diff --git a/fairmq/AUTHORS b/fairmq/AUTHORS
index 2144388e..17eddcf0 100644
--- a/fairmq/AUTHORS
+++ b/fairmq/AUTHORS
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 Al-Turany, Mohammad
 Klein, Dennis
 Kollegger, Thorsten
diff --git a/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS b/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS
index d0747e53..f9adb1e4 100644
--- a/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ Binet, Sebastien
 Eulisse, Giulio
 Karabowicz, Radoslaw
 Krzewicki, Mikolaj 
+Richter, Matthias
 Uhlig, Florian
 Wenzel, Sandro