diff --git a/users/migrations/0090_auto_20200421_1825.py b/users/migrations/0090_auto_20200421_1825.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a659d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/migrations/0090_auto_20200421_1825.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.28 on 2020-04-21 16:25
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('users', '0089_auto_20200418_0112'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='email',
+            field=models.EmailField(blank=True, default='', help_text='External email address allowing us to contact you.', max_length=254),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/users/models.py b/users/models.py
index 42df3f5a..805e8b69 100755
--- a/users/models.py
+++ b/users/models.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class User(
     )
     email = models.EmailField(
         blank=True,
-        null=True,
+        default="",
         help_text=_("External email address allowing us to contact you."),
     )
     local_email_redirect = models.BooleanField(