diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index b5bbcad..7f899e5 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ baseURL = "https://risotto.joeroe.io"
 theme = "risotto"
 title = "risotto demo"
 author = "Joe Roe"
-copyright = "© 2021 Joe Roe"
+copyright = "© 2021–2022 [Joe Roe](https://joeroe.io) & [risotto contributors](https://github.com/joeroe/risotto/graphs/contributors)."
 paginate = 3
 languageCode = "en"
 DefaultContentLanguage = "en"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index f5b8f12..2e36e38 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
       {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
 </p>
-<br/><br/>
-<p class="copyright">{{ .Site.Copyright }}</p>
+
+<p class="copyright">{{ .Site.Copyright | markdownify }}</p>
 <p class="advertisement">Powered by <a href="https://gohugo.io/">hugo</a> and <a href="https://github.com/joeroe/risotto">risotto</a>.</p>