diff --git a/scipost/views.py b/scipost/views.py
index 8987ad5abd3e1eb8205234558f341a8093d788f2..00860ff2700a70711ccc38454ab57e063f98bce3 100644
--- a/scipost/views.py
+++ b/scipost/views.py
@@ -938,9 +938,12 @@ def email_group_members(request):
                                       member.last_name + ', \n\n'
                                       + form.cleaned_data['email_text'])
                         html_template = Template(
-                            email_text + '\n\n<p><a href="https://scipost.org">'
+                            email_text + '\n\n'
+                            '{% load staticfiles %}'
+                            '<p><a href="https://scipost.org">'
                             '<img src="{% static \'scipost/images/logo_scipost_with_bgd.jpg\' %}"></a></p>')
-                        html_version = html_template.render()
+                        context = Context({})
+                        html_version = html_template.render(context)
                         # mail.EmailMessage(form.cleaned_data['email_subject'],
                         #                   email_text, 'SciPost Admin <admin@scipost.org>',
                         #                   [member.email], connection=connection).send()