diff --git a/api/services/EmailService.js b/api/services/EmailService.js
index 9890894..8ec3c71 100644
--- a/api/services/EmailService.js
+++ b/api/services/EmailService.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ exports.sendRunEmails = function(runData) {
 	    subject: "You've been invited to a lunch run!",
         replyto: runData.creatorEmail
 	};
+    var sg = sendgrid(sails.config.email.apiUser, sails.config.email.apiKey);
 
 	for (var idx in runData.invitees) {
 	    var invitee = runData.invitees[idx];
diff --git a/config/email.js b/config/email.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd5d782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/email.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//
+// Configuration for EmailService
+//
+module.exports.email = {
+    apiUser: "",
+    apiKey: ""
+};