diff --git a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/Parameters.java b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/Parameters.java
index 5bcbb0fa5e57dba0f7679df29ba697cffedfbe3b..ee83b81be76b55c5e3792bc5363929ab469be045 100644
--- a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/Parameters.java
+++ b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/Parameters.java
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ public class Parameters
 
     private static final String PERMLINK_URL = "permlink-url";
 
+    private static final String TRACKING_ADMIN_EMAIL = "tracking-admin-email";
+
+    private static final String NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM = "notification-email-from";
+
     private final String openbisUser;
 
     private final String openbisPassword;
@@ -47,6 +51,10 @@ public class Parameters
 
     private final IMailClient mailClient;
 
+    private final String adminEmail;
+
+    private final String notificationEmail;
+
     public Parameters(Properties props)
     {
         this.openbisUser = getMandatoryProperty(props, OPENBIS_USER);
@@ -54,6 +62,8 @@ public class Parameters
         this.openbisServerURL = getMandatoryProperty(props, OPENBIS_SERVER_URL);
         this.permlinkURL = PropertyUtils.getProperty(props, PERMLINK_URL, openbisServerURL);
         this.mailClient = new MailClient(props);
+        this.adminEmail = PropertyUtils.getProperty(props, TRACKING_ADMIN_EMAIL);
+        this.notificationEmail = PropertyUtils.getProperty(props, NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM);
     }
 
     public String getOpenbisUser()
@@ -80,4 +90,15 @@ public class Parameters
     {
         return permlinkURL;
     }
+
+    public String getAdminEmail()
+    {
+        return adminEmail;
+    }
+
+    public String getNotificationEmail()
+    {
+        return notificationEmail;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
index cfa323efcbd9c17ef7b5611b54862093a0ff1541..68a1914815669d790a6d241568aade3347176f9b 100644
--- a/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
+++ b/deep_sequencing_unit/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/dsu/tracking/main/TrackingClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.email.IEntityTrackingEmailGenerator;
 import ch.ethz.bsse.cisd.dsu.tracking.utils.LogUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.EnvironmentFailureException;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogInitializer;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.mail.EMailAddress;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.mail.IMailClient;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.spring.HttpInvokerUtils;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities.PropertyUtils;
@@ -129,13 +132,24 @@ public class TrackingClient
     private static EnvironmentFailureException createAuthentificationException(Parameters params,
             Exception exOrNull)
     {
+        List<EMailAddress> adminEmails = new ArrayList<EMailAddress>();
+        for (String adminEmail : params.getAdminEmail().split(","))
+        {
+            adminEmails.add(new EMailAddress(adminEmail.trim()));
+        }
+
         String exceptionMsg =
                 (exOrNull == null) ? "" : " Unexpected exception has occured: "
                         + exOrNull.getMessage();
-        return LogUtils
-                .environmentError(
+
+        EnvironmentFailureException ret =
+                LogUtils.environmentError(
                         "Cannot authentificate in openBIS as a user '%s'. Check that the password is correct and that openBIS service URL is correct.%s",
                         params.getOpenbisUser(), exceptionMsg);
+        IMailClient emailClient = params.getMailClient();
+        emailClient.sendEmailMessage("[] DSU Tracking client NOT working",
+                ret.getLocalizedMessage(), null, new EMailAddress(params.getNotificationEmail()),
+                (EMailAddress[]) adminEmails.toArray());
+        return ret;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/deep_sequencing_unit/tracking/dist/etc/service.properties b/deep_sequencing_unit/tracking/dist/etc/service.properties
index 0bcfa459ebd37fb86ec510598eb3ca00ecd5c203..5084f5fe4726704221653f1a6903faed3ee23cac 100644
--- a/deep_sequencing_unit/tracking/dist/etc/service.properties
+++ b/deep_sequencing_unit/tracking/dist/etc/service.properties
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ notification-email-reply-to = <admin@address.ch>
 # subject of all the notification emails
 notification-email-subject = Status report of your sequencing order
 
+# if the tracking client fails an email will be sent out to these recipients
+tracking-admin-email =  <admin1@address.ch>,  <admin2@address.ch>
+
 # Recipients that will receive notifications when entity connected with sequencing sample 
 # with certain AFFILIATION value. Property key should contain affiliation vocabulary term code
 # with '-affiliation-notification-email-contact' suffix, e.g. for 'FMI' affiliation: