diff --git a/aleksis/core/mailer.py b/aleksis/core/mailer.py
index 55e6d2b34d920c09b6d4de0c59f7bb8e590f8a4b..e4dc6b4479ccd9e1ca5644108c3e0be7ed6ca4d5 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/mailer.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/mailer.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from constance import config
 
 
 mail_out = "{} <{}>".format(config.MAIL_OUT_NAME,
-                            config.MAIL_OUT) if config.MAIL_OUT_NAME else mail_settings.mail_out
+                            config.MAIL_OUT) if config.MAIL_OUT_NAME else config.MAIL_OUT
 
 
 def send_mail_with_template(title, receivers, plain_template, html_template, context={}, mail_out=mail_out):