diff --git a/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro b/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
index 98fbca7..9ab399f 100644
--- a/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
+++ b/src/components/ReplyViaEmail.astro
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-import {siteConfig} from "../config";
-const { title, email = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.email } = Astro.props;
+const { title } = Astro.props;
 ---
-<a href={`mailto:${email}?subject=RE:${title}&body=Hi,\n\nI would like to reply to your post "${title}".`}>&#x21A9; Reply via Email</a>
\ No newline at end of file
+<a href={`mailto:test@email.com?subject=RE:${title}&body=Hi,\n\nI would like to reply to your post "${title}".`}>&#x21A9; Reply via Email</a>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro b/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
index a790d7b..771fcb4 100644
--- a/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
+++ b/src/components/helper/head/Meta.astro
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 ---
-interface Props {
-    title: string;
-    description: string;
-    author?: string;
-    ogImage?: string;
-}
-
-const { title, author,description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props
+const { title, description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props
 
 const canonicalURL = new URL(Astro.url.pathname, Astro.site);
 ---
 <meta name="title" content={title} />
-{author && <meta name="author" content={author} />}
 <meta name="description" content={description} />
 {/* Open Graph / Facebook */}
 <meta name="og:title" content={title} />
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 709cb5d..2d6a2e3 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ export const siteConfig = {
     title: '/var/log/mercury',
     description: 'A blog about software development, technology, and life.',
     homepageOgImage: '',
-    defaultAuthor: {
-      id: 'd6e4661d', // (optional) an id in the authors.yaml, will override the setting below (if id exists)
-      name: 'GrassBlock1',
-      email: 'hi@mercury.info',
-    },
     // features
     noClientJavaScript: false, // disable client-side javascript, this will:
     // 1. disable all built-in client-side javascript from rendering
@@ -15,6 +10,7 @@ export const siteConfig = {
     // 3. the comments will be globally disabled
     // 4. the night mode & back to top will not use Javascript to function
     // 5. the neko will be force-disabled
+    authorDefaultEmail: '',
     // site components
     navBarItems: [
         // additional items in the navbar
diff --git a/src/content/config.ts b/src/content/config.ts
index d305fc5..c330693 100644
--- a/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/src/content/config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {posts} from './posts/_schemas';
 import {pages} from "./pages/_schemas";
 import {file} from 'astro/loaders';
 import { z } from 'astro:content';
-import {siteConfig} from "../config.ts";
 
 const blogCollection = defineCollection({
     type: 'content',
@@ -22,21 +21,8 @@ const blogRollData = defineCollection({
     })
 });
 
-const authorsData = defineCollection({
-    loader: file("src/data/authors.yaml"),
-    schema: z.object({
-        name: z.string().default(siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name),
-        email: z.string().email().default(siteConfig.defaultAuthor.email),
-        social: z.object({
-            twitter: z.string().optional(),
-            fediverse: z.string().optional(),
-        }).optional(),
-    })
-});
-
 export const collections = {
     'posts': blogCollection,
     'pages': pageCollection,
     'links': blogRollData,
-    'authors': authorsData,
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts b/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
index bc668d1..e62adfb 100644
--- a/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
+++ b/src/content/posts/_schemas.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ export const posts = ({ image }) => z.object({
   pubDate: z.coerce.date(),
   updatedDate: z.coerce.date().optional(),
   cover: image().optional(),
-  author: z.string().optional(),
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md b/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
index c29b2bd..4ad2c6e 100644
--- a/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
+++ b/src/content/posts/minimalism/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: 'The Art of Minimalism'
 description: 'Thoughts on minimalism in design and code'
 pubDate: '2025-06-05'
-author: 'Wheatley'
 ---
 
 Minimalism isn't just about having less, it's about making room for what matters.
diff --git a/src/data/authors.yaml b/src/data/authors.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 613201f..0000000
--- a/src/data/authors.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Wheatley: # the key name (id) of the author, which is used in the front matter
-  name: "Wheatley" # the display name of the author
-  email: "hello@example.org" # the email address of the author
-  social: # the social media accounts of the author, if any (there is no reference for this yet except for the twitter handle)
-    twitter: "@wheatley"
-    fediverse: "@"
-
-Glados: # you can have more if you like
-  name: "Glados"
-  email: "contact@example.org"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/layouts/Layout.astro b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
index f402f64..6cda7bd 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Layout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import Logo from '../assets/mercury.svg'
 interface Props {
   title: string;
   description: string;
-  author?: string;
   path?: string;
   ogImage?: string;
 }
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ const navBarItems = siteConfig.navBarItems
 const customFooter = siteConfig.customFooter
 const nekoType = siteConfig.neko?.type
 
-const { title = pageTitle, author = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name,description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props;
+const { title = pageTitle, description = siteConfig.description, ogImage = "" } = Astro.props;
 ---
 
 <!doctype html>
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ const { title = pageTitle, author = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name,description =
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
     <meta name="generator" content={Astro.generator} />
-    <Meta title={pageTitle} author={author} description={description} ogImage={ogImage} />
+    <Meta title={pageTitle} description={description} ogImage={ogImage} />
     <title>{pageTitle}</title>
   </head>
   <body>
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ const { title = pageTitle, author = siteConfig.defaultAuthor.name,description =
         <p>Powered by <a href="https://git.gb0.dev/gb/mercury" target="_blank"><Logo width={16} height={16} /> mercury</a></p>
       </div>
     </footer>
-    { (siteConfig.neko.enabled && !noscript) &&
+    { !noscript || siteConfig.neko.enabled &&
       <>
         <script is:inline define:vars={{ nekoType  }}>
           window.NekoType = nekoType;
diff --git a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
index e7f5f56..860b1b5 100644
--- a/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/pages/post/[...slug].astro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 import Layout from '../../layouts/Layout.astro';
-import { getCollection, getEntry } from 'astro:content';
+import { getCollection } from 'astro:content';
 import Comments from "../../components/Comments.astro";
 import {getImage} from "astro:assets";
 import { unified } from "unified";
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ const { entry } = Astro.props;
 const { Content } = await entry.render();
 const noscript = siteConfig.noClientJavaScript
 const slug = Astro.params.slug;
-const authorId = entry.data.author || siteConfig.defaultAuthor.id;
-
-// Get author data
-const authorData = await getEntry('authors', authorId);
-const authorInfo = authorData ? authorData.data : siteConfig.defaultAuthor;
 
 // get featured image and use it as og:image
 // use the custom cover image if it exists, otherwise use the featured image file in the same directory
@@ -44,7 +39,6 @@ const cover = customFeaturedImage || matchedImage_src?.src || `/post/${slug}/fea
   title={entry.data.title}
   description={entry.data.description}
   ogImage={cover}
-  author={authorInfo.name}
 >
       <h1 class="title">{entry.data.title}</h1>
       <span class="date">{new Date(entry.data.pubDate).toISOString().split('T')[0]}</span>
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ const cover = customFeaturedImage || matchedImage_src?.src || `/post/${slug}/fea
       </div>
 
     <div style="margin-top: 2rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color); padding-top: 1rem;">
-    <ReplyViaEmail title={entry.data.title} email={authorInfo.email} />
+    <ReplyViaEmail title={entry.data.title} />
         <br>
     <a href="/blog">&larr; Back to posts</a>
     {noscript && <h2>Comments</h2> <Comments path={`post/${slug}`} />}