diff --git a/pinaxcon/settings.py b/pinaxcon/settings.py
index dab0bb000ad2417c98657e71ab4c07767799945b..79a256e3f7103189ddad71f9fa04385843efabce 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/settings.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/settings.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if from_email is not None:
     DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = from_email
     SERVER_EMAIL = DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
     
-THEME_CONTACT_EMAIL = os.environ.get("THEME_CONTACT_EMAIL", None)
+THEME_CONTACT_EMAIL = os.environ.get("THEME_CONTACT_EMAIL", from_email)
     
 # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name