diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/attributes/default.rb
index 64fde27..b0997e9 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/attributes/default.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ node.default['akkounts']['lndhub']['public_url'] = nil
 node.default['akkounts']['lndhub']['public_key'] = nil
 node.default['akkounts']['lndhub']['postgres_db'] = 'lndhub'
 
+node.default['akkounts']['smtp']['from_address']    = 'Kosmos Accounts <accounts@kosmos.org>'
+node.default['akkounts']['smtp']['domain']          = 'kosmos.org'
+node.default['akkounts']['smtp']['auth_method']     = 'plain'
+node.default['akkounts']['smtp']['enable_starttls'] = 'auto'
+
 node.override["redisio"]["version"] = "6.2.6"
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/recipes/default.rb
index 2daf6bf..c555f63 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-akkounts/recipes/default.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #
 require 'ipaddr'
 
-app_name     = "akkounts"
-deploy_user  = "deploy"
-deploy_group = "deploy"
-deploy_path  = "/opt/#{app_name}"
-credentials  = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load('credentials', app_name)
+app_name         = "akkounts"
+deploy_user      = "deploy"
+deploy_group     = "deploy"
+deploy_path      = "/opt/#{app_name}"
+credentials      = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load('credentials', app_name)
+smtp_credentials = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load('credentials', 'smtp')
 
 group deploy_group
 
@@ -40,6 +41,18 @@ env = {}
 
 env[:rails_serve_static_files] = "true"
 
+smtp_server, smtp_port     = smtp_credentials[:relayhost].split(":")
+env[:smtp] = {
+  server: smtp_server,
+  port: smtp_port,
+  login: smtp_credentials[:user_name],
+  password: smtp_credentials[:password],
+  from_address: node['akkounts']['smtp']['from_address'],
+  domain: node['akkounts']['smtp']['domain'],
+  auth_method: node['akkounts']['smtp']['auth_method'],
+  enable_starttls: node['akkounts']['smtp']['enable_starttls']
+}
+
 if webhooks_allowed_ips.length > 0
   env[:webhooks_allowed_ips] = webhooks_allowed_ips
 end