diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Pod.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Pod.pm
index 579a98620b2..52c2ed15fda 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Pod.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Pod.pm
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ sub view : Private {
     my $dist = $release->{distribution};
     $c->stash( $c->model('API::Favorite')->find_plussers($dist) );
 
+    my $contribs = $self->groom_contributors( $c, $release );
+
     $c->stash(
         {
             module            => $data,
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ sub view : Private {
             template          => 'pod.html',
             canonical         => $canonical,
             documented_module => $documented_module,
+            contributors      => $contribs,
         }
     );
     unless ( $reqs->{pod}->{raw} ) {
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Release.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Release.pm
index 54e13360488..0534bbb7fb5 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Release.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Release.pm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sub view : Private {
 
     $c->res->last_modified( $out->{date} );
 
-    $self->groom_contributors( $c, $out );
+    my $contribs = $self->groom_contributors( $c, $out );
 
     $c->stash( $c->model('API::Favorite')->find_plussers($distribution) );
 
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ sub view : Private {
         examples => \@examples,
         files    => \@view_files,
 
+        contributors => $contribs,
+
         # TODO: Put this in a more general place.
         # Maybe make a hash for feature flags?
         (
@@ -135,35 +137,4 @@ sub view : Private {
     );
 }
 
-# massage the x_contributors field into what we want
-sub groom_contributors {
-    my ( $self, $c, $out ) = @_;
-
-    return unless $out->{metadata}{x_contributors};
-
-    # just in case a lonely contributor makes it as a scalar
-    $out->{metadata}{x_contributors} = [ $out->{metadata}{x_contributors} ]
-        unless ref $out->{metadata}{x_contributors};
-
-    my @contributors = map {
-        s/<(.*)>//;
-        { name => $_, email => $1 }
-    } @{ $out->{metadata}{x_contributors} };
-
-    $out->{metadata}{x_contributors} = \@contributors;
-
-    for my $contributor ( @{ $out->{metadata}{x_contributors} } ) {
-
-        # heuristic to autofill pause accounts
-        $contributor->{pauseid} = uc $1
-            if !$contributor->{pauseid}
-            and $contributor->{email} =~ /^(.*)\@cpan.org/;
-
-        next unless $contributor->{pauseid};
-
-        $contributor->{url} = $c->uri_for_action( '/author/index',
-            [ $contributor->{pauseid} ] );
-    }
-}
-
 1;
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Role/ReleaseInfo.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Role/ReleaseInfo.pm
index e02f1f2ecbf..99b52700b62 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Role/ReleaseInfo.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Role/ReleaseInfo.pm
@@ -67,4 +67,48 @@ sub recv_all {
     return { map { $_ => $condvars->{$_}->recv } keys %$condvars };
 }
 
+# massage the x_contributors field into what we want
+sub groom_contributors {
+    my ( $self, $c, $release ) = @_;
+
+    my $contribs = $release->{metadata}{x_contributors} || [];
+    my $authors  = $release->{metadata}{author}         || [];
+
+    # just in case a lonely contributor makes it as a scalar
+    $contribs = [$contribs]
+        if !ref $contribs;
+    $authors = [$authors]
+        if !ref $authors;
+
+    my %seen = ( lc "$release->{author}\@cpan.org" => 1, );
+    my @contribs;
+
+    for my $contrib ( @$authors, @$contribs ) {
+        my $name = $contrib;
+        $name =~ s/\s*<([^<>]+@[^<>]+)>//;
+        my $info = {
+            name => $name,
+            $1 ? ( email => $1 ) : (),
+        };
+
+        next
+            if $seen{ $info->{email} }++;
+
+        # heuristic to autofill pause accounts
+        if (   !$info->{pauseid}
+            and $info->{email} =~ /^(.*)\@cpan\.org$/ )
+        {
+            $info->{pauseid} = uc $1;
+        }
+
+        if ( $info->{pauseid} ) {
+            $info->{url}
+                = $c->uri_for_action( '/author/index', [ $info->{pauseid} ] );
+        }
+        push @contribs, $info;
+    }
+
+    return \@contribs;
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/root/inc/contributors.html b/root/inc/contributors.html
index 90cf5d3da1d..d4d9ddd4dab 100644
--- a/root/inc/contributors.html
+++ b/root/inc/contributors.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<% IF contributors %>
+<% IF contributors and contributors.size %>
 
 <div id="contributors">
-    <strong>and <% contributors.size %> contributors</strong>
+    <div class="contributors-header">and <% contributors.size %> contributors</div>
     <div align="right">
-        <a name="authors" href="#authors"
-            onclick="$(this).hide(); $('#contributors ul').slideDown()"
+        <a href="#"
+            onclick="$(this).hide(); $('#contributors ul').slideDown(); return false;"
         >show them</a>
     </div>
-    <ul style="display: none">
+    <ul class="nav nav-list box-right" style="display: none">
     <% FOREACH contributor IN contributors %>
         <li class="contributor<% ' cpan' IF contributor.pauseid %>">
         <% IF contributor.pauseid %>
diff --git a/root/pod.html b/root/pod.html
index 71c8ce9b79e..d93082dc51b 100644
--- a/root/pod.html
+++ b/root/pod.html
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 </ul>
 
 <div class="pull-right">
-<div class="pull-right"><% INCLUDE inc/author-pic.html author = author %></div>
+<div class="pull-right">
+<% INCLUDE inc/author-pic.html author = author %>
+<% INCLUDE inc/contributors.html contributors = contributors %>
+</div>
 <% INCLUDE inc/dependencies.html dependencies = release.dependency %>
 </div>
 <% IF req.cookies.hideTOC.value %><style>#index { display:none}</style><% END %>
diff --git a/root/release.html b/root/release.html
index a739e253833..162f72e97ba 100644
--- a/root/release.html
+++ b/root/release.html
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 
 <div class="pull-right hidden-phone">
 <% INCLUDE inc/author-pic.html author = author %>
-<% INCLUDE inc/contributors.html
-    contributors = release.metadata.x_contributors %>
+<% INCLUDE inc/contributors.html contributors = contributors %>
 </div>
 <% INCLUDE inc/dependencies.html dependencies = release.dependency %>
 
diff --git a/root/static/css/style.css b/root/static/css/style.css
index 3d26419319d..fe6a07cb7cf 100644
--- a/root/static/css/style.css
+++ b/root/static/css/style.css
@@ -297,6 +297,19 @@ div.qtip-github table th {
 * see /release/Plack for example
 */
 
+#contributors {
+    width: 180px;
+}
+
+#contributors > ul {
+    padding-top: 0;
+}
+
+#contributors .contributors-header {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 #contributors .contributor {
     position: relative;
     text-align: left;
@@ -343,4 +356,4 @@ div.qtip-github table th {
 
 #icon-rss {
     background: url('/static/icons/icon-rss.png');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}