diff --git a/src/components/Article/AudioPlayer/PlayerPlaylist.tsx b/src/components/Article/AudioPlayer/PlayerPlaylist.tsx
index ff0661c9..81e69d58 100644
--- a/src/components/Article/AudioPlayer/PlayerPlaylist.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Article/AudioPlayer/PlayerPlaylist.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export const PlayerPlaylist = (props: Props) => {
   }
 
   const play = (index: number) => {
+    props.onPlayMedia(index)
     const mi = props.media[index]
     gtag('event', 'select_item', {
       item_list_id: props.articleSlug,
diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index b57afa4c..06d5ac1e 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { Row2 } from '../../Feed/Row2'
 import { Row3 } from '../../Feed/Row3'
 import { Loading } from '../../_shared/Loading'
 
+import { MODALS, hideModal } from '../../../stores/ui'
 import { byCreated } from '../../../utils/sortby'
 import stylesArticle from '../../Article/Article.module.scss'
 import styles from './Author.module.scss'
@@ -40,13 +41,14 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   const { loadSubscriptions } = useFollowing()
   const { sortedArticles } = useArticlesStore({ shouts: props.shouts })
   const { authorEntities } = useAuthorsStore({ authors: [props.author] })
-  const { page: getPage } = useRouter()
+  const { page: getPage, searchParams } = useRouter()
   const [isLoadMoreButtonVisible, setIsLoadMoreButtonVisible] = createSignal(false)
   const [isBioExpanded, setIsBioExpanded] = createSignal(false)
   const [followers, setFollowers] = createSignal<Author[]>([])
   const [following, setFollowing] = createSignal<Array<Author | Topic>>([])
   const [showExpandBioControl, setShowExpandBioControl] = createSignal(false)
   const [commented, setCommented] = createSignal<Reaction[]>()
+  const modal = MODALS[searchParams().m]
 
   // current author
   const [author, setAuthor] = createSignal<Author>()
@@ -92,7 +94,13 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
     }
   }
 
-  onMount(() => fetchData(props.authorSlug))
+  onMount(() => {
+    fetchData(props.authorSlug)
+
+    if (!modal) {
+      hideModal()
+    }
+  })
 
   const loadMore = async () => {
     saveScrollPosition()
diff --git a/src/components/Views/Expo/Expo.tsx b/src/components/Views/Expo/Expo.tsx
index e4541922..eddd12a4 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Expo/Expo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Expo/Expo.tsx
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ type Props = {
   layout: LayoutType
 }
 
-export const PRERENDERED_ARTICLES_COUNT = 36
-const LOAD_MORE_PAGE_SIZE = 12
+export const PRERENDERED_ARTICLES_COUNT = 37
+const LOAD_MORE_PAGE_SIZE = 11
 
 export const Expo = (props: Props) => {
   const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = createSignal<boolean>(Boolean(props.shouts))
diff --git a/src/utils/getImageUrl.ts b/src/utils/getImageUrl.ts
index 7d88cd51..7b8b56dc 100644
--- a/src/utils/getImageUrl.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getImageUrl.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ export const getImageUrl = (
   src: string,
   options: { width?: number; height?: number; noSizeUrlPart?: boolean } = {},
 ) => {
-  const filename = src?.split('/').pop()
-  const isAudio = src.toLowerCase().split('.').pop() in ['wav', 'mp3', 'ogg', 'aif', 'flac']
-  const base = isAudio ? cdnUrl : `${thumborUrl}/unsafe/`
-  const sizeUrlPart = isAudio ? '' : getSizeUrlPart(options)
+    if (!src.includes('discours.io') && src.includes('http')) {
+        return src
+    }
+    const filename = src.toLowerCase().split('/').pop()
+    const ext = filename.split('.').pop()
+    const isAudio = ext in ['wav', 'mp3', 'ogg', 'aif', 'flac']
+    const base = isAudio ? cdnUrl : `${thumborUrl}/unsafe/`
+    const suffix = isAudio || options.noSizeUrlPart ? '' : getSizeUrlPart(options)
+    const subfolder = isAudio ? 'audio' : 'image'
 
-  return `${base}${sizeUrlPart}production/${isAudio ? 'audio' : 'image'}/${filename}`
+    return `${base}${suffix}production/${subfolder}/${filename}`
 }
 
 export const getOpenGraphImageUrl = (