diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index 984c87bdd4..ded1640c3e 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export PENPOT_HOST=devenv
 export PENPOT_TENANT=dev
-export PENPOT_FLAGS="$PENPOT_FLAGS enable-backend-asserts enable-audit-log enable-transit-readable-response enable-demo-users disable-secure-session-cookies enable-rpc-rate-limit enable-warn-rpc-rate-limits"
+export PENPOT_FLAGS="$PENPOT_FLAGS enable-backend-asserts enable-audit-log enable-transit-readable-response enable-demo-users disable-secure-session-cookies enable-rpc-rate-limit enable-warn-rpc-rate-limits enable-smtp"
 
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_URI="postgresql://172.17.0.1:5432/penpot"
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME="penpot"
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start-dev b/backend/scripts/start-dev
index d148313645..d49c7c137a 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/start-dev
+++ b/backend/scripts/start-dev
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export PENPOT_HOST=devenv
 export PENPOT_TENANT=dev
-export PENPOT_FLAGS="$PENPOT_FLAGS enable-backend-asserts enable-audit-log enable-transit-readable-response enable-demo-users disable-secure-session-cookies"
+export PENPOT_FLAGS="$PENPOT_FLAGS enable-backend-asserts enable-audit-log enable-transit-readable-response enable-demo-users disable-secure-session-cookies enable-smtp"
 
 set -ex