diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 879ebb1..2049314 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Site settings
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-title: "You R. Long Last Name's personal website"
+title: blank # the website title (if blank, full name will be used instead)
 first_name: You
 middle_name: R.
-last_name: Long Last Name
+last_name: (Long Last) Name
 email: you@example.com
 description: > # this means to ignore newlines until "url:"
   A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 245c0e9..999cdd7 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
 
-<title>{{ site.title }}{% if page.title and page.url != "/" %} | {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
+<title>{% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}{{ site.first_name }} {{ site.middle_name }} {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}{% if page.title and page.url != "/" %} | {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
 <meta name="description" content="{{ site.description }}">
 
 <!-- Bootstrap & MDB -->
diff --git a/_includes/header.html b/_includes/header.html
index cc1c335..f4c9e65 100644
--- a/_includes/header.html
+++ b/_includes/header.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <div class="container">
       {% if page.title != "about" %}
       <a class="navbar-brand title font-weight-lighter" href="{{ site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}/">
-       {% if site.title %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
+       {% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
       </a>
       {% elsif site.show_social_icons %}
         <!-- Social Icons -->
diff --git a/_layouts/about.html b/_layouts/about.html
index 71dd406..47a02e1 100644
--- a/_layouts/about.html
+++ b/_layouts/about.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ layout: default
 
   <header class="post-header">
     <h1 class="post-title">
-     {% if site.title %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
+     {% if site.title == blank %}{{ site.title }}{% else %}<span class="font-weight-bold">{{ site.first_name }}</span> {{ site.middle_name }}  {{ site.last_name }}{% endif %}
     </h1>
   </header>