diff --git a/AKPlanning/settings.py b/AKPlanning/settings.py
index 11d1348867306f65cb288d0d3d0563eecef290f8..3202b7d3e5fae76eedc4b801da00cdd06a12114b 100644
--- a/AKPlanning/settings.py
+++ b/AKPlanning/settings.py
@@ -218,4 +218,8 @@ CSP_IMG_SRC = ("'self'", "data:")
 CSP_FRAME_SRC = ("'self'", )
 CSP_FONT_SRC = ("'self'", "data:", "fonts.gstatic.com")
 
+# Emails
+SEND_MAILS = True
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
+
 include(optional("settings/*.py"))
diff --git a/AKPlanning/settings_production.py b/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
index 83d7842d50fe525d3f86aa6b1c5fd145ddda417a..bf84d435232e27c0b1c7c48f8c7477a9de6da87f 100644
--- a/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
+++ b/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
+### EMAILS ###
+SEND_MAILS = True
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+
 # TODO: caching