diff --git a/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/.meta/config.json b/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/.meta/config.json
index 8e874d3e..ccbd7a31 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/.meta/config.json
+++ b/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/.meta/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "authors": [],
+  "authors": [
+    "cpaulbond"
+  ],
   "contributors": [
     "canweriotnow"
   ],
diff --git a/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/nucleotide-count.el b/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/nucleotide-count.el
index 2dcb5c4f..bc12a923 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/nucleotide-count.el
+++ b/exercises/practice/nucleotide-count/nucleotide-count.el
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-(defun nucleotide-count (sequence)
 ;;; Code:
-)
+
+
+(defun nucleotide-count (sequence)
+ (error "Delete this S-Expression and write your own implementation"))
+
 
 (provide 'nucleotide-count)
 ;;; nucleotide-count.el ends here