diff --git a/controllers/user.js b/controllers/user.js
index 54ae5fcbd..73a69e89a 100644
--- a/controllers/user.js
+++ b/controllers/user.js
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ exports.getVerifyEmail = (req, res, next) => {
       subject: 'Please verify your email address on Hackathon Starter',
       text: `Thank you for registering with hackathon-starter.\n\n
         To verify your email address, please click on the following link, or paste this into your browser:\n\n
-        http://${req.headers.host}/account/verify/${token}\n\n
+        ${process.env.BASE_URL}/account/verify/${token}\n\n
         \n\n
         Thank you!`
     };
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ exports.postForgot = (req, res, next) => {
       subject: 'Reset your password on Hackathon Starter',
       text: `You are receiving this email because you (or someone else) have requested the reset of the password for your account.\n\n
         Please click on the following link, or paste this into your browser to complete the process:\n\n
-        http://${req.headers.host}/reset/${token}\n\n
+        ${process.env.BASE_URL}/reset/${token}\n\n
         If you did not request this, please ignore this email and your password will remain unchanged.\n`
     };
     const mailSettings = {