diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 44c07c0b..e05eade4 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 {
-	"admin_server" : {
-		"listen_url" : "127.0.0.1:3333",
-		"use_tls" : true,
-		"cert_path" : "gophish_admin.crt",
-		"key_path" : "gophish_admin.key"
+	"admin_server": {
+		"listen_url": "127.0.0.1:3333",
+		"use_tls": true,
+		"cert_path": "gophish_admin.crt",
+		"key_path": "gophish_admin.key"
 	},
-	"phish_server" : {
-		"listen_url" : "0.0.0.0:80",
-		"use_tls" : false,
-		"cert_path" : "example.crt",
+	"phish_server": {
+		"listen_url": "0.0.0.0:80",
+		"use_tls": false,
+		"cert_path": "example.crt",
 		"key_path": "example.key"
 	},
-	"db_name" : "sqlite3",
-	"db_path" : "gophish.db",
-	"migrations_prefix" : "db/db_"
-}
+	"db_name": "sqlite3",
+	"db_path": "gophish.db",
+	"migrations_prefix": "db/db_",
+	"contact_address": ""
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 62d0c184..342fab5c 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DBPath         string      `json:"db_path"`
 	MigrationsPath string      `json:"migrations_prefix"`
 	TestFlag       bool        `json:"test_flag"`
+	ContactAddress string      `json:"contact_address"`
 }
 
 // Conf contains the initialized configuration struct
@@ -52,4 +53,11 @@ func LoadConfig(filepath string) {
 	Conf.MigrationsPath = Conf.MigrationsPath + Conf.DBName
 	// Explicitly set the TestFlag to false to prevent config.json overrides
 	Conf.TestFlag = false
+
+	// Print a warning if a contact address isn't provided
+	// (see: https://github.com/gophish/gophish/issues/1057)
+	if Conf.ContactAddress == "" {
+		log.Warnf("No contact address has been configured.")
+		log.Warnf("Please consider adding a contact_address entry in your config.json")
+	}
 }