diff --git a/circle/circle/settings/base.py b/circle/circle/settings/base.py
index 59811c0..c1076cc 100644
--- a/circle/circle/settings/base.py
+++ b/circle/circle/settings/base.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ ADMINS = (
     ('Root', 'root@localhost'),
 )
 
+EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = get_env_variable('DJANGO_SUBJECT_PREFIX', '[CIRCLE] ')
+
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#managers
 MANAGERS = ADMINS
 ########## END MANAGER CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/circle/dashboard/models.py b/circle/dashboard/models.py
index 778b5bb..2c8856b 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/models.py
+++ b/circle/dashboard/models.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Profile(Model):
     use_gravatar = BooleanField(default=False)
     email_notifications = BooleanField(
         verbose_name=_("Email notifications"), default=True,
-        help_text=_('Wether user wants to get digested email notifications.'))
+        help_text=_('Whether user wants to get digested email notifications.'))
 
     def notify(self, subject, template, context={}, valid_until=None):
         return Notification.send(self.user, subject, template, context,
diff --git a/circle/dashboard/tasks/local_periodic_tasks.py b/circle/dashboard/tasks/local_periodic_tasks.py
index ec2b88c..1a5f6ce 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/tasks/local_periodic_tasks.py
+++ b/circle/dashboard/tasks/local_periodic_tasks.py
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ def send_email_notifications():
                        'url': (settings.DJANGO_URL.rstrip("/") +
                                reverse("dashboard.views.notifications")),
                        'site': settings.COMPANY_NAME}
-            subject = ungettext("%d new notification",
-                                "%d new notifications", len(msgs)) % len(msgs)
+            subject = settings.EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX + ungettext(
+                "%d new notification",
+                "%d new notifications", len(msgs)) % len(msgs)
             body = render_to_string('dashboard/notifications/email.txt',
                                     context)
         try: