diff --git a/screening/etc/service.properties b/screening/etc/service.properties
index 08b7342cac504be8a3c8a5190f2abb8e01085294..ecc26319dbbd744f7b8540dc2bfabed5eae83e11 100644
--- a/screening/etc/service.properties
+++ b/screening/etc/service.properties
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ download-url = ${host-address}:8889
 
 # SMTP properties (must start with 'mail' to be considered).
 # The current configuration saves the emails in the file system in the root directory 
-mail.smtp.host = file://${root-dir}
+mail.smtp.host = file://${root-dir}/emails
 # mail.smtp.host = localhost
 # mail.from = datastore_server@ethz.ch
 # mail.smtp.user =