diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee.json b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee.json
index bda0a1957f1194bad36355fdeecb024d331344b7..80922e5056b4ca91bd8ff008f457510e4ad23a05 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee.json
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "subject": "SciPost: refereeing request",
     "recipient_list": [
-        "referee.user.email"
+        "email_address"
     ],
     "bcc": [
         "submission.editor_in_charge.user.email",
diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder1.json b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder1.json
index 5dc4a80c76908967d66d31f08deb639db7fbc620..f30db24ec4b4676c5681dc761e010cfd535df85c 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder1.json
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "subject": "SciPost: refereeing request reminder",
     "recipient_list": [
-	"referee.profile.email"
+	    "email_address"
     ],
     "bcc": [
 	"submission.editor_in_charge.user.email",
diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder2.json b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder2.json
index 0c0f30750cbb7d4b3f8924781045a430f045ec53..f0efe0e3230405907a0125cc707def93be97295c 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder2.json
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_contributor_to_referee_reminder2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "subject": "SciPost: refereeing request reminder",
     "recipient_list": [
-	"referee.profile.email"
+	    "email_address"
     ],
     "bcc": [
 	"submission.editor_in_charge.user.email",
diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_unregistered_to_referee_reminder2.json b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_unregistered_to_referee_reminder2.json
index 51852dc5c0b5f4af9c0e2ad764f982bf2f0031b1..80c5f62070197c0b7e6dc53d70370b6035c13c85 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_unregistered_to_referee_reminder2.json
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/referees/invite_unregistered_to_referee_reminder2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "subject": "SciPost: refereeing and registration invitation reminder",
     "recipient_list": [
-	"jscaux@"
+        "email_address"
     ],
     "bcc": [
         "edadmin@"