diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ We have received the following contributions:
  - Franciszek Gorski
    2018-10: Makefile bug fixed
    2019-07: Statistics enhancements
+   2019-09: Statistics initialization enhancements
 
  - Suzanne Goldlust
    2018-10: API documentation