diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 4f04c54fb..0d99b2d63 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Matt Warren / @mfwarren
 Martin Blech
 Andy Rose
 Andrew Mikhnevich / @zcho
+Kevin Ndung'u / @kevgathuku
 
 * Possesses commit rights
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
index 8a7a51b54..085fc9cfc 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ version = {{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.__version__
 setup(
     name='{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}',
     version=version,
-    author='{{ cookiecutter.full_name }}',
+    author="{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}",
     author_email='{{ cookiecutter.email }}',
     packages=[
         '{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}',