diff --git a/mkdocs_git_committers_plugin_2/plugin.py b/mkdocs_git_committers_plugin_2/plugin.py
index 2e86a4d..efbbf8c 100644
--- a/mkdocs_git_committers_plugin_2/plugin.py
+++ b/mkdocs_git_committers_plugin_2/plugin.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def get_contributors_to_file(self, path, submodule_repo=None):
                             authors.append({'login': commit['committer']['login'],
                                             'name': commit['committer']['login'],
                                             'url': commit['committer']['html_url'],
-                                            'avatar': commit['committer']['avatar_url'] if commit['author']['avatar_url'] is not None else ''
+                                            'avatar': commit['committer']['avatar_url'] if commit['committer']['avatar_url'] is not None else ''
                                             })
                         if commit['commit'] and commit['commit']['message'] and '\nCo-authored-by:' in commit['commit']['message']:
                             github_coauthors_exist = True