diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
index d5f4faec..f35e0d24 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb.py
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ class fpdb:
         dia.set_comments("GTK AboutDialog comments here")
         dia.set_license("GPL v3")
         dia.set_website("http://fpdb.sourceforge.net/")
-        dia.set_authors("Steffen, Eratosthenes, s0rrow, EricBlade, _mt, and others")
+        dia.set_authors(['Steffen', 'Eratosthenes', 's0rrow',
+            'EricBlade', '_mt', 'and others'])
         dia.set_program_name("FPDB")
         dia.run()
         dia.destroy()