diff --git a/future_factory_website/settings.py b/future_factory_website/settings.py
index 6819bd7..da2dfbb 100644
--- a/future_factory_website/settings.py
+++ b/future_factory_website/settings.py
@@ -180,3 +180,14 @@
 # Email
 if DEBUG:
     EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
+else:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+    EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
+    EMAIL_HOST_USER = "noreply@roboteamtwente.nl"
+    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('EMAIL_PASSWORD')
+    EMAIL_PORT = 587
+    EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
+    EMAIL_USE_SSL = False
+
+# Admins that should receive error mails
+ADMINS = [('Tom Meulenkamp', 't.meulenkamp@roboteamtwente.nl')]
diff --git a/main_site/views.py b/main_site/views.py
index 07b81c8..ad718ee 100644
--- a/main_site/views.py
+++ b/main_site/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import datetime
+from smtplib import SMTPException
 
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.core.mail import send_mail, BadHeaderError, mail_admins
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.views import View
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from events.models import Event
 from future_factory_website.forms import ContactForm
-from main_site.models import Email, PressPicture
+from main_site.models import PressPicture
 from news_articles.models import NewsArticle
 from teams.models import Team
 
@@ -50,10 +52,18 @@ def post(self, request, slug=None):
         contact_form = ContactForm(request.POST)
 
         if contact_form.is_valid():
-            Email.objects.create(email_sender=contact_form.cleaned_data['sender_mail'],
-                                 recipient=self.team,
-                                 message=contact_form.cleaned_data['message'])
-            messages.success(request, message="Your email was successfully send")
+            message = f"You got a new message from the Future Factory website!\n\nFrom: {contact_form.cleaned_data['sender_mail']}\n\nMessage: {contact_form.cleaned_data['message']}"
+            try:
+                send_mail(subject="[Future Factory Website] General contact form",
+                          from_email='noreply@roboteamtwente.nl',
+                          recipient_list=[self.team.contact_mail if self.team else 'info@futurefactorytwente.nl'],
+                          message=message)
+                messages.success(request, message="Your email was successfully send")
+            except SMTPException as e:
+                messages.error(request, message="The server cannot send your email. Please try again later.")
+                mail_admins(subject="[Contact Form] Failed sending email", message=str(e))
+            except BadHeaderError:
+                messages.error(request, message="Your email seems to be malformed, please try again.")
         else:
             for field in contact_form.errors:
                 messages.error(request, message=contact_form.errors.get_json_data()[field][0]['message'])