diff --git a/tests/input_files/config.mutliple_lanes.yml b/tests/input_files/config.mutliple_lanes.yml
index 3d04a01c714ff8e6d16997cace8d10e46db7c296..ada2c6b2d0066c69e8f62d4fe8afa38e219fd750 100644
--- a/tests/input_files/config.mutliple_lanes.yml
+++ b/tests/input_files/config.mutliple_lanes.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
   report_description: "No description provided by user"
   report_logo: "../../images/logo.128px.png"
   report_url: "https://zavolan.biozentrum.unibas.ch/"
+  author_name: "NA"
+  author_email: "NA"
 ...
diff --git a/tests/input_files/config.yaml b/tests/input_files/config.yaml
index 853a8a76d2dc506bebcfcd69756bb548ab3521c0..f7a7410cc34e51d3dff5a149abba32491e8d3309 100644
--- a/tests/input_files/config.yaml
+++ b/tests/input_files/config.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
   report_description: "No description provided by user"
   report_logo: "../../images/logo.128px.png"
   report_url: "https://zavolan.biozentrum.unibas.ch/"
+  author_name: "NA"
+  author_email: "NA"
 ...
diff --git a/tests/input_files/config_alfa.yaml b/tests/input_files/config_alfa.yaml
index cdcfb8b873382cbf3c76040c9f88763888a0d0c5..60c1e0a5cd3f46eda52f79f5faa55ac16981199a 100644
--- a/tests/input_files/config_alfa.yaml
+++ b/tests/input_files/config_alfa.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
   report_description: "No description provided by user"
   report_logo: "../../images/logo.128px.png"
   report_url: "https://zavolan.biozentrum.unibas.ch/"
+  author_name: "NA"
+  author_email: "NA"
 ...
diff --git a/workflow/Snakefile b/workflow/Snakefile
index d46c511b58c1152403ff0b05749cab4a796e34f8..5f2434e746701bca255949bb9b1639cc25f238e4 100644
--- a/workflow/Snakefile
+++ b/workflow/Snakefile
@@ -1547,6 +1547,8 @@ rule prepare_multiqc_config:
         logo_path = config['report_logo'],
         multiqc_intro_text = config['report_description'],
         url = config['report_url'],
+        author_name = config['author_name'],
+        author_email = config['author_email'],
         additional_params = parse_rule_config(
             rule_config,
             current_rule=current_rule,
@@ -1572,6 +1574,8 @@ rule prepare_multiqc_config:
         --intro-text '{params.multiqc_intro_text}' \
         --custom-logo {params.logo_path} \
         --url '{params.url}' \
+        --author-name {params.author_name} \
+        --author-email {params.author_email} \
         {params.additional_params}) \
         1> {log.stdout} 2> {log.stderr}"