diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/login_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/login_controller.rb
index d22c84f1..8d5de33b 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/login_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/login_controller.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class LoginController < ApplicationController
   def signup
     unless (User.find_all.empty? || ( @session['user'] && @session['user']['is_admin'] ) )
       @page_title = "No signups"
+      @admin_email = User.find(1).preferences["admin_email"]
       render :action => "nosignup"
       return
     end
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/login/nosignup.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/login/nosignup.rhtml
index e0476cad..b886ae03 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/login/nosignup.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/login/nosignup.rhtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div title="No signups" id="signupform" class="form">
 <h3>No Signups</h3>
 <p>You don't have permission to sign up for a new account.</p> 
-<p>Please contact the site administrator <%= mail_to "#{app_configurations["admin"]["email"]}", "by email", :encode => "hex" %> to get permission.</p>
+<p>Please contact the site administrator <%= mail_to "#{@admin_email}", "by email", :encode => "hex" %> to get permission.</p>
 </div>