diff --git a/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/init.lua b/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/init.lua
index 235b2a3cb..db3ac8436 100644
--- a/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/init.lua
+++ b/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/init.lua
@@ -3,123 +3,8 @@ local S = minetest.get_translator(modname)
 
 mcl_credits = {
 	players = {},
-}
-
-mcl_credits.description = S("A faithful Open Source clone of Minecraft")
-
--- Sub-lists are sorted by number of commits, but the list should not be rearranged (-> new contributors are just added at the end of the list)
-mcl_credits.people = {
-	{ S("Creator of MineClone"), 0x0A9400, {
-		"davedevils",
-	}},
-	{ S("Creator of MineClone2"), 0xFBF837, {
-		"Wuzzy",
-	}},
-	{ S("Maintainers"), 0xFF51D5, {
-		"Fleckenstein",
-		"kay27",
-		"oilboi",
-	}},
-	{ S("Developers"), 0xF84355, {
-		"bzoss",
-		"AFCMS",
-		"epCode",
-		"ryvnf",
-		"iliekprogrammar",
-		"MysticTempest",
-		"Rootyjr",
-		"Nicu",
-		"aligator",
-		"Code-Sploit",
-		"NO11",
-	}},
-	{ S("Contributors"), 0x52FF00, {
-		"Laurent Rocher",
-		"HimbeerserverDE",
-		"TechDudie",
-		"Alexander Minges",
-		"ArTee3",
-		"ZeDique la Ruleta",
-		"pitchum",
-		"wuniversales",
-		"Bu-Gee",
-		"David McMackins II",
-		"Nicholas Niro",
-		"Wouters Dorian",
-		"Blue Blancmange",
-		"Jared Moody",
-		"Li0n",
-		"Midgard",
-		"Saku Laesvuori",
-		"Yukitty",
-		"ZedekThePD",
-		"aldum",
-		"dBeans",
-		"nickolas360",
-		"yutyo",
-		"ztianyang",
-		"j45",
-	}},
-	{"MineClone5", 0xA60014, {
-		"kay27",
-		"Debiankaios",
-		"epCode",
-		"NO11",
-		"j45",
-	}},
-	{ S("Original Mod Authors"), 0x343434, {
-		"Wuzzy",
-		"Fleckenstein",
-		"BlockMen",
-		"TenPlus1",
-		"PilzAdam",
-		"ryvnf",
-		"stujones11",
-		"Arcelmi",
-		"celeron55",
-		"maikerumine",
-		"GunshipPenguin",
-		"Qwertymine3",
-		"Rochambeau",
-		"rubenwardy",
-		"stu",
-		"oilboi",
-		"4aiman",
-		"Kahrl",
-		"Krock",
-		"UgnilJoZ",
-		"lordfingle",
-		"22i",
-		"bzoss",
-		"kilbith",
-		"xeranas",
-		"kddekadenz",
-		"sofar",
-		"4Evergreen4",
-		"jordan4ibanez",
-		"paramat",
-	}},
-	{ S("3D Models"), 0x0019FF, {
-		"22i",
-		"tobyplowy",
-		"epCode",
-	}},
-	{ S("Textures"), 0xFF9705, {
-		"XSSheep",
-		"Wuzzy",
-		"kingoscargames",
-		"leorockway",
-		"xMrVizzy",
-		"yutyo",
-		"NO11",
-	}},
-	{ S("Translations"), 0x00FF60, {
-		"Wuzzy",
-		"Rocher Laurent",
-		"wuniversales",
-		"kay27",
-		"pitchum",
-	}},
+	description = S("A faithful Open Source clone of Minecraft"),
+	people = dofile(minetest.get_modpath(modname) .. "/people.lua"),
 }
 
 local function add_hud_element(def, huds, y)
@@ -243,7 +128,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 						y = y - 5
 					end
 				end
-				
+
 				if y > -100 then
 					if id == huds.icon then
 						y = math.max(400, y)
diff --git a/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/people.lua b/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/people.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2861b5052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/HUD/mcl_credits/people.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+local modname = minetest.get_current_modname()
+local S = minetest.get_translator(modname)
+
+return {
+	{S("Creator of MineClone"), 0x0A9400, {
+		"davedevils",
+	}},
+	{S("Creator of MineClone2"), 0xFBF837, {
+		"Wuzzy",
+	}},
+	{S("Maintainers"), 0xFF51D5, {
+		"Fleckenstein",
+		"Nicu",
+		"kay27",
+	}},
+	{S("Developers"), 0xF84355, {
+		"bzoss",
+		"AFCMS",
+		"epCode",
+		"ryvnf",
+		"iliekprogrammar",
+		"MysticTempest",
+		"Rootyjr",
+		"aligator",
