diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
index 89a50b6ad3..fe33da10dc 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/profile.clj
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
   (let [email (str/lower email)
         email (if (str/starts-with? email "mailto:")
                 (subs email 7)
+                email)
+        email (if (or (str/starts-with? email "<")
+                      (str/ends-with? email ">"))
+                (str/trim email "<>")
                 email)]
     email))
 
diff --git a/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_profile_test.clj b/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_profile_test.clj
index cbaff60380..00d2f2ac0d 100644
--- a/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_profile_test.clj
+++ b/backend/test/backend_tests/rpc_profile_test.clj
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
 (t/use-fixtures :once th/state-init)
 (t/use-fixtures :each th/database-reset)
 
+
+(t/deftest clean-email
+  (t/is "foo@example.com" (profile/clean-email "mailto:foo@example.com"))
+  (t/is "foo@example.com" (profile/clean-email "mailto:<foo@example.com>"))
+  (t/is "foo@example.com" (profile/clean-email "<foo@example.com>"))
+  (t/is "foo@example.com" (profile/clean-email "foo@example.com>"))
+  (t/is "foo@example.com" (profile/clean-email "<foo@example.com")))
+
 ;; Test with wrong credentials
 (t/deftest profile-login-failed-1
   (let [profile (th/create-profile* 1)