diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+AUTHOR(S)
+
+Johannes Findeisen
+you@hanez.org
+https://hanez.org
+
+Thayer Williams
+thayerw@gmail.com
+http://cinderwick.ca/
+
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 My theme for the SLiM Login Manager (https://sourceforge.net/projects/slim-fork/)
 
 Author: Johannes Findeisen <you@hanez.org>
-Original Author: Thayer Williams <thayerw@gmail.com> 
+
 Copyright: Creative Commons Legal Code - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (See LICENSE)
 
 # Installation