diff --git a/apibase/django/base.py b/apibase/django/base.py
index 4edf43a..6b21c4e 100644
--- a/apibase/django/base.py
+++ b/apibase/django/base.py
@@ -324,10 +324,10 @@ logging.config.dictConfig(
 EMAIL_BACKEND = (
     "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"  # Replace with your preferred backend
 )
-EMAIL_HOST = env("EMAIL_HOSTNAME")
-EMAIL_PORT = env("EMAIL_PORT", cast=int)
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = env("EMAIL_USERNAME")
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = env("EMAIL_PASSWORD")
+EMAIL_HOST = env("EMAIL_HOSTNAME", default="")
+EMAIL_PORT = env("EMAIL_PORT", cast=int, default=25)
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = env("EMAIL_USERNAME", default="")
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = env("EMAIL_PASSWORD", default="")
 # DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "noreply@sarlink.net"
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True