diff --git a/config.edn.template b/config.edn.template
index 46af26488..430686fcf 100644
--- a/config.edn.template
+++ b/config.edn.template
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  :catalogue-tree-show-matching-parents true
  :enable-autosave true
  :extra-stylesheets {:root "./" :files ["/theme/styles.css"]}
- :smtp {:host "${SMTP_HOST}" :user "${SMTP_USER}" :pass "${SMTP_PASSWORD}" :port 587 :ssl true}
+ :smtp {:host "${SMTP_HOST}" :user "${SMTP_USER}" :pass "${SMTP_PASSWORD}" :port 587 :tls true}
  :mail-from "${SMTP_SENDER}"
  ;; :theme-path "/rems/theme/theme.edn"
  ;; :extra-pages-path "/rems/extra-pages"