diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md
index 64bc031aa61cb78380b0bff7a97db057693875ee..971f5a8c8606e202e2ae6dfcc45a777840b05788 100644
--- a/paper/paper.md
+++ b/paper/paper.md
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ tags:
   - _k_-mer
 authors:
   - affiliation: 1
-    name: Véronique   Legrand
+    name: Véronique   Legrand
   - affiliation: "2, 3"
-    name:   Thomas   Kergrohen
+    name:   Thomas   Kergrohen
   - affiliation: 1
     name:   Nicolas   Joly^[deceased]
   - affiliation: "4, 5"
-    name:   Alexis   Criscuolo^[corresponding author]
+    name:   Alexis   Criscuolo^[corresponding author]
     orcid: 0000-0002-8212-5215
 affiliations:
  - index: 1