diff --git a/alliance_auth/settings.py b/alliance_auth/settings.py
index 4e869264..3b882afb 100644
--- a/alliance_auth/settings.py
+++ b/alliance_auth/settings.py
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ BROKER_URL = 'amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/'
 CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER = "djcelery.schedulers.DatabaseScheduler"
 
 # EMAIL SETTINGS
-# By default uses the python smtpd server
+# By default setup for gmail
 DOMAIN = 'https://the99eve.com'
-EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
-EMAIL_PORT = 1025
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
+EMAIL_PORT = 587
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ''
-EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'testing@example.com'
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
 
 # Application definition
 INSTALLED_APPS = (