diff --git a/packages/component-email-templating/src/EmailTemplate.js b/packages/component-email-templating/src/EmailTemplate.js
index 24e80c06867220c3545855a66bc1094d17818fe4..6c08722790cb83b9265917a2950ff56b56919216 100644
--- a/packages/component-email-templating/src/EmailTemplate.js
+++ b/packages/component-email-templating/src/EmailTemplate.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const configData = {
 class Email {
   constructor({
     type = 'system',
-    fromEmail = config.get('journal.fromEmail'),
+    fromEmail = config.get('journal.staffEmail'),
     toUser = {
       id: '',
       email: '',