diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 243751e..5f466c9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@
 
     </article>
 
-    {{ if gt .Site.Params.readNextPosts 0 }}
-        {{ $related := .Site.RegularPages.Related . | first .Site.Params.readNextPosts }}
+    {{ $readNextPosts := 3}}
+    {{ if isset .Site.Params "readNextPosts" }}
+        {{ $readNextPosts := .Site.Params.readNextPosts }}
+    {{ end }}
+
+    {{ if gt $readNextPosts 0 }}
+        {{ $related := .Site.RegularPages.Related . | first $readNextPosts }}
         {{ with $related }}
             <h3 class="read-next-title noselect">{{ i18n "readNext" }}</h3>
             <ul class="read-next-posts noselect">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/social-icons.html b/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
index 6fc155e..798ccaf 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
     {{ end }}
 {{ end }}
 
-{{ if .Site.Params.rssAsSocialIcon }}
+{{ $rssIcon := true }}
+{{ if isset .Site.Params "rssIcon" }}
+    {{ $rssIcon = .Site.Params.rssIcon }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ if $rssIcon }}
     {{ with .Site.Home.OutputFormats.Get "rss" -}}
         <li>
             <a {{ printf "href=%q" .RelPermalink | safeHTMLAttr }} title="RSS" rel="me">