diff --git a/pinaxcon/settings.py b/pinaxcon/settings.py
index e6e551f988c8345bd5beb69ba28b493cfe6ee12c..90f8b41009a1cee2b02931a52d943dead46626b6 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/settings.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/settings.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ from_email = os.environ.get("DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", None)
 if from_email is not None:
     DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = from_email
 
+SERVER_EMAIL = DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
+
 # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
 # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.