diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 7da12a5..c94e5df 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # config.active_job.queue_name_prefix = "wedding_planner_production"
 
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
+  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
+  config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = begin
+    {
+      address: File.read("/run/secrets/smtp_address").strip,
+      port: File.read("/run/secrets/smtp_port").strip.to_i,
+      user_name: File.read("/run/secrets/smtp_user_name").strip,
+      password: File.read("/run/secrets/smtp_password").strip,
+      authentication: File.read("/run/secrets/smtp_authentication").strip.to_sym
+    }
+  rescue Errno::ENOENT
+    {}
+  end
+
 
   # Ignore bad email addresses and do not raise email delivery errors.
   # Set this to true and configure the email server for immediate delivery to raise delivery errors.