diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
index c28bf48cd..0a993d9da 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReader.kt
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ abstract class FMReader(
         val infoElement = document.select("div.row").first()
 
         return SManga.create().apply {
-            infoElement.select("li a.btn-info").text().let {
-                if (it.contains("Updating", true).not()) author = it
-            }
+            author = infoElement.select("li a.btn-info").eachText().filter {
+                it.equals("Updating", true).not()
+            }.joinToString().takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
             genre = infoElement.select("li a.btn-danger").joinToString { it.text() }
             status = parseStatus(infoElement.select("li a.btn-success").first()?.text())
             description = document.select("div.detail .content, div.row ~ div.row:has(h3:first-child) p, .summary-content p").text().trim()
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
index 5f35662ae..7f32282d7 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/fmreader/FMReaderGenerator.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class FMReaderGenerator : ThemeSourceGenerator {
 
     override val themeClass = "FMReader"
 
-    override val baseVersionCode: Int = 4
+    override val baseVersionCode: Int = 5
 
     /** For future sources: when testing and popularMangaRequest() returns a Jsoup error instead of results
      *  most likely the fix is to override popularMangaNextPageSelector()   */