diff --git a/fabric/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json b/fabric/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
index c738c5377..1eff3ba51 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
+++ b/fabric/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   "name": "${mod_name}",
   "description": "${description}",
-  "authors": $authors,
+  "authors": ["authors"],
 
   "contact": {
     "homepage": "${homepage}",
diff --git a/forge/src/main/resources/META-INF/mods.toml b/forge/src/main/resources/META-INF/mods.toml
index 94268a477..1ebd62802 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/resources/META-INF/mods.toml
+++ b/forge/src/main/resources/META-INF/mods.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ issueTrackerURL="${issues}"
 	modId="lod" #//mandatory
 	version= "${version}" #//mandatory, gets the version number from jar populated by the build.gradle script
 	displayName="${mod_name}" #//mandatory
-	authors=$authors
+	authors="authors"
 	#//updateJSONURL="https://change.me.example.invalid/updates.json" # A URL to query for updates for this mod. See the JSON update specification https://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gettingstarted/autoupdate/
 	displayURL="${homepage}"
 	description= "${description}" #//mandatory. The description text for the mod