diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
index cd7521e0f..889744ac7 100644
--- a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
    :smtp-password (lookup-env env :uxbox-smtp-password nil)
    :smtp-tls (lookup-env env :uxbox-smtp-tls false)
    :smtp-ssl (lookup-env env :uxbox-smtp-ssl false)
-   :smtp-enabled (lookup-env env :uxbox-smtp-enabled true)
+   :smtp-enabled (lookup-env env :uxbox-smtp-enabled false)
 
    :registration-enabled (lookup-env env :uxbox-registration-enabled true)})