diff --git a/archetypes/blog/index.md b/archetypes/blog/index.md
index 4b95267..b449733 100644
--- a/archetypes/blog/index.md
+++ b/archetypes/blog/index.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ comments: true
 draft: true
 
 authors:
-  - {{ with .Site.Author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}John Doe{{ end }}
+  - {{ with .Site.Params.author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}John Doe{{ end }}
 
 categories:
   - archetype-stuff
diff --git a/archetypes/default/index.md b/archetypes/default/index.md
index 62154c0..074a962 100644
--- a/archetypes/default/index.md
+++ b/archetypes/default/index.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toc: true
 comments: false
 
 authors:
-  - {{ with .Site.Author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}John Doe{{ end }}
+  - {{ with .Site.params.author.name }}{{ . }}{{ else }}John Doe{{ end }}
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
index 61047a9..a4e6d8f 100644
--- a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
+++ b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ enableGitInfo: true
 taxonomies:
   _merge: deep
 
-author:
-  name: bbaovanc
-
 markup: # this just keeps the bobatheme markup styling
   _merge: deep
 
 params:
+  author:
+    name: bbaovanc
+
   # these are for the OpenGraph/Twitter embeds in Hugo
   description: Example website for bobatheme