diff --git a/photo21/settings.py b/photo21/settings.py
index ac5b218..7f8299a 100644
--- a/photo21/settings.py
+++ b/photo21/settings.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ if DEBUG:
 else:
     EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 EMAIL_USE_SSL = os.getenv('EMAIL_USE_SSL', False)
-EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST', 'smtp.crans.org')
+EMAIL_HOST = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST', 'localhost')
 EMAIL_PORT = os.getenv('EMAIL_PORT', 25)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_USER', None)
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_PASSWORD', None)