diff --git a/stikkit/configuration.cpp b/stikkit/configuration.cpp
index 679e43e..eebbf5a 100644
--- a/stikkit/configuration.cpp
+++ b/stikkit/configuration.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ string Configuration::URL = "";
 string Configuration::Expiry = "60";
 bool Configuration::Private = false;
 string Configuration::Author = "";
-string Configuration::Version = "1.0.2";
+string Configuration::Version = "1.0.3";
 string Configuration::Title = "";
 string Configuration::Home = "";
 string Configuration::DefaultURL = "";
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ void Configuration::Init()
         }
         f.close();
     }
+    if (Configuration::Author.length() < 1)
+    {
+        // we don't have any author here! let's get it from passwd
+        Configuration::Author = pw->pw_name;
+    }
 }
 
 void Configuration::Store()
diff --git a/stikkit/main.cpp b/stikkit/main.cpp
index cba7de0..1382e76 100644
--- a/stikkit/main.cpp
+++ b/stikkit/main.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include "configuration.hpp"
 #include "terminalparser.hpp"
@@ -37,15 +36,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     delete t;
     if (!Stikkit::Configuration::Author.length())
     {
-        char buffer[200];
-        if (getlogin_r(buffer, 200))
-        {
-            Stikkit::Configuration::Author = buffer;
-        } else
-        {
-            // we need to provide some author name otherwise stikked will not display anything or some random characters there
-            Stikkit::Configuration::Author = "Unknown";
-        }
+        // we need to provide some author name otherwise stikked will not display anything or some random characters there
+        Stikkit::Configuration::Author = "Unknown";
     }
     if (!Stikkit::Configuration::URL.length())
     {