diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 1dc76dc..7b64fd3 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ theme = "hyde-hyde"
     title = "Title"
     # description = "..."
     authorimage = "/img/hugo.png"
-    dateformat = "Jan 1, 2006"
+    dateformat = "Jan 2, 2006"
     highlightjs = true
     # highlightjsstyle = "github"
 
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index c5f07b3..76485e9 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
   {{ range where .Data.Pages "Type" "posts" }}
         <div class="post">
         <h1 class="post-title"><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a></h1>
-        <span class="post-date">{{ .Date.Format "Mon, Jan 2, 2006" }}</span>
+        <span class="post-date">
+          {{- if isset .Site.Params "dateformat" -}}
+            {{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.dateformat }}
+          {{- else -}}
+            {{ .Date.Format "Jan 02 2006" }}
+          {{- end -}}
+        </span>
         {{ .Summary }}
         {{ if .Truncated }}
         <div class="read-more-link">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 86d19a2..eb71f89 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/hyde.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fira+Sans:300,300i,400,400i,500">
     <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" /> -->
-    <script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.6/js/all.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.9/js/all.js" integrity="sha384-8iPTk2s/jMVj81dnzb/iFR2sdA7u06vHJyyLlAd4snFpCl/SnyUjRrbdJsw1pGIl" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
     {{ if .Site.Params.highlightjs -}}
     {{ "<!-- highlight.js-->" | safeHTML }} 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.12.0/styles/{{ .Site.Params.highlightjsstyle | default "default" }}.min.css">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/list_content.html b/layouts/partials/list_content.html
index ed45123..d9f216d 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/list_content.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/list_content.html
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
     <li>
         <span>
             <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>
-            <time class="pull-right post-list"> {{ .Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006" }}</time>
+            {{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+            <time class="pull-right post-list">
+                {{- if isset .Site.Params "dateformat" -}}
+                    {{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.dateformat }}
+                {{- else -}}
+                    {{ .Date.Format "Jan 02 2006" }}
+                {{- end -}}
+            </time>    
+            {{end}}
         </span>
     </li>
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/post_content.html b/layouts/partials/post_content.html
index a4a1e90..c93b6c1 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/post_content.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/post_content.html
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
   <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12">
     <span class="text-left post-date meta">
       <!-- published date -->      
-      {{ if not .Date.IsZero }} <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.dateformat }} {{end}}
+      {{ if not .Date.IsZero }} 
+        <i class="fas fa-calendar-alt"></i>
+        {{ if isset .Site.Params "dateformat" -}}
+          {{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.dateformat }}
+        {{- else -}}
+          {{ .Date.Format "Jan 02 2006" }}
+        {{- end -}}        
+      {{ end }}
       <!-- categories -->
       {{ if isset .Params "categories" }}
         {{ $total := len .Params.categories }}
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@
         {{ $total := len .Params.tags }}
         {{ if gt $total 0 }}
             <br/>
-            {{ $subtotal := sub $total 1 }} <i class="fa fa-tags" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+            {{ $subtotal := sub $total 1 }} <i class="fas fa-tags"></i>
             {{ range $i, $tag := sort $.Params.tags }}
             <a class="meta" href="{{ "/tags/" | relURL }}{{ $tag | urlize }}">{{ $tag | lower }}</a>{{ if lt $i $subtotal }} {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
diff --git a/static/css/custom.css b/static/css/custom.css
index 0190c85..dad4d32 100644
--- a/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/static/css/custom.css
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ code
     font-family: monospace;
     border-radius: 4px;
     width: 100%;
-    font-size: .85em;
+    font-size: .9em;
 }
 
 code {
-	padding:.15em .3em;
+	padding:.20em .2em .10em;
 	background: #272932!important;
 	color: #ececec!important;
 	box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -82,3 +82,7 @@ img.center
     margin-right: auto;
     margin-left: auto;
 }
+/* Changing from font-awesome 4 to 5, the class pull-right was removed */
+.pull-right {
+    float: right;
+}
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