diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index ceb35df..da9fecc 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ class Album(UnicodeMixin):
             for key, val in meta.items():
                 setattr(self, key, val)
 
+        try:
+            self.author = self.meta['author'][0]
+        except KeyError:
+            self.author = self.settings.get('author')
+
     def create_output_directories(self):
         """Create output directories for thumbnails and original images."""
         check_or_create_dir(self.dst_path)
diff --git a/sigal/themes/colorbox/templates/index.html b/sigal/themes/colorbox/templates/index.html
index 2fb0488..413f367 100644
--- a/sigal/themes/colorbox/templates/index.html
+++ b/sigal/themes/colorbox/templates/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <title>{{ album.title }}</title>
     <meta name="description" content="">
-    <meta name="author" content="{{ author }}">
+    <meta name="author" content="{{ album.author }}">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans">
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           </nav>
           {% endif %}
           <footer>
-            <p>{% if author %}&copy; {{ author }} - {% endif %}
+            <p>{% if album.author %}&copy; {{ album.author }} - {% endif %}
               Generated by <a href="{{ sigal_link }}">sigal</a></p>
           </footer>
         </div>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
               {% if 'sigal.plugins.media_page' in settings.plugins %}
               <a href="{{ media.filename}}.html" class="gallery"
                 title="{{ media.title if media.title else media.filename }}"
-                data-href="{{ media.filename }}" {{ img_description(media) }}> 
+                data-href="{{ media.filename }}" {{ img_description(media) }}>
               {% else %}
               <a href="{{ media.filename }}" class="gallery" title="{{ media.filename }}" {{ img_description(media) }}>
               {% endif %}
diff --git a/sigal/themes/galleria/templates/index.html b/sigal/themes/galleria/templates/index.html
index 523e841..421c9e8 100644
--- a/sigal/themes/galleria/templates/index.html
+++ b/sigal/themes/galleria/templates/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <title>{{ album.title|striptags }}</title>
     <meta name="description" content="">
-    <meta name="author" content="{{ author }}">
+    <meta name="author" content="{{ album.author }}">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Molengo">
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <footer>
-        <p>{% if author %}&copy; {{ author }} - {% endif %}
+        <p>{% if album.author %}&copy; {{ album.author }} - {% endif %}
           Generated by <a href="{{ sigal_link }}">sigal</a></p>
       </footer>
     </div>
diff --git a/tests/sample/sigal.conf.py b/tests/sample/sigal.conf.py
index f5bdabb..34bb333 100644
--- a/tests/sample/sigal.conf.py
+++ b/tests/sample/sigal.conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+author = 'John Doe'
 title = u"Sigal test gallery ☺"
 source = 'pictures'
 thumb_suffix = '.tn'