diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
index 3f74f2c..8f600bd 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-common.php
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Common {
 			}
 		}
 		if ( is_author() ) {
-			$image_id = get_the_author_meta( 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_author', (int) get_query_var( 'author' ) );
+			$image_id = get_the_author_meta( 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis', (int) get_query_var( 'author' ) );
 		}
 		// taxonomy
 		if ( is_category() || is_tag() || is_tax() ) {
diff --git a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
index 82dfa06..f1da766 100644
--- a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
+++ b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Author_Widget extends WP_Widget {
 			$user_name = ( ! empty ( $display_name ) && genesis_a11y() ) ? '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . $display_name . ': </span>' : '';
 
 			if ( $instance['posts_link'] && $instance['link_text'] ) {
-				printf( '<div class="posts_link posts-link"><a href="%s">%s%s</a></div>', esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $instance['user'] ) ), esc_attr( $user_name ), esc_attr( $instance['link_text'] ) );
+				printf( '<div class="posts_link posts-link"><a href="%s">%s%s</a></div>', esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $instance['user'] ) ), wp_kses_post( $user_name ), esc_attr( $instance['link_text'] ) );
 			}
 
 		echo $args['after_widget'];