diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
index 052608dace..e89c678558 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ADMIN_SESSION_LIFETIME = timedelta(minutes=20)
 SECRET_KEY='{{ pagure_secret_key }}'
 SALT_EMAIL='{{ pagure_secret_salt_email }}'
 
-SEND_EMAIL = True
+EMAIL_SEND = True
 
 ### url to the database server:
 #DB_URL=mysql://user:pass@host/db_name