diff --git a/rssnotify.py b/rssnotify.py
index 9638a3e..452ee8b 100755
--- a/rssnotify.py
+++ b/rssnotify.py
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ def rsscheck(phenny, input):
                     commiter = feed_entry.authors[0].href.replace('https://github.com/',"")
                 except AttributeError:
                     commiter = commiter_realname # This will only print the Realname if the nickname couldn't be obtained
+                if commiter_realname == "":
+                        try:
+                            commiter_realname = feed_entry.authors[0].email
+                        except AttributeError:
+                            commiter_realname = "Unknown"
                 reponame = url.replace("https://github.com/","").replace("/commits/master.atom","")
                 commit_hash = feed_entry.links[0].href.replace("https://github.com/" + reponame + "/commit/","")[:10]
                 commit_time = feed_entry.updated