diff --git a/PyTeX/format/enums.py b/PyTeX/format/enums.py
index 991d2a9..3df3feb 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/enums.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/enums.py
@@ -4,8 +4,24 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 
 class NamingScheme(Enum):
-    prepend_author = 0
-    clean = 1
+    prepend_author = 'prepend_author'
+    clean = 'clean'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse(naming_scheme: str) -> Optional[NamingScheme]:
+        if naming_scheme is None:
+            return None
+        switcher = {
+            'prepend-author': NamingScheme.prepend_author,
+            'prepend author': NamingScheme.prepend_author,
+            'author': NamingScheme.prepend_author,
+            'clean': NamingScheme.clean,
+            'raw': NamingScheme.clean
+        }
+        if not naming_scheme in switcher.keys():
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        else:
+            return switcher[naming_scheme]
 
 
 class TeXType(Enum):
diff --git a/PyTeX/format/formatting_config.py b/PyTeX/format/formatting_config.py
index 6a89fb1..656765c 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/formatting_config.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/formatting_config.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class FormattingConfig(Config):
 
         info = filled_content[YAML_INFO]
         self._author = info[YAML_AUTHOR]
-        self._naming_scheme = info[YAML_NAMING_SCHEME]
+        self._naming_scheme = NamingScheme.parse(info[YAML_NAMING_SCHEME])
         self._tex_flavour = TeXFlavour.parse(info[YAML_TEX_FLAVOUR])
         self._tex_type = TeXType.parse(info[YAML_TEX_TYPE])
         self._description = info[YAML_DESCRIPTION]
diff --git a/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py b/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
index fa1bcfd..e8a38d7 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class PyTeXFormatter(FormatterIF, ABC):
 
     @property
     def shortauthor(self) -> str:
-        parts = self.config.author.replace('ß', 'ss').split(' ') # TODO: better non-alphanumeric handling
+        parts = self.config.author.lower().replace('ß', 'ss').split(' ') # TODO: better non-alphanumeric handling
         if len(parts) == 1:
             return parts[0]
         else: