diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 07139d4e8af22e1243082eb42c77fc21d3ebe354..8eb6ad89eab1148b5e58b5701c44717d666f4eb1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ setup(name='pymoondb',
       description='A python module to access the MoonDB, the geochemical and petrological lunar sample database',
       url='https://www.ict.inaf.it/gitlab/alessandro.frigeri/pymoondb',
       author='Alessandro Frigeri',
-      author_email='Alessandro.Frigeri@inaf.it',
+      author_email='alessandro.frigeri@inaf.it',
       long_description=README,
       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
       license='MIT',