diff --git a/app/(home-pages)/reader/InboxContent.tsx b/app/(home-pages)/reader/InboxContent.tsx
index ecd99b0a..5bf3535c 100644
--- a/app/(home-pages)/reader/InboxContent.tsx
+++ b/app/(home-pages)/reader/InboxContent.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ export const InboxContent = (props: {
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-row gap-6 w-full ">
-      <div className="flex flex-col gap-8 w-full relative">
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-6 w-full relative">
+        <div className="text-sm text-tertiary italic">
+          Inbox collects posts from publications you are subscribed to
+        </div>
         {sortedPosts.map((p) => (
           <PostListing {...p} key={p.documents.uri} />
         ))}
diff --git a/app/(home-pages)/reader/page.tsx b/app/(home-pages)/reader/page.tsx
index 2656ddee..6c43c512 100644
--- a/app/(home-pages)/reader/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(home-pages)/reader/page.tsx
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@ import { getReaderFeed } from "./getReaderFeed";
 
 export default async function Reader(props: {}) {
   let posts = await getReaderFeed();
-
   return (
     <DashboardLayout
       id="reader"
       currentPage="reader"
-      defaultTab="Inbox"
+      defaultTab="Subs"
       actions={null}
       tabs={{
-        Inbox: {
-          controls: null,
+        Subs: {
+          controls: (
+            <div className="place-self-end text text-tertiary text-sm">
+              Publications
+            </div>
+          ),
           content: (
             <InboxContent nextCursor={posts.nextCursor} posts={posts.posts} />
           ),
diff --git a/components/ActionBar/DesktopNavigation.tsx b/components/ActionBar/DesktopNavigation.tsx
index b27cc7c6..38a939e7 100644
--- a/components/ActionBar/DesktopNavigation.tsx
+++ b/components/ActionBar/DesktopNavigation.tsx
@@ -41,20 +41,18 @@ export const DesktopNavigation = (props: {
             identity?.publication_subscriptions?.length !== undefined
           }
         />
-        {currentlyWriter ? (
+        <WriterButton
+          currentPage={props.currentPage}
+          currentPubUri={thisPublication?.uri}
+        />
+        {currentlyWriter && (
           <>
-            <HomeButton current={props.currentPage === "home"} />
             <hr className="border-border-light border-dashed" />
             <PublicationButtons
               currentPage={props.currentPage}
               currentPubUri={thisPublication?.uri}
             />
           </>
-        ) : (
-          <WriterButton
-            currentPage={props.currentPage}
-            currentPubUri={thisPublication?.uri}
-          />
         )}
       </Sidebar>
     </div>
diff --git a/components/ActionBar/NavigationButtons.tsx b/components/ActionBar/NavigationButtons.tsx
index 3eb0caf8..71b83f77 100644
--- a/components/ActionBar/NavigationButtons.tsx
+++ b/components/ActionBar/NavigationButtons.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const HomeButton = (props: {
       <ActionButton
         nav
         icon={<HomeSmall />}
-        label="Write"
+        label="Home"
         className={`${props.current ? "bg-bg-page! border-border-light!" : ""} w-full! ${props.className}`}
       />
     </SpeedyLink>
diff --git a/components/PostListing.tsx b/components/PostListing.tsx
index cd7cb08e..19525b98 100644
--- a/components/PostListing.tsx
+++ b/components/PostListing.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const PostListing = (props: Post) => {
               <img
                 src={blobRefToSrc(postRecord.coverImage.ref, postUri.host)}
                 alt={postRecord.title || ""}
-                className="w-full h-auto aspect-video rounded"
+                className="w-full h-auto aspect-video object-cover rounded"
               />
             </div>
           )}