diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 3e7d5a6..cd0d058 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func NewApp() *App {
 
 // Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination
 func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) {
-	if a.Author != "" && a.Author != "" {
+	if a.Author != "" || a.Email != "" {
 		a.Authors = append(a.Authors, Author{a.Author, a.Email})
 	}