diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f15bcf91..d1f7ada0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Authors@R: c(
            role = c("aut", "cre"),
            email = "nikosbosse@gmail.com",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7750-5280")),
-    person(given = "Sam Abbott",
+    person(given = "Sam",
+           family = "Abbott",
            role = c("aut"),
            email = "contact@samabbott.co.uk",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8057-8037")), 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Authors@R: c(
            role = c("aut"),
            email = "hugo.gruson+R@normalesup.org",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4094-1476")),
-    person(given = "Johannes Bracher",
+    person(given = "Johannes",
+           family = "Bracher",
            role = c("ctb"),
            email = "johannes.bracher@kit.edu",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3777-1410")),