diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 51c6cc4d9..ab990ce24 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         {% if site.github.is_project_page %}
           <span class="site-footer-owner"><a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}">{{ site.github.repository_name }}</a> is maintained by <a href="{{ site.github.owner_url }}">{{ site.github.owner_name }}</a>.</span>
         {% endif %}
-        <span class="site-footer-credits">This page was generated by <a href="https://pages.github.com">GitHub Pages</a>.</span>
       </footer>
     </main>
   </body>
diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html
index d1cb8be13..c0080c083 100644
--- a/blog/index.html
+++ b/blog/index.html
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ layout: default
           {{ post.content | strip_html | truncatewords: 100 }}...
           {% endif %}
           {% if post.highlight_image %}
-          <div class="post-highlight">
-            <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.highlight_image }}" alt="Highlight Image">
-          </div>
+          <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">
+              <div class="post-highlight">
+                  <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.highlight_image }}" alt="Highlight Image">
+              </div>
+          </a>
           {% endif %}
         </div>
       </div>