diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
index 5170439..f160b0a 100644
--- a/app/models/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Organization < Profile
   end
 
   def notification_emails
-    [contact_email].compact + admins.map(&:email)
+    [contact_email.blank? ? nil : contact_email].compact + admins.map(&:email)
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/organization_test.rb b/test/unit/organization_test.rb
index b3a6e9c..d5a6ece 100644
--- a/test/unit/organization_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/organization_test.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class OrganizationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal ['org@email.com', 'admin1@email.com', 'admin2@email.com'], o.notification_emails
   end
 
-  should 'list only admins if contact_email is blank' do
+  should 'list only admins if contact_email is nil' do
     o = Organization.new(:contact_email => nil)
     admin1 = mock; admin1.stubs(:email).returns('admin1@email.com')
     admin2 = mock; admin2.stubs(:email).returns('admin2@email.com')
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ class OrganizationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal ['admin1@email.com', 'admin2@email.com'], o.notification_emails
   end
 
+  should 'list only admins if contact_email is a blank string' do
+    o = Organization.new(:contact_email => '')
+    admin1 = mock; admin1.stubs(:email).returns('admin1@email.com')
+    admin2 = mock; admin2.stubs(:email).returns('admin2@email.com')
+    o.stubs(:admins).returns([admin1, admin2])
+
+    assert_equal ['admin1@email.com', 'admin2@email.com'], o.notification_emails
+  end
+
+
   should 'list pending enterprise validations' do
     org = Organization.new
     assert_kind_of Array, org.pending_validations
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