+		"Code-Sploit",
+		"NO11",
+		"cora",
+		"jordan4ibanez",
+	}},
+	{S("Contributors"), 0x52FF00, {
+		"Laurent Rocher",
+		"HimbeerserverDE",
+		"TechDudie",
+		"Alexander Minges",
+		"ArTee3",
+		"ZeDique la Ruleta",
+		"pitchum",
+		"wuniversales",
+		"Bu-Gee",
+		"David McMackins II",
+		"Nicholas Niro",
+		"Wouters Dorian",
+		"Blue Blancmange",
+		"Jared Moody",
+		"Li0n",
+		"Midgard",
+		"Saku Laesvuori",
+		"Yukitty",
+		"ZedekThePD",
+		"aldum",
+		"dBeans",
+		"nickolas360",
+		"yutyo",
+		"Tianyang Zhang",
+		"j45",
+		"Marcin Serwin",
+		"erlehmann",
+		"E",
+		"Benjamin Schötz",
+		"Doloment",
+		"Sydney Gems",
+		"talamh",
+		"Emily2255",
+		"Emojigit",
+		"FinishedFragment",
+		"sfan5",
+		"Blue Blancmange",
+		"Jared Moody",
+		"SmallJoker",
+		"Sven792",
+		"aldum",
+	}},
+	{S("MineClone5"), 0xA60014, {
+		"kay27",
+		"Debiankaios",
+		"epCode",
+		"NO11",
+		"j45",
+	}},
+	{S("Original Mod Authors"), 0x343434, {
+		"Wuzzy",
+		"Fleckenstein",
+		"BlockMen",
+		"TenPlus1",
+		"PilzAdam",
+		"ryvnf",
+		"stujones11",
+		"Arcelmi",
+		"celeron55",
+		"maikerumine",
+		"GunshipPenguin",
+		"Qwertymine3",
+		"Rochambeau",
+		"rubenwardy",
+		"stu",
+		"4aiman",
+		"Kahrl",
+		"Krock",
+		"UgnilJoZ",
+		"lordfingle",
+		"22i",
+		"bzoss",
+		"kilbith",
+		"xeranas",
+		"kddekadenz",
+		"sofar",
+		"4Evergreen4",
+		"jordan4ibanez",
+		"paramat",
+	}},
+	{S("3D Models"), 0x0019FF, {
+		"22i",
+		"tobyplowy",
+		"epCode",
+	}},
+	{S("Textures"), 0xFF9705, {
+		"XSSheep",
+		"Wuzzy",
+		"kingoscargames",
+		"leorockway",
+		"xMrVizzy",
+		"yutyo",
+		"NO11",
+		"kay27",
+	}},
+	{S("Translations"), 0x00FF60, {
+		"Wuzzy",
+		"Rocher Laurent",
+		"wuniversales",
+		"kay27",
+		"pitchum",
+		"todoporlalibertad",
+		"Marcin Serwin",
+	}},
+	{S("Special thanks"), 0x00E9FF, {
+		"celeron55 for creating Minetest",
+		"Jordach for the jukebox music compilation from Big Freaking Dig",
+		"The workaholics who spent way too much time writing for the Minecraft Wiki. It's an invaluable resource for creating this game",
+		"Notch and Jeb for being the major forces behind Minecraft",
+	}},
+}
diff --git a/tools/generate_ingame_credits.lua b/tools/generate_ingame_credits.lua
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..89b633ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/generate_ingame_credits.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env lua
+-- Script to automatically generate mods/HUD/mcl_credits/people.lua from CREDITS.md
+-- Run from MCL2 root folder
+
+local colors = {
+	["Creator of MineClone"] = "0x0A9400",
+	["Creator of MineClone2"] = "0xFBF837",
+	["Maintainers"] = "0xFF51D5",
+	["Developers"] = "0xF84355",
+	["Contributors"] = "0x52FF00",
+	["MineClone5"] = "0xA60014",
+	["Original Mod Authors"] = "0x343434",
+	["3D Models"] = "0x0019FF",
+	["Textures"] = "0xFF9705",
+	["Translations"] = "0x00FF60",
+	["Special thanks"] = "0x00E9FF",
+}
+
+local from = io.open("CREDITS.md", "r")
+local to = io.open("mods/HUD/mcl_credits/people.lua", "w")
+
+to:write([[
+local modname = minetest.get_current_modname()
+local S = minetest.get_translator(modname)
+
+]])
+
+to:write("return {\n")
+
+local started_block = false
+
+for line in from:lines() do
+	if line:find("## ") == 1 then
+		if started_block then
+			to:write("\t}},\n")
+		end
+		local title = line:sub(4, #line)
+		to:write("\t{S(\"" .. title .. "\"), " .. (colors[title] or "0xFFFFFF") .. ", {\n")
+		started_block = true
+	elseif line:find("*") == 1 then
+		to:write("\t\t\"" .. line:sub(3, #line) .. "\",\n")
+	end
+end
+
+if started_block then
+	to:write("\t}},\n")
+end
+
+to:write("}\n")