diff --git a/make-pledge-page.sh b/make-pledge-page.sh
index 9cd8893..c66efc5 100755
--- a/make-pledge-page.sh
+++ b/make-pledge-page.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # The folder containing data for each council.
 # Includes the list of candidates and any media.
 DATA_PATH="../spl-data"
+DEFAULT_IMAGE="../spl-data/default.png.json"
 
 # Iterate over folders in data path
 candidates_files=()
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ for folder in "$DATA_PATH"/*; do
     fi
 done
 
-content=$(php pledge-update/pledge-page.php --candidates-files "${candidates_files[*]}")
+content=$(php pledge-update/pledge-page.php --candidates-files "${candidates_files[*]}" \
+                                            --default-image $DEFAULT_IMAGE)
 
-wp post update 12106 --post_content="$content"
+echo "$content" | wp post update 12106 -
diff --git a/pledge-update/parse_pledge_data.php b/pledge-update/parse_pledge_data.php
index 3cdcf71..56a7fad 100644
--- a/pledge-update/parse_pledge_data.php
+++ b/pledge-update/parse_pledge_data.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-function parse_pledge_data($candidates_files) {
+function parse_pledge_data($candidates_files, $default_image) {
     $candidate_data = [];
     foreach ($candidates_files as $key => $file) {
         $config_file = dirname($file)."/config.json";
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ function parse_pledge_data($candidates_files) {
                 $candidate = [];
                 $candidate['Pledge'] = 'n';
                 $candidate['Picture'] = "";
-                $candidate['image_url'] = "";
-                $candidate['image_id'] = "";
+                if (is_array($default_image)) {
+                    $candidate['image_url'] = $default_image['url'];
+                    $candidate['image_id'] = $default_image['id'];
+                } else {
+                    $candidate['image_url'] = "";
+                    $candidate['image_id'] = "";
+                }
                 foreach ($headers as $key => $value) {
                     $candidate[$value] = $data[$key];
                 }
diff --git a/pledge-update/pledge-page.php b/pledge-update/pledge-page.php
index e4a222c..9cd3398 100644
--- a/pledge-update/pledge-page.php
+++ b/pledge-update/pledge-page.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("parse_pledge_data.php");
 require_once("page_renderer.php");
 
-$options = getopt("", ["candidates-files:"]);
+$options = getopt("", ["candidates-files:", "default-image:"]);
 
 if (isset($options['candidates-files'])) {
     $candidates_files = $options['candidates-files'];
@@ -12,7 +12,23 @@ if (isset($options['candidates-files'])) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-$candidate_data = parse_pledge_data(explode(" ", $candidates_files));
+if (isset($options['default-image'])) {
+    $default_image = $options['default-image'];
+} else {
+    error_log("Error: Missing required option '--default-image'.");
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$default_image = file_get_contents($default_image);
+
+if ($default_image !== FALSE) {
+    $default_image = json_decode($default_image, true);
+} else {
+    error_log("Error opening config.json.");
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$candidate_data = parse_pledge_data(explode(" ", $candidates_files), $default_image);
 
 /* Select people who have taken the pledge */
 $pledgeCandidates = array_filter($candidate_data, function ($candidate) {