diff --git a/_layouts/archive.html b/_layouts/archive.html
index bd853a90..d11d3c20 100644
--- a/_layouts/archive.html
+++ b/_layouts/archive.html
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ <h3 class="archive-post-title archive-post-link">{{ post.title }}</h3>
                     <img 
                         src="{{ post.featuredImage | string |  crop: '3:2+0+0,Center' | resize: '300x200' | format: 'webp' | absolute_url }}"
                         class="inline_image archive-image"
+                        alt="{{ post.featuredImageAlt | default: 'featured image' }}"
                     >
                     {% else %}
                     <img 
                         src="{{ 'e4e_website-no-e4e.png' |  crop: '3:2+0+0,Center' | resize: '300x200' | format: 'webp' | absolute_url }}"
                         class="inline_image archive-image"
+                        alt="E4E Logo, post has no featured image"
                     >
                     {% endif %}
                     
diff --git a/_layouts/blog-post.html b/_layouts/blog-post.html
index 2819aa5b..7ec1ada1 100644
--- a/_layouts/blog-post.html
+++ b/_layouts/blog-post.html
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ <h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}
   </header>
 
   <div class="featured-post-image">
-    <img alt="featured-image" width="816" height="auto" src="{{ page.featuredImage | relative_url }}" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-thumbnail" sizes="(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px" >
+    <!-- we do allow for no images to be shown, could lead to bugs here... -->
+    <img 
+      alt="{{ page.featuredImageAlt | default: 'featured image' }}" 
+      width="816" 
+      height="auto" 
+      src="{{ page.featuredImage | relative_url }}" 
+      class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-thumbnail" 
+      sizes="(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px" >
+
   </div>
 
   <div class="post-content e-content" itemprop="articleBody">
diff --git a/_layouts/home.html b/_layouts/home.html
index 34df7f00..89eb50dc 100644
--- a/_layouts/home.html
+++ b/_layouts/home.html
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ <h2 class="home_header">SPONSER OUR RESERACH</h2>
                 {%- if post.featuredImage -%}
                 <img 
                   src="{{ post.featuredImage | string |  crop: '3:2+0+0,Center' | resize: '300x200!' | format: 'webp' | absolute_url }}"
-                >
+                  alt="{{ post.featuredImageAlt | default: 'featured image' }}"
+                  >
                 {% else %}
                 <img 
                   src="{{ 'e4e_website-no-e4e.png' |  crop: '3:2+0+0,Center' | resize: '300x200' | format: 'webp' | absolute_url }}"
-                >
+                  alt="E4E Logo, post has no featured image"
+                  >
                 {% endif %}
               </div>
               
diff --git a/_posts/2013-04-01-test-post.md b/_posts/2013-04-01-test-post.md
index 9385349c..6531786a 100644
--- a/_posts/2013-04-01-test-post.md
+++ b/_posts/2013-04-01-test-post.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 date: 2013-04-01 05:36:54+00:00
 description: null
 featuredImage: /assets/2013-04-01-test-post_E4ELogo.gif
+featuredImageAlt: Logo of E4E and test for alt system! 
 layout: blog-post
 slug: /test-post
 title: New Website!