diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index a391089..35cf23d 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.array;
+import std.datetime: Clock;
 import std.conv;
 import std.encoding;
 import std.exception;
@@ -495,7 +496,8 @@
 			p.description = input("Description", p.description);
 			p.authors = input("Author name", author).split(",").map!(a => a.strip).array;
 			p.license = input("License", p.license);
-			p.copyright = input("Copyright string", p.copyright);
+			string copyrightString = .format("Copyright © %s, %s", Clock.currTime().year, join(p.authors, ", "));
+			p.copyright = input("Copyright string", copyrightString);
 
 			while (true) {
 				auto depname = input("Add dependency (leave empty to skip)", null);
diff --git a/source/dub/init.d b/source/dub/init.d
index 5c590fe..f06ea1e 100644
--- a/source/dub/init.d
+++ b/source/dub/init.d
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import dub.recipe.packagerecipe;
 import dub.dependency;
 
-import std.datetime;
 import std.exception;
 import std.file;
 import std.format;
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
 	p.name = root_path.head.toString().toLower();
 	p.authors ~= username;
 	p.license = "proprietary";
-	p.copyright = .format("Copyright © %s, %s", Clock.currTime().year, username);
 	foreach (pack, v; deps) {
 		import std.ascii : isDigit;
 		p.buildSettings.dependencies[pack] = Dependency(v);