diff --git a/src/email/email.js b/src/email/email.js
index 326494d..c6101d8 100644
--- a/src/email/email.js
+++ b/src/email/email.js
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ class Email {
    * Send the verification email to the user using a template.
    * @param {Object} template   the email template to use
    * @param {Object} userId     user id document
+   * @param {string} keyId      key id of public key
    * @param {Object} origin     origin of the server
    * @yield {Object}            send response from the SMTP server
    */
   *send(options) {
-    let template = options.template, userId = options.userId, origin = options.origin;
+    let template = options.template, userId = options.userId, keyId = options.keyId, origin = options.origin;
     let message = {
       from: this._sender,
       to: userId,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class Email {
       params: {
         name: userId.name,
         baseUrl: origin.protocol + '://' + origin.host,
-        keyid: encodeURIComponent(userId.keyid),
+        keyId: encodeURIComponent(keyId),
         nonce: encodeURIComponent(userId.nonce)
       }
     };
diff --git a/src/email/templates.json b/src/email/templates.json
index 350ed69..778f6e6 100644
--- a/src/email/templates.json
+++ b/src/email/templates.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "verifyKey": {
     "subject": "Verify Your Key",
-    "text": "Hello {{name}},\n\nplease click here to verify your key:\n\n{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verify?keyid={{keyid}}&nonce={{nonce}}",
-    "html": "<p>Hello {{name}},</p><p>please <a href=\"{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verify?keyid={{keyid}}&nonce={{nonce}}\">click here to verify</a> your key.</p>"
+    "text": "Hello {{name}},\n\nplease click here to verify your key:\n\n{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verify?id={{keyId}}&nonce={{nonce}}",
+    "html": "<p>Hello {{name}},</p><p>please <a href=\"{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verify?id={{keyId}}&nonce={{nonce}}\">click here to verify</a> your key.</p>"
   },
   "verifyRemove": {
     "subject": "Verify Key Removal",
-    "text": "Hello {{name}},\n\nplease click here to verify the removal of your key:\n\n{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verifyRemove?keyid={{keyid}}&nonce={{nonce}}",
-    "html": "<p>Hello {{name}},</p><p>please <a href=\"{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verifyRemove?keyid={{keyid}}&nonce={{nonce}}\">click here to verify</a> the removal of your key.</p>"
+    "text": "Hello {{name}},\n\nplease click here to verify the removal of your key:\n\n{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verifyRemove?id={{keyId}}&nonce={{nonce}}",
+    "html": "<p>Hello {{name}},</p><p>please <a href=\"{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/verifyRemove?id={{keyId}}&nonce={{nonce}}\">click here to verify</a> the removal of your key.</p>"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/email-test.js b/test/integration/email-test.js
index 45ab949..bab0319 100644
--- a/test/integration/email-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/email-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const tpl = require('../../src/email/templates.json');
 describe('Email Integration Tests', function() {
   this.timeout(20000);
 
-  let email, userId, origin, publicKeyArmored;
+  let email, keyId, userId, origin, publicKeyArmored;
 
   const recipient = { name:'Test User', email:'safewithme.testuser@gmail.com' };
 
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ describe('Email Integration Tests', function() {
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    keyId = '0123456789ABCDF0';
     userId = {
       name: recipient.name,
       email: recipient.email,
-      keyid: '0123456789ABCDF0',
       nonce: 'qwertzuioasdfghjkqwertzuio',
       publicKeyArmored
     };
@@ -51,22 +51,22 @@ describe('Email Integration Tests', function() {
   describe("send verifyKey template", () => {
     it('should send plaintext email', function *() {
       delete userId.publicKeyArmored;
-      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyKey, userId, origin });
+      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyKey, userId, keyId, origin });
     });
 
     it('should send pgp encrypted email', function *() {
-      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyKey, userId, origin });
+      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyKey, userId, keyId, origin });
     });
   });
 
   describe("send verifyRemove template", () => {
     it('should send plaintext email', function *() {
       delete userId.publicKeyArmored;
-      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyRemove, userId, origin });
+      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyRemove, userId, keyId, origin });
     });
 
     it('should send pgp encrypted email', function *() {
-      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyRemove, userId, origin });
+      yield email.send({ template:tpl.verifyRemove, userId, keyId, origin });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/email-test.js b/test/unit/email-test.js
index 3ec2108..0e88a42 100644
--- a/test/unit/email-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/email-test.js
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ describe('Email Unit Tests', () => {
   let userId1 = {
     name: 'name1',
     email: 'email1',
-    keyid: '0123456789ABCDF0',
     nonce: 'qwertzuioasdfghjkqwertzuio'
   };
+  let keyId = '0123456789ABCDF0';
   let origin = {
     protocol: 'http',
     host: 'localhost:8888'
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('Email Unit Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('should work', function *() {
-      let info = yield email.send({ template, userId:userId1, origin});
+      let info = yield email.send({ template, userId:userId1, keyId, origin});
 
       expect(info.response).to.match(/^250/);
     });