diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/email.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/email.ts
index 5fd2ee3..a0323f1 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/email.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/email.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import type { NotificationConfig } from "~/schemas/notifications";
 
 export function buildEmailShoutrrrUrl(config: Extract<NotificationConfig, { type: "email" }>): string {
-	const protocol = config.useTLS ? "smtps" : "smtp";
 	const auth = `${encodeURIComponent(config.username)}:${encodeURIComponent(config.password)}`;
 	const host = `${config.smtpHost}:${config.smtpPort}`;
 	const toRecipients = config.to.map((email) => encodeURIComponent(email)).join(",");
+	const useStartTLS = config.useTLS ? "yes" : "no";
 
-	return `${protocol}://${auth}@${host}/?from=${encodeURIComponent(config.from)}&to=${toRecipients}`;
+	return `smtp://${auth}@${host}/?from=${encodeURIComponent(config.from)}&to=${toRecipients}&starttls=${useStartTLS}`;
 }