diff --git a/iacrcc/iacrcc.cls b/iacrcc/iacrcc.cls
index f1dba8e..d36532f 100644
--- a/iacrcc/iacrcc.cls
+++ b/iacrcc/iacrcc.cls
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@
   \DeclarePrintbibliographyDefaults{heading=bibintoc}%
   \DeclareLabelalphaTemplate{
     \labelelement{
+      \field[final]{shorthand}
       \field[strwidth=3,strside=left]{label}
       \field[strwidth=3,strside=left,ifnames=1]{labelname}
       \field[strwidth=1,strside=left]{labelname}