diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b434d6d..26e7438 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
     for the default content section (defaults to `posts` or `post`)
 - BUGFIX
   - normalize source icon size for the icon font
+  - fix authors data file handling
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/posts/emojies.md b/exampleSite/content/posts/emojies.md
index 3c26318..074070c 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/posts/emojies.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/posts/emojies.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Emoji Support"
 date: 2020-07-13T19:00:00+02:00
 authors:
   - john-doe
+  - Special User
 tags:
   - Documentation
 ---
diff --git a/exampleSite/data/authors/Special User.yml b/exampleSite/data/authors/Special User.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d57c9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleSite/data/authors/Special User.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name: Sven Special
+email: sven@example.com
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index a646cf5..d2426b9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             {{ with .Params.authors }}
             {{ range sort . }}
                 {{ $author := index $.Site.Data.authors . }}
-                {{ with $.Site.GetPage (printf "/authors/%s" $author.name | urlize) }}
+                {{ with $.Site.GetPage (printf "/authors/%s" . | urlize) }}
                     {{ if eq $ac 0 }}
                     <span class="no-wrap">
                     <svg class="icon person"><use xlink:href="#person"></use></svg>