diff --git a/server/szurubooru/func/mailer.py b/server/szurubooru/func/mailer.py
index c4cf9db..0fe35ac 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/func/mailer.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/func/mailer.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ def send_mail(sender: str, recipient: str, subject: str, body: str) -> None:
     smtp = smtplib.SMTP(
         config.config["smtp"]["host"], int(config.config["smtp"]["port"])
     )
+    try:
+        smtp.starttls()
+    except smtplib.SMTPNotSupportedError:
+        pass
     smtp.login(config.config["smtp"]["user"], config.config["smtp"]["pass"])
     smtp.send_message(msg)
     smtp.quit()