diff --git a/templates/email/referees/inform_referee_manuscript_withdrawn.json b/templates/email/referees/inform_referee_manuscript_withdrawn.json
index c5fc6e787df7a51eb744e6cdc015681bad5fc6ef..a4907c6f4896b2e671b2661669299da841178b22 100644
--- a/templates/email/referees/inform_referee_manuscript_withdrawn.json
+++ b/templates/email/referees/inform_referee_manuscript_withdrawn.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "subject": "SciPost: manuscript withdrawn",
     "recipient_list": [
-        "referee.profile.email"
+        "profile.email"
     ],
     "bcc": [
         "submission.editor_in_charge.user.email",