diff --git a/later42/settings.py b/later42/settings.py
index 397e8a6..e94ef42 100644
--- a/later42/settings.py
+++ b/later42/settings.py
@@ -164,6 +164,6 @@ READABILITY_HOST = os.getenv('READABILITY_HOST', None)
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_TLS', False)
 EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST', 'smtp')
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER', 'user')
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', 'password')
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER', None)
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD', None)
 EMAIL_PORT = os.getenv('EMAIL_PORT', '25')