diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index 5e22ee06f99..140e1f58d8c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.released
 - Datasets stored in WKW format are no longer loaded with memory mapping, reducing memory demands. [#7528](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7528)
 - Content Security Policy (CSP) settings are now relaxed by default. To keep stricter CSP rules, add them to your specific `application.conf`. [#7589](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7589)
 - WEBKNOSSOS now uses Java 21. [#7599](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7599)
-- Email verification is disabled by default. To enable it, set `webKnossos.emailVerification.activated` to `true` in your `application.conf`. [#7620](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7620)
+- Email verification is disabled by default. To enable it, set `webKnossos.user.emailVerification.activated` to `true` in your `application.conf`. [#7620](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7620) [#7621](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7621)
 - Added more documentation for N5 and Neuroglancer precomputed web upload. [#7622](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7622)
 
-
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed rare SIGBUS crashes of the datastore module that were caused by memory mapping on unstable file systems. [#7528](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7528)
 - Fixed loading local datasets for organizations that have spaces in their names. [#7593](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7593)
diff --git a/MIGRATIONS.unreleased.md b/MIGRATIONS.unreleased.md
index eb643b59369..8ccf8d4f9fa 100644
--- a/MIGRATIONS.unreleased.md
+++ b/MIGRATIONS.unreleased.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ UPDATE webknossos.annotations_ SET state = 'Finished' WHERE _id IN  (SELECT DIST
 ```
 - WEBKNOSSOS now uses Java 21 (up from Java 11). [#7599](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7599)
 - NodeJS version 18+ is required for snapshot tests with ShadowDOM elements from Antd v5. [#7522](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7522)
-- Email verification is disabled by default. To enable it, set `webKnossos.emailVerification.activated` to `true` in your `application.conf`. [#7620](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7620)
+- Email verification is disabled by default. To enable it, set `webKnossos.user.emailVerification.activated` to `true` in your `application.conf`. [#7620](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7620) [#7621](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/7621)
 
 ### Postgres Evolutions:
 
diff --git a/app/models/user/UserService.scala b/app/models/user/UserService.scala
index 70ff00be94b..6c482a6a8c8 100755
--- a/app/models/user/UserService.scala
+++ b/app/models/user/UserService.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package models.user
 
-import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem
-import play.silhouette.api.LoginInfo
-import play.silhouette.api.services.IdentityService
-import play.silhouette.api.util.PasswordInfo
-import play.silhouette.impl.providers.CredentialsProvider
 import com.scalableminds.util.accesscontext.{DBAccessContext, GlobalAccessContext}
 import com.scalableminds.util.cache.AlfuCache
 import com.scalableminds.util.security.SCrypt
@@ -15,18 +10,22 @@ import com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.models.datasource.LayerViewConfigu
 import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import mail.{DefaultMails, Send}
 import models.dataset.DatasetDAO
-import models.team._
-import play.api.i18n.{Messages, MessagesProvider}
-import play.api.libs.json._
-import utils.{ObjectId, WkConf}
-
-import javax.inject.Inject
 import models.organization.OrganizationDAO
+import models.team._
 import net.liftweb.common.Box.tryo
 import net.liftweb.common.{Box, Full}
+import org.apache.pekko.actor.ActorSystem
+import play.api.i18n.{Messages, MessagesProvider}
+import play.api.libs.json._
+import play.silhouette.api.LoginInfo
+import play.silhouette.api.services.IdentityService
+import play.silhouette.api.util.PasswordInfo
+import play.silhouette.impl.providers.CredentialsProvider
 import security.{PasswordHasher, TokenDAO}
 import utils.sql.SqlEscaping
+import utils.{ObjectId, WkConf}
 
+import javax.inject.Inject
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
 class UserService @Inject()(conf: WkConf,
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ class UserService @Inject()(conf: WkConf,
         "created" -> user.created,
         "lastTaskTypeId" -> user.lastTaskTypeId.map(_.toString),
         "isSuperUser" -> multiUser.isSuperUser,
-        "isEmailVerified" -> multiUser.isEmailVerified,
+        "isEmailVerified" -> (multiUser.isEmailVerified || !conf.WebKnossos.User.EmailVerification.activated),
       )
     }
   }