diff --git a/mail/templates/default/compose.xet b/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
index 3f1722c6e3..2c89798dd2 100644
--- a/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
+++ b/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				</description>
 				<description class="email-button-group notification">
 					<description value="Recieve notification"/>
-					<checkbox statustext="check to recieve a notification when the message is read (note: not all clients support this and/or the reciever may not authorize the notification)" id="disposition" options="$cont[disposition]"/>
+					<checkbox statustext="check to recieve a notification when the message is read (note: not all clients support this and/or the reciever may not authorize the notification)" id="disposition" options="on,off"/>
 				</description>
 				<description class="email-button-group priority">
 					<description value="Priority"/>