diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c1cc362d..423176602 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 
 > A client library for the IPFS HTTP API, implemented in JavaScript. This client library implements the [interface-ipfs-core](https://github.com/ipfs/interface-ipfs-core) enabling applications to change between a embebed js-ipfs node and any remote IPFS node without having to change the code. In addition, this client library implements a set of utility functions.
 
+## Lead Maintainer
+
+[Alan Shaw](http://github.com/alanshaw).
+
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [Install](#install)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "ipfs-api",
   "version": "20.2.1",
   "description": "A client library for the IPFS HTTP API",
+  "leadMaintainer": "Alan Shaw <alan@tableflip.io>",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "browser": {
     "glob": false,
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@
   "keywords": [
     "ipfs"
   ],
-  "author": "Matt Bell <mappum@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [
     "Alan Shaw <alan@tableflip.io>",
     "Alex Mingoia <talk@alexmingoia.com>",