diff --git a/briar-android/res/layout/fragment_blog_post.xml b/briar-android/res/layout/fragment_blog_post.xml
index 4f16b3460..7a0df0d0b 100644
--- a/briar-android/res/layout/fragment_blog_post.xml
+++ b/briar-android/res/layout/fragment_blog_post.xml
@@ -1,78 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <ScrollView
 	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-	xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 	android:layout_width="match_parent"
-	android:layout_height="wrap_content">
+	android:layout_height="match_parent">
 
-	<RelativeLayout
-		android:layout_width="match_parent"
-		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-		android:padding="@dimen/margin_activity_horizontal">
+	<FrameLayout
+		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+		android:layout_height="wrap_content">
 
-		<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
-			android:id="@+id/avatar"
-			style="@style/BriarAvatar"
-			android:layout_width="30dp"
-			android:layout_height="30dp"
-			android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/margin_medium"
-			tools:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
-
-		<TextView
-			android:id="@+id/authorName"
+		<include
+			android:id="@+id/postLayout"
+			style="@style/BriarCard"
+			layout="@layout/list_item_blog_post"
 			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_alignTop="@+id/avatar"
-			android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/avatar"
-			android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/avatar"
-			android:textColor="@color/briar_text_primary"
-			android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_tiny"
-			tools:text="Author Name"/>
+			android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
 
-		<TextView
-			android:id="@+id/date"
-			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_alignBottom="@id/avatar"
-			android:layout_below="@+id/authorName"
-			android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/avatar"
-			android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/avatar"
-			android:gravity="bottom"
-			android:textColor="@color/briar_text_primary"
-			android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_tiny"
-			tools:text="yesterday"/>
-
-		<org.briarproject.android.util.TrustIndicatorView
-			android:id="@+id/trustIndicator"
-			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/margin_small"
-			android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/authorName"
-			tools:src="@drawable/trust_indicator_verified"/>
-
-		<TextView
-			android:id="@+id/title"
-			android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-			android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
-			android:layout_below="@+id/avatar"
-			android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/margin_medium"
-			android:textColor="@color/briar_text_primary"
-			android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large"
-			android:textStyle="bold"
-			tools:text="This Is A Blog Post Title"/>
-
-		<TextView
-			android:id="@+id/body"
-			android:layout_width="match_parent"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_below="@+id/title"
-			android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/margin_medium"
-			android:textColor="@color/briar_text_secondary"
-			android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_medium"
-			tools:text="Body of Blog Post. This could be insanely large or just a short text as well."/>
-
-	</RelativeLayout>
+	</FrameLayout>
 
 </ScrollView>
diff --git a/briar-android/res/layout/list_item_blog_post.xml b/briar-android/res/layout/list_item_blog_post.xml
index 4697c461b..8b136f2b7 100644
--- a/briar-android/res/layout/list_item_blog_post.xml
+++ b/briar-android/res/layout/list_item_blog_post.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
+	android:id="@+id/postLayout"
 	style="@style/BriarCard"
 	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 	xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
diff --git a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostFragment.java b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostFragment.java
index 7e0cb1c95..926ce7f37 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostFragment.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostFragment.java
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 package org.briarproject.android.blogs;
 
-import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.widget.ImageView;
-import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.briarproject.R;
 import org.briarproject.android.ActivityComponent;
 import org.briarproject.android.controller.handler.UiResultExceptionHandler;
 import org.briarproject.android.fragment.BaseFragment;
-import org.briarproject.android.util.AndroidUtils;
-import org.briarproject.android.util.TrustIndicatorView;
 import org.briarproject.api.db.DbException;
-import org.briarproject.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.api.sync.MessageId;
 
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
-import im.delight.android.identicons.IdenticonDrawable;
-
 import static org.briarproject.android.util.AndroidUtils.MIN_RESOLUTION;
 
 public class BlogPostFragment extends BaseFragment {
@@ -35,6 +27,7 @@ public class BlogPostFragment extends BaseFragment {
 	private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(TAG);
 	private static final String BLOG_POST_ID = "briar.BLOG_POST_ID";
 
