="tc-l pv6 ph3 ph4-ns">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/site-header.html b/layouts/partials/site-header.html
index dce121e..2511739 100755
--- a/layouts/partials/site-header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/site-header.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {{ $featured_image := $.Param "featured_image" }}
 {{ if $featured_image }}
-  <header class="cover bg-center" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image | absURL }}');">
+  {{ $featured_image := (trim $featured_image "/") | absURL }}
+  <header class="cover bg-center" style="background-image: url('{{ $featured_image  }}');">
     <div class="bg-black-60">
       {{ partial "site-navigation.html" .}}
       <div class="tc-l pv4 pv6-l ph3 ph4-ns">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html b/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
index d72cb35..8a99ee4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/summary-with-image.html
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     <div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns">
       {{ if .Params.featured_image }}
         <div class="pr3-ns mb4 mb0-ns w-100 w-40-ns">
-          <img src="{{ .Params.featured_image }}" class="db" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">
+          {{ $imgURL := (trim .Params.featured_image "/") | absURL }}
+          <img src="{{ $imgURL }}" class="db" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">
         </div>
       {{ end }}
       <div class="w-100{{ if .Params.featured_image }} w-60-ns pl3-ns{{ end }}">
diff --git a/layouts/post/summary-with-image.html b/layouts/post/summary-with-image.html
index d72cb35..8a99ee4 100644
--- a/layouts/post/summary-with-image.html
+++ b/layouts/post/summary-with-image.html
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     <div class="flex flex-column flex-row-ns">
       {{ if .Params.featured_image }}
         <div class="pr3-ns mb4 mb0-ns w-100 w-40-ns">
-          <img src="{{ .Params.featured_image }}" class="db" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">
+          {{ $imgURL := (trim .Params.featured_image "/") | absURL }}
+          <img src="{{ $imgURL }}" class="db" alt="image from {{ .Title }}">
         </div>
       {{ end }}
       <div class="w-100{{ if .Params.featured_image }} w-60-ns pl3-ns{{ end }}">