I'm still not sure what happened but I to work. In the body section there is a line called background-size. For this large image "cover" should be the option which I inserted into the code. If you end up going with a small repeating image change cover to "inherit".
Go to Custom Journal Style. On this page answer all questions No. Then in the big box delete everything and copy the below coding. Then save it and hopefully, your journal is done.
You will have to go to the Sidebar Customization to Add in the Blurb Box and set which order you want them in. Here I have Links, Userpic, Blurb and Tags.