+	private View view;
 	private MessageId postId;
 	private BlogPostViewHolder ui;
 	private BlogPostItem post;
@@ -63,10 +56,10 @@ public class BlogPostFragment extends BaseFragment {
 		if (b == null) throw new IllegalStateException("No post ID in args");
 		postId = new MessageId(b);
 
-		View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_blog_post, container,
+		view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_blog_post, container,
 				false);
-		ui = new BlogPostViewHolder(v);
-		return v;
+		ui = new BlogPostViewHolder(view);
+		return view;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -84,26 +77,21 @@ public class BlogPostFragment extends BaseFragment {
 					public void onResultUi(BlogPostItem post) {
 						listener.hideLoadingScreen();
 						BlogPostFragment.this.post = post;
-						bind();
+						ui.bindItem(post);
+						startPeriodicUpdate();
 					}
 
 					@Override
 					public void onExceptionUi(DbException exception) {
 						// TODO: Decide how to handle errors in the UI
-						getActivity().finish();
+						finish();
 					}
 				});
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onResume() {
-		super.onResume();
-		startPeriodicUpdate();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void onPause() {
-		super.onPause();
+	public void onStop() {
+		super.onStop();
 		stopPeriodicUpdate();
 	}
 
@@ -123,56 +111,25 @@ public class BlogPostFragment extends BaseFragment {
 		return TAG;
 	}
 
-	private void bind() {
-		Author author = post.getAuthor();
-		IdenticonDrawable d = new IdenticonDrawable(author.getId().getBytes());
-		ui.avatar.setImageDrawable(d);
-		ui.authorName.setText(author.getName());
-		ui.trust.setTrustLevel(post.getAuthorStatus());
-		Context ctx = getContext();
-		if (ctx != null) {
-			ui.date.setText(AndroidUtils.formatDate(ctx, post.getTimestamp()));
-		}
-		ui.body.setText(post.getBody());
-	}
-
-	private static class BlogPostViewHolder {
-
-		private final ImageView avatar;
-		private final TextView authorName;
-		private final TrustIndicatorView trust;
-		private final TextView date;
-		private final TextView body;
-
-		private BlogPostViewHolder(View v) {
-			avatar = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.avatar);
-			authorName = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.authorName);
-			trust = (TrustIndicatorView) v.findViewById(R.id.trustIndicator);
-			date = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.date);
-			body = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.body);
-		}
-	}
-
 	private void startPeriodicUpdate() {
 		refresher = new Runnable() {
 			@Override
 			public void run() {
-				if (ui == null || post == null) return;
+				if (ui == null) return;
 				LOG.info("Updating Content...");
 
-				ui.date.setText(AndroidUtils
-						.formatDate(getActivity(), post.getTimestamp()));
-				ui.date.postDelayed(refresher, MIN_RESOLUTION);
+				ui.updateDate(post.getTimestamp());
+				view.postDelayed(refresher, MIN_RESOLUTION);
 			}
 		};
 		LOG.info("Adding Handler Callback");
-		ui.date.postDelayed(refresher, MIN_RESOLUTION);
+		view.postDelayed(refresher, MIN_RESOLUTION);
 	}
 
 	private void stopPeriodicUpdate() {
 		if (refresher != null && ui != null) {
 			LOG.info("Removing Handler Callback");
-			ui.date.removeCallbacks(refresher);
+			view.removeCallbacks(refresher);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostViewHolder.java b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostViewHolder.java
index 378b3993b..9cc23d079 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostViewHolder.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogPostViewHolder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		super(v);
 
 		ctx = v.getContext();
-		layout = (ViewGroup) v;
+		layout = (ViewGroup) v.findViewById(R.id.postLayout);
 		reblogger = (AuthorView) v.findViewById(R.id.rebloggerView);
 		author = (AuthorView) v.findViewById(R.id.authorView);
 		reblogButton = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.commentView);
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 		reblogButton.setVisibility(GONE);
 	}
 
+	void updateDate(long time) {
+		author.setDate(time);
+	}
+
 	void setTransitionName(MessageId id) {
 		ViewCompat.setTransitionName(layout, getTransitionName(id));
 	}