diff --git a/changelog.d/20231003_082812_ronny_user_nick_setting.rst b/changelog.d/20231003_082812_ronny_user_nick_setting.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bffea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20231003_082812_ronny_user_nick_setting.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+Added
+.....
+
+- consider the git config ``scriv.user_nick`` for the user nick part
+  of the fragment file - thanks to `Ronny Pfannschmidt <pull 106>`_, fixing `issue 103`_
+
+
+.. _issue 103: https://github.com/nedbat/scriv/pull/103
+.. _pull 106: https://github.com/nedbat/scriv/pull/106
diff --git a/src/scriv/gitinfo.py b/src/scriv/gitinfo.py
index 79b58d5..db58fc0 100644
--- a/src/scriv/gitinfo.py
+++ b/src/scriv/gitinfo.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ def user_nick() -> str:
     """
     Get a short name for the current user.
     """
+    ok, out = run_command("git config --get scriv.user_nick")
+    if ok:
+        return out.strip()
+
     ok, out = run_command("git config --get github.user")
     if ok:
         return out.strip()
diff --git a/tests/test_gitinfo.py b/tests/test_gitinfo.py
index f6067b8..621ced8 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitinfo.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitinfo.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 from scriv.gitinfo import current_branch_name, get_github_repos, user_nick
 
 
+def test_user_nick_from_scriv_user_nick(fake_git):
+    fake_git.set_config("scriv.user_nick", "joedev")
+    assert user_nick() == "joedev"
+
+
 def test_user_nick_from_github(fake_git):
     fake_git.set_config("github.user", "joedev")
     assert user_nick() == "joedev"
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ def test_real_get_github_repos():
     # we can't be sure what we get, except it should be word/word, and not end
     # with .git
     repos = get_github_repos()
-    assert len(repos) == 1
+    assert len(repos) >= 1
     repo = repos.pop()
     assert re.fullmatch(r"\w+/\w+", repo)
     assert not repo.endswith(".git")