diff --git a/backend/prisma/seed/config.seed.ts b/backend/prisma/seed/config.seed.ts
index 83c1195b..a2031437 100644
--- a/backend/prisma/seed/config.seed.ts
+++ b/backend/prisma/seed/config.seed.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const configVariables: ConfigVariables = {
     shareRecipientsMessage: {
       type: "text",
       defaultValue:
-        "Hey!\n\n{creator} shared some files with you, view or download the files with this link: {shareUrl}\n\nThe share will expire {expires}.\n\nNote: {desc}\n\nShared securely with Pingvin Share 🐧",
+        "Hey!\n\n{creator} ({creatorEmail}) shared some files with you, view or download the files with this link: {shareUrl}\n\nThe share will expire {expires}.\n\nNote: {desc}\n\nShared securely with Pingvin Share 🐧",
     },
     reverseShareSubject: {
       type: "string",
diff --git a/backend/src/email/email.service.ts b/backend/src/email/email.service.ts
index 8218d29b..7133579f 100644
--- a/backend/src/email/email.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/email/email.service.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class EmailService {
         .get("email.shareRecipientsMessage")
         .replaceAll("\\n", "\n")
         .replaceAll("{creator}", creator?.username ?? "Someone")
+        .replaceAll("{creatorEmail}", creator?.email ?? "")
         .replaceAll("{shareUrl}", shareUrl)
         .replaceAll("{desc}", description ?? "No description")
         .replaceAll(
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/translations/en-US.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/translations/en-US.ts
index 4ae7cec6..f44a3997 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/translations/en-US.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/translations/en-US.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ export default {
     "Subject of the email which gets sent to the share recipients.",
   "admin.config.email.share-recipients-message": "Share recipients message",
   "admin.config.email.share-recipients-message.description":
-    "Message which gets sent to the share recipients. Available variables:\n {creator} - The username of the creator of the share\n {shareUrl} - The URL of the share\n {desc} - The description of the share\n {expires} - The expiration date of the share\n These variables will be replaced with the actual value.",
+    "Message which gets sent to the share recipients. Available variables:\n {creator} - The username of the creator of the share\n {creatorEmail} - The email of the creator of the share\n {shareUrl} - The URL of the share\n {desc} - The description of the share\n {expires} - The expiration date of the share\n These variables will be replaced with the actual value.",
   "admin.config.email.reverse-share-subject": "Reverse share subject",
   "admin.config.email.reverse-share-subject.description":
     "Subject of the sent email when someone created a share with your reverse share link.",