diff --git a/fairmq/AUTHORS b/fairmq/AUTHORS
index 3f628877..2144388e 100644
--- a/fairmq/AUTHORS
+++ b/fairmq/AUTHORS
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
+
 Al-Turany, Mohammad
-Binet, Sebastien 
-Eulisse, Giulio 
-Karabowicz, Radoslaw 
 Klein, Dennis
 Kollegger, Thorsten
-Krzewicki, Mikolaj 
-Rybalchenko, Alexey 
-Uhlig, Florian 
-Wenzel, Sandro 
+Rybalchenko, Alexey
 Winckler, Nicolas
diff --git a/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS b/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0747e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fairmq/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Binet, Sebastien
+Eulisse, Giulio
+Karabowicz, Radoslaw
+Krzewicki, Mikolaj 
+Uhlig, Florian
+Wenzel, Sandro