diff --git a/src/newsreader/conf/production.py b/src/newsreader/conf/production.py
index bbda117..ecd6c8d 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/conf/production.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/conf/production.py
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 
 # Email
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
-EMAIL_HOST = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST")
-EMAIL_PORT = os.environ.get("EMAIL_PORT")
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_USER")
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD")
-EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get("EMAIL_USE_TLS")
-EMAIL_USE_SSL = os.environ.get("EMAIL_USE_SSL")
+EMAIL_HOST = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST", "localhost")
+EMAIL_PORT = os.environ.get("EMAIL_PORT", 25)
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_USER", "")
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD", "")
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get("EMAIL_USE_TLS", False)
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = os.environ.get("EMAIL_USE_SSL", False)
 
 # Reddit integration
 REDDIT_CLIENT_ID = os.environ.get("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID", "")