diff --git a/calibre-plugin/config.py b/calibre-plugin/config.py
index 7c873e43..a2a7251c 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/config.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/config.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class ConfigWidget(QWidget):
                 #print("gc_site_settings[%s]:%s"%(site,gc_site_settings[site]))
         prefs['gc_site_settings'] = gc_site_settings
         prefs['allow_gc_from_ini'] = self.generatecover_tab.allow_gc_from_ini.isChecked()
+        prefs['gc_polish_cover'] = self.generatecover_tab.gc_polish_cover.isChecked()
 
         # Count Pages tab
         countpagesstats = []
@@ -753,6 +754,11 @@ class GenerateCoverTab(QWidget):
         self.allow_gc_from_ini.setChecked(prefs['allow_gc_from_ini'])
         self.l.addWidget(self.allow_gc_from_ini)
             
+        self.gc_polish_cover = QCheckBox(_("Use calibre's Polish feature to inject/update the cover"),self)
+        self.gc_polish_cover.setToolTip(_("Calibre's Polish feature will be used to inject or update the generated cover into the ebook, EPUB only."))
+        self.gc_polish_cover.setChecked(prefs['gc_polish_cover'])
+        self.l.addWidget(self.gc_polish_cover)
+            
 class CountPagesTab(QWidget):
 
     def __init__(self, parent_dialog, plugin_action):
diff --git a/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py b/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
index 7a38a914..c8bba85e 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
@@ -1138,6 +1138,7 @@ class FanFictionDownLoaderPlugin(InterfaceAction):
                 func, args=args,
                 description=desc)
         
+        self.gui.jobs_pointer.start()
         self.gui.status_bar.show_message(_('Starting %d FanFictionDownLoads')%len(book_list),3000)
 
     def update_books_loop(self,book,db=None,
@@ -1339,7 +1340,6 @@ class FanFictionDownLoaderPlugin(InterfaceAction):
         bad_list = sorted(bad_list,key=lambda x : x['listorder'])
         
         self.gui.status_bar.show_message(_('Merging %s books.')%total_good)
-
         
         existingbook = None
         if 'mergebook' in options:
@@ -1665,6 +1665,28 @@ class FanFictionDownLoaderPlugin(InterfaceAction):
                 realmi = db.get_metadata(book_id, index_is_id=True)
                 gc_plugin.generate_cover_for_book(realmi,saved_setting_name=setting_name)
 
+                if prefs['gc_polish_cover'] and \
+                        options['fileform'] == "epub" and calibre_version >= (0, 9, 39):
+                    # set cover inside epub from calibre's polish feature
+                    from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.main import polish, ALL_OPTS
+                    from calibre.utils.logging import Log
+                    from collections import namedtuple
+
+                    # Couldn't find a better way to get the cover path.
+                    cover_path = os.path.join(db.library_path, db.path(book_id, index_is_id=True), 'cover.jpg')
+                    data = {'cover':cover_path}
+                    #print("cover_path:%s"%cover_path)
+                    opts = ALL_OPTS.copy()
+                    opts.update(data)
+                    O = namedtuple('Options', ' '.join(ALL_OPTS.iterkeys()))
+                    opts = O(**opts)
+                
+                    log = Log(level=Log.DEBUG)
+                    outfile = db.format_abspath(book_id, formmapping[options['fileform']], index_is_id=True)
+                    #print("polish cover outfile:%s"%outfile)
+                    polish({outfile:outfile}, opts, log, logger.info)
+                
+
     def get_clean_reading_lists(self,lists):
         if lists == None or lists.strip() == "" :
             return []
diff --git a/calibre-plugin/prefs.py b/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
index 4fe3efdf..3cfb3979 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/prefs.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ default_prefs['addtolistsonread'] = False
 default_prefs['gcnewonly'] = False
 default_prefs['gc_site_settings'] = {}
 default_prefs['allow_gc_from_ini'] = True
+default_prefs['gc_polish_cover'] = False
 
 default_prefs['countpagesstats'] = []