diff --git a/core/server/index.js b/core/server/index.js
index cdf73c0057..d8d20a70f3 100644
--- a/core/server/index.js
+++ b/core/server/index.js
@@ -162,6 +162,34 @@ function ghostStartMessages() {
     }
 }
 
+
+// This is run after every initialization is done, right before starting server.
+// Its main purpose is to move adding notifications here, so none of the submodules
+// should need to include api, which previously resulted in circular dependencies.
+// This is also a "one central repository" of adding startup notifications in case
+// in the future apps will want to hook into here
+function initNotifications() {
+    if (mailer.state && mailer.state.usingSendmail) {
+        api.notifications.add({
+            type: 'info',
+            message: [
+                "Ghost is attempting to use your server's <b>sendmail</b> to send e-mail.",
+                "It is recommended that you explicitly configure an e-mail service,",
+                "See <a href=\"http://docs.ghost.org/mail\">http://docs.ghost.org/mail</a> for instructions"
+            ].join(' ')
+        });
+    }
+    if (mailer.state && mailer.state.emailDisabled) {
+        api.notifications.add({
+            type: 'warn',
+            message: [
+                "Ghost is currently unable to send e-mail.",
+                "See <a href=\"http://docs.ghost.org/mail\">http://docs.ghost.org/mail</a> for instructions"
+            ].join(' ')
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 // ## Initializes the ghost application.
 // Sets up the express server instance.
 // Instantiates the ghost singleton, helpers, routes, middleware, and apps.
@@ -215,6 +243,8 @@ function init(server) {
         var adminHbs = hbs.create(),
             deferred = when.defer();
 
+        // Output necessary notifications on init
+        initNotifications();
         // ##Configuration
 
         // return the correct mime type for woff filess
diff --git a/core/server/mail.js b/core/server/mail.js
index e07447a4a6..c68df57867 100644
--- a/core/server/mail.js
+++ b/core/server/mail.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ var cp         = require('child_process'),
     when       = require('when'),
     nodefn     = require('when/node/function'),
     nodemailer = require('nodemailer'),
-    api        = require('./api'),
     config     = require('./config');
 
 function GhostMailer(opts) {
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ function GhostMailer(opts) {
 // *This promise should always resolve to avoid halting Ghost::init*.
 GhostMailer.prototype.init = function () {
     var self = this;
+    self.state = {};
     if (config().mail && config().mail.transport) {
         this.createTransport();
         return when.resolve();
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ GhostMailer.prototype.init = function () {
         self.transport = nodemailer.createTransport('sendmail', {
             path: binpath
         });
-        self.usingSendmail();
+        self.state.usingSendmail = true;
     }, function () {
-        self.emailDisabled();
+        self.state.emailDisabled = true;
+        self.transport = null;
     }).ensure(function () {
         return when.resolve();
     });
@@ -55,27 +56,6 @@ GhostMailer.prototype.createTransport = function () {
     this.transport = nodemailer.createTransport(config().mail.transport, _.clone(config().mail.options) || {});
 };
 
-GhostMailer.prototype.usingSendmail = function () {
-    api.notifications.add({
-        type: 'info',
-        message: [
-            "Ghost is attempting to use your server's <b>sendmail</b> to send e-mail.",
-            "It is recommended that you explicitly configure an e-mail service,",
-            "See <a href=\"http://docs.ghost.org/mail\">http://docs.ghost.org/mail</a> for instructions"
-        ].join(' ')
-    });
-};
-
-GhostMailer.prototype.emailDisabled = function () {
-    api.notifications.add({
-        type: 'warn',
-        message: [
-            "Ghost is currently unable to send e-mail.",
-            "See <a href=\"http://docs.ghost.org/mail\">http://docs.ghost.org/mail</a> for instructions"
-        ].join(' ')
-    });
-    this.transport = null;
-};
 
 GhostMailer.prototype.fromAddress = function () {
     var from = config().mail && config().mail.fromaddress,
@@ -94,36 +74,29 @@ GhostMailer.prototype.fromAddress = function () {
 };
 
 // Sends an e-mail message enforcing `to` (blog owner) and `from` fields
-// GhostMailer.prototype.send = function (message) {
-GhostMailer.prototype.send = function (payload) {
+// This assumes that api.settings.read('email') was aready done on the API level
+GhostMailer.prototype.send = function (message) {
     var self = this,
-        message = payload;
+        to,
+        sendMail;
+
+    message = message || {};
+    to = message.to || false;
 
     if (!this.transport) {
         return when.reject(new Error('Email Error: No e-mail transport configured.'));
     }
-    if (!(message && message.subject && message.html)) {
+    if (!(message && message.subject && message.html && message.to)) {
         return when.reject(new Error('Email Error: Incomplete message data.'));
     }
+    sendMail = nodefn.lift(self.transport.sendMail.bind(self.transport));
 
-    return api.settings.read('email').then(function (response) {
-
-        var email = response.settings[0],
-            to = message.to || email.value;
-
-        message = _.extend(message, {
-            from: self.fromAddress(),
-            to: to,
-            generateTextFromHTML: true
-        });
-    }).then(function () {
-        var sendMail = nodefn.lift(self.transport.sendMail.bind(self.transport));
-        return sendMail(message);
-    }).otherwise(function (error) {
-        // Proxy the error message so we can add 'Email Error:' to the beginning to make it clearer.
-        error =  _.isString(error) ? 'Email Error:' + error : (_.isObject(error) ? 'Email Error: ' + error.message : 'Email Error: Unknown Email Error');
-        return when.reject(new Error(error));
+    message = _.extend(message, {
+        from: self.fromAddress(),
+        to: to,
+        generateTextFromHTML: true
     });
+    return sendMail(message);
 };
 
 module.exports = new GhostMailer();