diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9c76a9aea00ea8a544efc95863f0d80a4bea5f6d..1ab639e8a2eb98a3d30991fcd8d95acc8a760045 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ borgbackup_keep_weekly: 8
 borgbackup_keep_monthly: 6
 borgbackup_keep_yearly: 0
 borgbackup_use_msmtp: true
+borgbackup_email_from: "notifications@oh14.de"
diff --git a/templates/borgbackup-panic-email.sh b/templates/borgbackup-panic-email.sh
index 1b75aa5d3af85f5957a7fa6b38ff8674417e0c09..7005635e6a0db35e0967e8d715514e983bd67db0 100644
--- a/templates/borgbackup-panic-email.sh
+++ b/templates/borgbackup-panic-email.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 msmtp root << EOF
-From: $1 on $(hostname) <notifications@oh14.de>
+From: $1 on $(hostname) <{{ borgbackup_email_from }}>
 Subject: $1 failed on host $(hostname)
 
 Oh no :(