diff --git a/bibtexbrowser-test.php b/bibtexbrowser-test.php
index a7cc24b..65c38c3 100755
--- a/bibtexbrowser-test.php
+++ b/bibtexbrowser-test.php
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class BTBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert", $authors[0]);
         $this->assertEquals("Advanced Air and Ground Research Team", $authors[1]);
         $this->assertEquals("Foo Bar", $authors[2]);
-        $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert, Advanced Air and Ground Research Team, and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
+        $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert, Advanced Air and Ground Research Team and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
 
         // test with formatting (first name before)
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_COMMA_AS_NAME_SEPARATOR_IN_OUTPUT', true);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class BTBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert", $authors[0]);
         $this->assertEquals("Team, Advanced Air and Ground Research", $authors[1]);
         $this->assertEquals("Bar, Foo", $authors[2]);
-        $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert; Team, Advanced Air and Ground Research; and Bar, Foo", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
+        $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert; Team, Advanced Air and Ground Research and Bar, Foo", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
 
         // test with formatting (with initials) formatAuthorInitials
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_COMMA_AS_NAME_SEPARATOR_IN_OUTPUT', false);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ class BTBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals("Meyer H", $authors[0]);
         $this->assertEquals("Team AAand GR", $authors[1]);
         $this->assertEquals("Bar F", $authors[2]);
-        $this->assertEquals("Meyer H, Team AAand GR, and Bar F", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
+        $this->assertEquals("Meyer H, Team AAand GR and Bar F", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
 
         // test with first_name last_name formatAuthorCanonical
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_COMMA_AS_NAME_SEPARATOR_IN_OUTPUT', false);
@@ -530,12 +530,14 @@ class BTBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals("Heribert Meyer", $authors[0]);
         $this->assertEquals("Advanced Air and Ground Research Team", $authors[1]);
         $this->assertEquals("Foo Bar", $authors[2]);
-        $this->assertEquals("Heribert Meyer, Advanced Air and Ground Research Team, and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
+        $this->assertEquals("Heribert Meyer, Advanced Air and Ground Research Team and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
         
-        // test there is no Oxford comma for only two authors with default options
+        // test Oxford comma with default options
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_COMMA_AS_NAME_SEPARATOR_IN_OUTPUT', false);
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_INITIALS_FOR_NAMES', false);
         bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_FIRST_THEN_LAST', false);
+        bibtexbrowser_configure('USE_OXFORD_COMMA', true);
+        $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert, Advanced Air and Ground Research Team, and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
         $entry = $db->getEntryByKey('bKey61');
         $this->assertEquals("Meyer, Heribert and Foo Bar", $entry->getFormattedAuthorsString());
     }
diff --git a/bibtexbrowser.php b/bibtexbrowser.php
index f5933a4..aacbf76 100755
--- a/bibtexbrowser.php
+++ b/bibtexbrowser.php
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ if (defined('ENCODING')) {
 @define('USE_INITIALS_FOR_NAMES',false); // use only initials for all first names?
 @define('USE_FIRST_THEN_LAST',false); // put first names before last names?
 @define('FORCE_NAMELIST_SEPARATOR', ''); // if non-empty, use this to separate multiple names regardless of USE_COMMA_AS_NAME_SEPARATOR_IN_OUTPUT
-@define('LAST_AUTHOR_SEPARATOR',' and '); // if there are more than 2 names, an Oxford comma will be used
+@define('LAST_AUTHOR_SEPARATOR',' and ');
+@define('USE_OXFORD_COMMA',false); // adds an additional separator in addition to LAST_AUTHOR_SEPARATOR if there are more than two authors
 
 @define('TYPES_SIZE',10); // number of entry types per table
 @define('YEAR_SIZE',20); // number of years per table
@@ -1572,9 +1573,9 @@ class BibEntry {
     }
     $lastAuthorSeperator = bibtexbrowser_configuration('LAST_AUTHOR_SEPARATOR');
     // add Oxford comma if there are more than 2 authors
-    if (count($authors)>2) {
+    if (bibtexbrowser_configuration('USE_OXFORD_COMMA') && count($authors)>2) {
       $lastAuthorSeperator = $sep.$lastAuthorSeperator;
-      $lastAuthorSeperator = preg_replace("/ {2,}/", " ", $lastAuthorSeperator);
+      $lastAuthorSeperator = preg_replace("/ {2,}/", " ", $lastAuthorSeperator); // get rid of double spaces
     }
     $result .= $authors[count($authors)-2].$lastAuthorSeperator.$authors[count($authors)-1];
     return $result;