diff --git a/css/cms.css b/css/cms.css
index a97b476..beb7395 100755
--- a/css/cms.css
+++ b/css/cms.css
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 /*
  * Sprite maps & Icons
  */
-.gridfield-icon.blog-icon-timer {
-  background: url("../images/blog-icon/timer.png") center no-repeat; }
-
 #FeaturedImage .middleColumn {
   clear: none;
   float: left; }
diff --git a/images/blog-icon/timer.png b/images/blog-icon/timer.png
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a668f6..0000000
Binary files a/images/blog-icon/timer.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scss/cms.scss b/scss/cms.scss
index 3b2ee79..478c037 100755
--- a/scss/cms.scss
+++ b/scss/cms.scss
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 // @import "blog-icon/*.png";
 // buttons
 
-.gridfield-icon.blog-icon-timer {
-    background: url('../images/blog-icon/timer.png') center no-repeat;
-}
-
 #FeaturedImage .middleColumn {
     clear: none;
     float: left;
diff --git a/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldBlogPostState.php b/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldBlogPostState.php
index 58b8e95..4b5a4de 100644
--- a/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldBlogPostState.php
+++ b/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldBlogPostState.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Forms\GridField;
 use SilverStripe\Blog\Model\BlogPost;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Manifest\ModuleLoader;
 use SilverStripe\Lumberjack\Forms\GridFieldSiteTreeState;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBDatetime;
 use SilverStripe\View\Requirements;
 
 /**
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostState extends GridFieldSiteTreeState
     public function getColumnContent($gridField, $record, $columnName)
     {
         if ($columnName == 'State') {
-            Requirements::css(ModuleLoader::getModule('silverstripe/blog')->getRelativeResourcePath('css/cms.css'));
+            Requirements::css('silverstripe/blog:css/cms.css');
             if ($record instanceof BlogPost) {
                 $modifiedLabel = '';
 
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostState extends GridFieldSiteTreeState
 
                 if (!$record->isPublished()) {
                     /**
-                     * @var SS_Datetime $lastEdited
+                     * @var DBDatetime $lastEdited
                      */
                     $lastEdited = $record->dbObject('LastEdited');
 
-                    return '<i class="btn-icon gridfield-icon btn-icon-pencil"></i> '  . _t(
+                    return '<i class="font-icon-edit mr-2"></i> '  . _t(
                         __CLASS__ . '.Draft',
                         'Saved as Draft on {date}',
                         'State for when a post is saved.',
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostState extends GridFieldSiteTreeState
                 }
 
                 /**
-                 * @var SS_Datetime $publishDate
+                 * @var DBDatetime $publishDate
                  */
                 $publishDate = $record->dbObject('PublishDate');
 
                 if (strtotime($record->PublishDate) > time()) {
-                    return '<i class="gridfield-icon blog-icon-timer"></i> ' . _t(
+                    return '<i class="font-icon-clock mr-2"></i> ' . _t(
                         __CLASS__ . '.Timer',
                         'Publish at {date}',
                         'State for when a post is published.',
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class GridFieldBlogPostState extends GridFieldSiteTreeState
                     ) . $modifiedLabel;
                 }
 
-                return '<i class="btn-icon gridfield-icon btn-icon-accept"></i> ' . _t(
+                return '<i class="font-icon-check-mark-circle text-success mr-2"></i> ' . _t(
                     __CLASS__ . '.Published',
                     'Published on {date}',
                     'State for when a post is published.',
diff --git a/src/Model/BlogMemberExtension.php b/src/Model/BlogMemberExtension.php
index 0b9ce60..45da9e7 100644
--- a/src/Model/BlogMemberExtension.php
+++ b/src/Model/BlogMemberExtension.php
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ class BlogMemberExtension extends DataExtension
             $this->owner->URLSegment = preg_replace('/-[0-9]+$/', null, $this->owner->URLSegment) . '-' . $count;
             $count++;
         }
+
+        // Auto publish profile images
+        if ($this->owner->BlogProfileImage() && $this->owner->BlogProfileImage()->exists()) {
+            $this->owner->BlogProfileImage()->publishSingle();
+        }
     }
 
     /**