diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
index 741fb6bc4983c35763b9f779d545dee8e98c2a78..fca42cb375e13679068be8e527c40792fbdbd94d 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ admin: "web-{{ fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
 https_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', tls_certificate_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_https.pem') }}"
 https_tls_key: "{{ lookup('file', tls_private_key_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_https.key') }}"
 gunicorn_version: "19.6.0"
-futures_version: "3.0.5"
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+futures_version: "3.0.5"
+website_mail_recipients: "root"
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