diff --git a/settings.tex b/settings.tex
index facc701fff30dce8eee47f8dd9b5d467708d9aed..f9894e7dfa5338b697b1e2f0bc7d4f9678fbf71a 100644
--- a/settings.tex
+++ b/settings.tex
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 %% the ExecuteBibliographyOptions command below to set your options
 
 \ExecuteBibliographyOptions{maxnames=99}
-
+\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{maxcitenames=2} % Writes et. al for \citeauthor with more names than this
 
 %% Change this to your appropriate BibTeX reference file (.bib)