diff --git a/config/sample-development.engine.ini b/config/sample-development.engine.ini
index 8a5b7de62ab9cee854fe2134369a6fcdab130e69..2af2907e8d3a948155d53cb05824e3a3c421d54b 100644
--- a/config/sample-development.engine.ini
+++ b/config/sample-development.engine.ini
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ db_charset="utf8"
 
 
 [monitoring]
-mail_server="mail.example.com"
+mail_server="mail.your-radio.org"
 mail_server_port="587"
 mail_user="aura@subsquare.at"
 mail_pass="---SECRET--PASSWORD---"
-# If you want to send multiple adminmails, make them space separated
-admin_mail="david@subsquare.at"
-# Which from mailadress should be used
+
+# Set to "true" if you want to notify admins about incidents, otherwise "false"
+mail_admin_enabled="true"
+# If you want to send multiple admin-mails, make them space separated
+admin_mail="admin@your-radio.org"
+# The FROM email address used when sending
 from_mail="monitoring@aura.engine"
-# The beginning of the subject. With that you can easily apply filter rules using a mail client
-mailsubject_prefix="[Aura Engine]"
+# A subject prefix allows applying filter rules in your mail client
+mailsubject_prefix="[AURA Engine]"
 # Server where heartbeat info is sent to
 heartbeat_server = "127.0.0.1"   
 # Some UDP port
@@ -36,9 +39,10 @@ heartbeat_port = 43334
 heartbeat_frequency = 1
 
 logdir="/home/username/code/aura/engine/logs"
-# possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
+# Possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
 loglevel="info"
 
+
 [api]
 
 ## STEERING ##
diff --git a/config/sample-docker.engine.ini b/config/sample-docker.engine.ini
index 5000c16e00cd511df8c75d2c2f7bc4f11db74858..3140e58d5adce193425714f538694d84512592d7 100644
--- a/config/sample-docker.engine.ini
+++ b/config/sample-docker.engine.ini
@@ -18,27 +18,31 @@ db_charset="utf8"
 
 
 [monitoring]
-mail_server="mail.example.com"
+mail_server="mail.your-radio.org"
 mail_server_port="587"
 mail_user="aura@subsquare.at"
 mail_pass="---SECRET--PASSWORD---"
-# If you want to send multiple adminmails, make them space separated
-admin_mail="david@subsquare.at"
-# Which from mailadress should be used
+
+# Set to "true" if you want to notify admins about incidents, otherwise "false"
+mail_admin_enabled="true"
+# If you want to send multiple admin-mails, make them space separated
+admin_mail="admin@your-radio.org"
+# The FROM email address used when sending
 from_mail="monitoring@aura.engine"
-# The beginning of the subject. With that you can easily apply filter rules using a mail client
-mailsubject_prefix="[Aura Engine]"
+# A subject prefix allows applying filter rules in your mail client
+mailsubject_prefix="[AURA Engine]"
 # Server where heartbeat info is sent to
-heartbeat_server = "127.0.0.1"
+heartbeat_server = "127.0.0.1"   
 # Some UDP port
 heartbeat_port = 43334 
 # Seconds how often the vitality of the Engine should be checked (0 = disabled)
 heartbeat_frequency = 1
 
-logdir="/srv/logs"
+logdir="/home/username/code/aura/engine/logs"
 # Possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
 loglevel="info"
 
+
 [api]
 
 ## STEERING ##
diff --git a/config/sample-production.engine.ini b/config/sample-production.engine.ini
index 913629ddf2452a1253e2543e729ede2fca68b8ad..d03e5d490a82dbaae061dc32fddb3c083e71ac34 100644
--- a/config/sample-production.engine.ini
+++ b/config/sample-production.engine.ini
@@ -18,27 +18,31 @@ db_charset="utf8"
 
 
 [monitoring]
-mail_server="mail.example.com"
+mail_server="mail.your-radio.org"
 mail_server_port="587"
 mail_user="aura@subsquare.at"
 mail_pass="---SECRET--PASSWORD---"
-# If you want to send multiple adminmails, make them space separated
-admin_mail="david@subsquare.at"
-# Which from mailadress should be used
+
+# Set to "true" if you want to notify admins about incidents, otherwise "false"
+mail_admin_enabled="true"
+# If you want to send multiple admin-mails, make them space separated
+admin_mail="admin@your-radio.org"
+# The FROM email address used when sending
 from_mail="monitoring@aura.engine"
-# The beginning of the subject. With that you can easily apply filter rules using a mail client
-mailsubject_prefix="[Aura Engine]"
+# A subject prefix allows applying filter rules in your mail client
+mailsubject_prefix="[AURA Engine]"
 # Server where heartbeat info is sent to
-heartbeat_server = "127.0.0.1"
+heartbeat_server = "127.0.0.1"   
 # Some UDP port
 heartbeat_port = 43334 
 # Seconds how often the vitality of the Engine should be checked (0 = disabled)
 heartbeat_frequency = 1
 
-logdir="/var/log/aura"
-# *ossible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
+logdir="/home/username/code/aura/engine/logs"
+# Possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
 loglevel="info"
 
+
 [api]
 
 ## STEERING ##
diff --git a/src/plugins/mailer.py b/src/plugins/mailer.py
index fba653389709a07b6f2739d0449d714780abc748..75408cff85613729b5fb29f6ee2ca15d25b63a8f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mailer.py
+++ b/src/plugins/mailer.py
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
+import logging
 import smtplib
 
 from email.message import EmailMessage
 
 from src.base.config import AuraConfig
+from src.base.utils import SimpleUtil as SU
+
 
 
 class MailingException(Exception):
@@ -35,8 +38,6 @@ class MailingException(Exception):
 class AuraMailer():
     """
     Event handler to send emails to Aura administrators and programme coordinators.
-
-
     """
     engine = None
     mail = None
@@ -92,7 +93,9 @@ class MailService():
     Service to send emails to Aura administrators.
     """
     config = None
+    logger = None
     admin_mails = None
+    admin_mails_enabled = None
 
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -100,7 +103,9 @@ class MailService():
         Constructor
         """
         self.config = AuraConfig.config()
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger("AuraEngine")
         self.admin_mails = self.config.get("admin_mail")
+        self.admin_mails_enabled = self.config.get("mail_admin_enabled")
 
 
     #
@@ -116,6 +121,10 @@ class MailService():
             subject (String):   The email subject
             body (String):      The email body text
         """
+        if self.admin_mails_enabled == "false":
+            self.logger.warning(SU.red("No admin mail sent, because doing so is disabled in engine.ini!"))
+            return False
+
         admin_mails = self.admin_mails.split()
 
         for mail_to in admin_mails: