diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index b94bc0a..2ea2a8a 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Information for the Title page %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
 \title{Thesis and Project Report Template for \theInstitution{}}
+\subtitle{subtitle allowed}
 \author{Joseph~T.~Foley and Marcel~Kyas}
 \date{November, 2025}%Generally this is set to the day of the defense
 \publocation{Reykjavik, 2025}% Publisher info: Place, Year
diff --git a/ruthesis.sty b/ruthesis.sty
index f1869bc..3c4319f 100644
--- a/ruthesis.sty
+++ b/ruthesis.sty
@@ -127,10 +127,11 @@
     \rulogo{}
     \par\end{center}\vspace{0.7cm}
 }
+\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
 %% TODO: investigate why bold isn't working on the title
 %\droptitle{}% length moves the title position up and down
 \pretitle{\begin{center}\bfseries\Huge}
-\posttitle{\par\end{center}\vspace{1.55cm}}
+\posttitle{\ifstrempty{\thesubtitle}{}{\\\normalfont{\LARGE \thesubtitle}}\par\end{center}\vspace{1.55cm}}
 \preauthor{\begin{center}\Large}
 \postauthor{\par\end{center}\vfill}
 \renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{\begin{center}\textbf{\Large \theDegreeAbbrv{} \theDocumentType{} in \theProgram}\par\end{center}\vspace{1cm}}