diff --git a/roles/koji_reminder/files/koji-cert-reminder.py b/roles/koji_reminder/files/koji-cert-reminder.py
index 5215b41ec6..7f7309dfc4 100644
--- a/roles/koji_reminder/files/koji-cert-reminder.py
+++ b/roles/koji_reminder/files/koji-cert-reminder.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import getpass
 import smtplib
 import requests
 
-# This is a flag used to turn of email to the actual users
-DEVELOPMENT = True
+# This is a flag used to turn off email to the actual users
+DEVELOPMENT = False
 
 datagrepper_url = 'https://apps.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw'