diff --git a/recipes/scmp.recipe b/recipes/scmp.recipe
index fcaba61257..409ce70c47 100644
--- a/recipes/scmp.recipe
+++ b/recipes/scmp.recipe
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ def ts_date(x):
     dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(x/1000 + time.timezone)
     return dt.strftime('%b %d, %Y at %I:%M %p')
 
-def auth(x):
-    return ', '.join([a['name'] for a in x])
-
 def load_article_from_json(raw, root):
     # open('/t/raw.json', 'w').write(raw)
     data = json.loads(raw)['props']['pageProps']['payload']['data']['article']
@@ -62,7 +59,8 @@ def load_article_from_json(raw, root):
     # E(article, 'p', replace_entities(data['subHeadline']['text']), style='font-style: italic; color:#202020;')
     for subh in data['subHeadline']['json']:
         process_node(subh, article)
-    auth = ts_date(data['publishedDate']) + ' | ' + data['readingTime'] or '' + ' min read | ' + auth(data['authors'])
+    auth = ts_date(data['publishedDate']) + ' | ' + str(data.get('readingTime', '')) + ' min read | ' \
+            + ', '.join([a['name'] for a in data['authors']])
     E(article, 'p', auth, style='color: #202020; font-size:small;')
     main_image_url = sub_img = ''
     for l in data['images']: