diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
index 1c103f3b..16fcf818 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_mailgun.MailgunBackend'
 MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY = env('DJANGO_MAILGUN_API_KEY')
 MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME = env('DJANGO_MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME')
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = env("DJANGO_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX", default='[{{cookiecutter.project_name}}] ')
-SERVER_EMAIL = env('DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL', DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
+SERVER_EMAIL = env('DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL', default=DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
 
 # TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------