diff --git a/passmower/application.yaml b/passmower/application.yaml
index 170483c..7b73c95 100644
--- a/passmower/application.yaml
+++ b/passmower/application.yaml
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ spec:
             - name: REQUIRE_CUSTOM_USERNAME
               value: "true"
             - name: NORMALIZE_EMAIL_ADDRESSES
-              value: "false" # makes members unable to login due to e-mail being stored unnormalized in user oidc crd. Normalizing it by force has had regressions elsewhere.
+              value: "false"
             - name: REDIS_URI
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/passmower/values.yaml b/passmower/values.yaml
index 4ebc4e7..1cb5aa1 100644
--- a/passmower/values.yaml
+++ b/passmower/values.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ passmower:
   # Require users to set a custom username instead of system generated one. Will be used as OIDCUser CRD name and OIDC username claim.
   require_custom_username: true
   # Normalize incoming email addresses by removing aliases (e.g. username+alias@gmail.com) etc.
-  normalize_email_addresses: true
+  normalize_email_addresses: false # makes members unable to login due to e-mail being stored unnormalized in user oidc crd. Normalizing it by force has had regressions elsewhere.
   # Email credentials secret name. Secret must contain EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PASSWORD, EMAIL_PORT, EMAIL_SSL and EMAIL_USERNAME
   email_credentials_secretRef: "email-credentials"
   # GitHub OAuth client secret name. Secret must contain GH_CLIENT_ID and GH_CLIENT_SECRET