diff --git a/songbook_core/build.py b/songbook_core/build.py
index 264d1e16..bc257aa7 100755
--- a/songbook_core/build.py
+++ b/songbook_core/build.py
@@ -62,23 +62,6 @@ class Songbook(object):
         self._parse_raw(raw_songbook)
 
 
-
-
-
-    def __TODO(self):
-        Song.authwords['after'] = [
-                re.compile(r"^.*%s\b(.*)" % after)
-                for after
-                in config['authwords']["after"]
-                ]
-        Song.authwords['ignore'] = config['authwords']['ignore']
-        Song.authwords['sep'] = [
-                re.compile(r"^(.*)%s (.*)$" % sep)
-                for sep in ([
-                    " %s" % sep for sep in config['authwords']["sep"]
-                            ] + [','])
-                ]
-
     def _parse_raw(self, raw_songbook):
         """Parse raw_songbook.
 
@@ -87,12 +70,26 @@ class Songbook(object):
         """
         self.config.update(raw_songbook)
         self._set_datadir()
+        self._set_authwords()
+
 
-        # TODO This should be moved elsewhere
+    def _set_authwords(self):
         # Ensure self.config['authwords'] contains all entries
         for (key, value) in DEFAULT_AUTHWORDS.items():
             if key not in self.config['authwords']:
                 self.config['authwords'][key] = value
+        # Convert strings to regular expressions
+        self.config["authwords"]['after'] = [
+                re.compile(r"^.*%s\b(.*)" % after)
+                for after
+                in self.config['authwords']["after"]
+                ]
+        self.config["authwords"]['sep'] = [
+                re.compile(r"^(.*)%s (.*)$" % sep)
+                for sep in ([
+                    " %s" % sep for sep in self.config['authwords']["sep"]
+                            ] + [','])
+                ]
 
     def _set_datadir(self):
         """Set the default values for datadir"""
diff --git a/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex b/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
index 802d8806..6c756fad 100644
--- a/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
+++ b/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
    (* endfor*)
    (* for key in titleprefixkeys *)
       (* for word in authwords.key *)
-      (* if key=="after" *)
-      \authbyword{((word))}
-      (* else *)
-      \auth((key))word{((word))}
-      (* endif *)
+          (* if key=="after" *)
+          \authbyword{((word))}
+          (* else *)
+          \auth((key))word{((word))}
+          (* endif *)
       (* endfor *)
    (* endfor*)
    
diff --git a/songbook_core/songs.py b/songbook_core/songs.py
index e2222b85..a3909d1c 100644
--- a/songbook_core/songs.py
+++ b/songbook_core/songs.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ from songbook_core.plastex import parsetex
 class Song(object):
     """Song management"""
 
-    #: Dictionnaire des options pour le traitement des auteurs
-    authwords = {"after": [], "ignore": [], "sep": []}
-
     def __init__(self, filename, config):
         # Data extraction from the song with plastex
         data = parsetex(filename)
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ class Song(object):
             self.normalized_authors = [
                 locale.strxfrm(author)
                 for author
-                in processauthors(self.args["by"], **self.authwords)
+                in processauthors(self.args["by"], **config["authwords"])
                 ]
         else:
             self.normalized_authors = []