diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 70733afc..3b125ec8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -1581,6 +1581,10 @@ include_in_freefromtags:freeformtags
 include_in_chapterstotal:chapterslashtotal.NOREPL
 add_to_replace_metadata:
  chapterstotal=>^([0-9])+/(.+)$=>\2
+ 
+ ## The link to orphan_account just leads to a 404 page.
+ ## This replaces it with a link to the AO3 homepage.
+  authorUrl=>(https://archiveofourown\.org)/users/orphan_account/pseuds/orphan_account=>\1
 
 ## adds to titlepage_entries instead of replacing it.
 #extra_titlepage_entries: fandoms,freeformtags,ao3categories,comments,chapterslashtotal,chapterstotal,kudos,hits,bookmarks,bookmarked,bookmarktags,bookmarksummary,series01HTML,series02HTML,series03HTML,byline