diff --git a/later42/settings.py b/later42/settings.py
index 8fa9d34..397e8a6 100644
--- a/later42/settings.py
+++ b/later42/settings.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ URLS_PER_PAGE = 20
 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_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')