diff --git a/Netkan/Extensions/JObjectExtensions.cs b/Netkan/Extensions/JObjectExtensions.cs
index 7fe538d59..5f687c33e 100644
--- a/Netkan/Extensions/JObjectExtensions.cs
+++ b/Netkan/Extensions/JObjectExtensions.cs
@@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ public static void SafeMerge(this JObject jobject, string propertyName, JToken?
             }
         }
 
-        public static JToken? FromMessyList<T>(T? first, IEnumerable<T?>? rest) where T: notnull
+        public static JToken? ToJValueOrJArray<T>(this IEnumerable<T?> source) where T: notnull
         {
-            var items = (rest ?? Enumerable.Empty<T?>())
-                            .Append(first)
-                            .OfType<T>()
-                            .Distinct()
-                            .ToList();
+            var items = source.OfType<T>()
+                              .Distinct()
+                              .ToList();
             return items.Count switch
             {
                 0 => null,
diff --git a/Netkan/Transformers/GithubTransformer.cs b/Netkan/Transformers/GithubTransformer.cs
index 664b91ae5..a7eb53b30 100644
--- a/Netkan/Transformers/GithubTransformer.cs
+++ b/Netkan/Transformers/GithubTransformer.cs
@@ -234,21 +234,22 @@ public static void SetRepoResources(GithubRepo repo, JObject resources)
             }
         }
 
-        private JToken? GetAuthors(GithubRepo repo, GithubRelease release)
-            => JObjectExtensions.FromMessyList(
-                   release.Author,
-                   repo.TraverseNodes(r => r.ParentRepo == null
-                                               ? null
-                                               : _api.GetRepo(new GithubRef($"#/ckan/github/{r.ParentRepo.FullName}",
-                                                              false, _matchPreleases)))
-                       .Reverse()
-                       .SelectMany(r => r.Owner?.Type switch
-                                        {
-                                            userType => Enumerable.Repeat(r.Owner.Login, 1),
-                                            orgType  => _api.getOrgMembers(r.Owner)
-                                                            .Select(u => u.Login),
-                                            _        => Enumerable.Empty<string>()
-                                        }));
+        private JToken? GetAuthors(GithubRepo    repo,
+                                   GithubRelease release)
+            => repo.TraverseNodes(r => r.ParentRepo == null
+                                           ? null
+                                           : _api.GetRepo(new GithubRef($"#/ckan/github/{r.ParentRepo.FullName}",
+                                                          false, _matchPreleases)))
+                   .Reverse()
+                   .SelectMany(r => r.Owner?.Type switch
+                                    {
+                                        userType => Enumerable.Repeat(r.Owner.Login, 1),
+                                        orgType  => _api.getOrgMembers(r.Owner)
+                                                        .Select(u => u.Login),
+                                        _        => Enumerable.Empty<string>()
+                                    })
+                   .Append(release.Author)
+                   .ToJValueOrJArray();
 
         private const string userType = "User";
         private const string orgType  = "Organization";
diff --git a/Netkan/Transformers/SpacedockTransformer.cs b/Netkan/Transformers/SpacedockTransformer.cs
index 3e70ee316..986ecba0f 100644
--- a/Netkan/Transformers/SpacedockTransformer.cs
+++ b/Netkan/Transformers/SpacedockTransformer.cs
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ private static void TryAddResourceURL(string identifier, JObject? resources, str
         }
 
         private static JToken? GetAuthors(SpacedockMod mod)
-            => JObjectExtensions.FromMessyList(mod.author,
-                                               mod.shared_authors?.Select(i => i.Username));
+            => Enumerable.Repeat(mod.author, 1)
+                         .Concat(mod.shared_authors?.Select(i => i.Username)
+                                                   ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>())
+                         .ToJValueOrJArray();
 
         private static readonly Regex githubUrlPathPattern =
             new Regex("^/(?<owner>[^/]+)/(?<repo>[^/]+)",