diff --git a/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py b/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
index fa92b75782a2..5bf39889e32f 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/messaging/email/filters.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 autoescape = bool(config.DISPATCH_ESCAPE_HTML)
-env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(here), autoescape=autoescape)
+env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(here), autoescape=True)
 
 
 def format_datetime(value):