diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d240910..5394437 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Authors@R:
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2386-4031")),
     person(given = "Sebastian",
            family = "Funk",
-           role = c("ctb"),
+           role = c("aut"),
            email = "sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2842-3406")))
 Description: Provides functions for working with primary