diff --git a/config/_default/languages.en.toml b/config/_default/languages.en.toml
index 3f3dcc7..baea526 100644
--- a/config/_default/languages.en.toml
+++ b/config/_default/languages.en.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ title = "Ignorance is bliss..."
   logo = "images/christoph_small.png"
   description = "Ignorance is bliss..."
 
-[author]
+[params.author]
   name = "Christoph Cullmann"
+  email = "christoph@cullmann.io"
   image = "images/christoph_avatar.jpg"
   headline = "Welcome to Christoph Cullmann's web site"
   bio = "Software Engineer at AbsInt and KDE contributor"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index dc76e84..4ed38fd 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
     <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
-    <language>{{ site.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
-    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
-    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}
+    <language>{{ site.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Params.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}
+    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Params.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}
     {{ if .Site.Params.footer.showCopyright | default true -}}
-    <copyright>{{ with replace .Site.Params.copyright "{ year }" now.Year }}{{.}}{{ else }}© {{ now.Format "2006" }} {{ .Site.Author.name }}{{- end }}</copyright>
+    <copyright>{{ with replace .Site.Params.copyright "{ year }" now.Year }}{{.}}{{ else }}© {{ now.Format "2006" }} {{ .Site.Params.Author.name }}{{- end }}</copyright>
     {{- end }}
     {{ if not .Date.IsZero }}<lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
     {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" -}}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
       <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
-      {{ with .Site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
+      {{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Params.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
       <description>{{ .Summary | html }}</description>
       <content:encoded>{{ (printf "<![CDATA[%s]]>" .Content) | safeHTML }}</content:encoded>