diff --git a/rad/settings.py b/rad/settings.py
index bd5b3ee2..f3984d4c 100644
--- a/rad/settings.py
+++ b/rad/settings.py
@@ -255,13 +255,21 @@ DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
 
-EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.office365.com "
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = "Penra.courses@nhs.net"
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '"got3<}%o"~\J",\Di3<'
+#SENDGRID_API_KEY = os.getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY')
+SENDGRID_API_KEY = "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"
+
+EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.sendgrid.net'
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'apikey' # this is exactly the value 'apikey'
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = SENDGRID_API_KEY
 EMAIL_PORT = 587
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-EMAIL_USE_SSl = False
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
+#EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.office365.com "
+#EMAIL_HOST_USER = "Penra.courses@nhs.net"
+#EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '"got3<}%o"~\J",\Di3<'
+#EMAIL_PORT = 587
+#EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+#EMAIL_USE_SSl = False
+#DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
 
 try:
     from .settings_local import *