diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f8ed9eee..38ff703dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ export NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX='notification_development[-unique-to-environmen
 
 export SECRET_KEY = 'secret-key'
 export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://localhost/notification_api'
+export VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS='no-reply@notify.works'
 ```
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diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 838cf6ecc..b92d0e9b8 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SQLALCHEMY_COMMIT_ON_TEARDOWN = False
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']
     SQLALCHEMY_RECORD_QUERIES = True
-    VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS=os.environ['VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS']
+    VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS = os.environ['VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS']
 
 
 class Development(Config):
diff --git a/environment_test.sh b/environment_test.sh
index af93918ee..094e3ddc1 100644
--- a/environment_test.sh
+++ b/environment_test.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ export NOTIFY_JOB_QUEUE='notify-jobs-queue-test'
 export NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX='notification_development-test'
 export SECRET_KEY='secret-key'
 export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='postgresql://localhost/test_notification_api'
-
+export VERIFY_CODE_FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS='no-reply@notify.works'