diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f44db093..aa15e89e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 
 * Serve static files from Amazon S3 or Whitenoise_
 * Configuration for Celery_
-* Integration with Maildump_ for local email testing
+* Integration with MailHog_ for local email testing
 * Integration with Sentry_ for error logging
 * Integration with NewRelic_ for performance monitoring
 * Integration with Opbeat_ for performance monitoring
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 .. _Mailgun: https://mailgun.com/
 .. _Whitenoise: https://whitenoise.readthedocs.org/
 .. _Celery: http://www.celeryproject.org/
-.. _Maildump: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/maildump
+.. _MailHog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
 .. _Sentry: https://getsentry.com
 .. _NewRelic: https://newrelic.com
 .. _docker-compose: https://www.github.com/docker/compose
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ It prompts you for questions. Answer them::
     year [2015]:
     use_whitenoise [y]: n
     use_celery [n]: y
-    use_maildump [n]: n
+    use_mailhog [n]: n
     use_sentry [n]: y
     use_newrelic [n]: y
     use_obpeat [n]: y
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 4367b8b1..162d6b38 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "year": "{{ cookiecutter.now[:4] }}",
     "use_whitenoise": "y",
     "use_celery": "n",
-    "use_maildump": "n",
+    "use_mailhog": "n",
     "use_sentry": "n",
     "use_newrelic": "n",
     "use_opbeat": "n",
diff --git a/docs/developing-locally.rst b/docs/developing-locally.rst
index ae737dc4..349c9120 100644
--- a/docs/developing-locally.rst
+++ b/docs/developing-locally.rst
@@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ django-allauth sends an email to verify users (and superusers) after signup and
 
 .. _configure your email backend: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/email/#smtp-backend
 
-In development you can (optionally) use Maildump_ for email testing. Or alternatively simply output emails to the console via: ``EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'``
+In development you can (optionally) use MailHog_ for email testing. MailHog is built with Go so there are no dependencies. To use MailHog::
 
-.. _Maildump: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/maildump
+1. `Download the latest release`_ for your operating system
+2. Rename the executable to ``mailhog`` and copy it to the root of your project directory
+3. Make sure it is executable (e.g. ``chmod +x mailhog``)
+
+.. _Mailhog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/
+.. _Download the latest release: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/releases
+
+Alternatively simply output emails to the console via: ``EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'``
 
 In production basic email configuration is setup to send emails with Mailgun_
 
diff --git a/docs/project-generation-options.rst b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
index 2ed91bbb..d879b8ff 100644
--- a/docs/project-generation-options.rst
+++ b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ use_celery [n]
     Whether to use Celery_. This gives you the ability to use distributed task
     queues in your project.
 
-use_maildump [n]
-    Whether to use Maildump_. Maildump is a tool that simulates email receiving
-    for development purposes. It runs a super simple SMTP server which catches
-    any message sent to it. Then messages are displayed in a web interface.
+use_mailhog [n]
+    Whether to use MailHog_. MailHog is a tool that simulates email receiving
+    for development purposes. It runs a simple SMTP server which catches
+    any message sent to it. Messages are displayed in a web interface which runs at ``http://localhost:8025/`` You need to download the MailHog executable for your operating system, see the 'Developing Locally' docs for instructions.
 
 use_sentry [n]
     Whether to use Sentry_ to log errors from your project.
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ use_python2 [n]
 
 .. _WhiteNoise: https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 .. _Celery: https://github.com/celery/celery
-.. _Maildump: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/maildump
+.. _MailHog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
 .. _Sentry: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index 74f8947c..0f982660 100644
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_default_configuration(cookies, context):
     check_paths(paths)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(params=['use_maildump', 'use_celery', 'windows'])
+@pytest.fixture(params=['use_mailhog', 'use_celery', 'windows'])
 def feature_context(request, context):
     context.update({request.param: 'y'})
     return context
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
index b88b1172..1eaade28 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       images: this.app + '/static/images',
       js: this.app + '/static/js',
       manageScript: 'manage.py',
-      {% if cookiecutter.use_maildump=="y" -%}mailserverpid: 'mailserver.pid',{%- endif %}
     }
   };
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           },
       }
     },
-    
+
     //see https://github.com/nDmitry/grunt-postcss
     postcss: {
       options: {
@@ -113,16 +112,16 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       runDjango: {
         cmd: 'python <%= paths.manageScript %> runserver'
       },
-      {% if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "y" -%}runMailDump: {
-        cmd: 'maildump -p <%= paths.mailserverpid %>'
-      },
-      stopMailDump: {
-        cmd: 'maildump -p <%= paths.mailserverpid %> --stop'
+      {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" -%}runMailHog: {
+        cmd: './mailhog'
       },{%- endif %}
     }
   });
 
   grunt.registerTask('serve', [
+    {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" -%}
+    'bgShell:runMailHog',
+    {%- endif %}
     'bgShell:runDjango',
     'watch'
   ]);
@@ -135,12 +134,5 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   grunt.registerTask('default', [
     'build'
   ]);
-  {% if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "y" -%}
-  grunt.registerTask('start-email-server', [
-      'bgShell:runMailDump'
-  ]);
 
-  grunt.registerTask('stop-email-server', [
-      'bgShell:stopMailDump'
-  ]);{%- endif %}
 };
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
index ba7dc216..cbbe3254 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -61,28 +61,25 @@ Please note: For Celerys import magic to work, it is important *where* the celer
 
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "y" %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" %}
 
 Email Server
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-In development, it is often nice to be able to see emails that are being sent from your application. For this purpose,
-a Grunt task exists to start an instance of `maildump`_ which is a local SMTP server with an online interface.
+In development, it is often nice to be able to see emails that are being sent from your application. If you choose to use `MailHog`_ when generating the project a local SMTP server with a web interface will be available.
 
-.. _maildump: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/maildump
+.. _mailhog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
 
-Make sure you have nodejs installed, and then type the following::
+To start the service, make sure you have nodejs installed, and then type the following::
 
-    $ grunt start-email-server
+    $ npm install
+    $ grunt serve
 
-This will start an email server. The project is setup to deliver to the email server by default. To view messages
-that are sent by your application, open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:1080
+(After the first run you only need to type ``grunt serve``) This will start an email server that listens on ``127.0.0.1:1025`` in addition to starting your Django project and a watch task for live reload.
 
-To stop the email server::
+To view messages that are sent by your application, open your browser and go to ``http://127.0.0.1:8025``
 
-    $ grunt stop-email-server
-
-The email server listens on 127.0.0.1:1025
+The email server will exit when you exit the Grunt task on the CLI with Ctrl+C.
 
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/local.py
index cbe5d58d..25613883 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/local.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = env("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY", default='CHANGEME!!!')
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
 EMAIL_PORT = 1025
-{%if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "n" -%}
+{%if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "n" -%}
 EMAIL_BACKEND = env('DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND',
                     default='django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend')
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
index a9b63d44..04639e4f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -13,15 +13,3 @@ django-debug-toolbar==1.4
 
 # improved REPL
 ipdb==0.8.1
-
-{% if cookiecutter.use_maildump == "y" -%}
-# Required by maildump.
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
-# Need to pin dependency to gevent beta to be Python 3-compatible.
-gevent==1.1b6
-{% else -%}
-gevent==1.0.2
-{% endif -%}
-# Enables better email testing
-maildump==0.5.1
-{%- endif %}