diff --git a/src/teams/email.py b/src/teams/email.py
index 8a90e82c..8917241b 100644
--- a/src/teams/email.py
+++ b/src/teams/email.py
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ def send_new_membership_email(membership):
     return add_outgoing_email(
         text_template='emails/new_membership_email.txt',
         html_template='emails/new_membership_email.html',
-        recipients=', '.join(
-            [resp.email for resp in membership.team.responsible]
-        ),
+        recipients=membership.team.responsible,
         formatdict=formatdict,
         subject='New membership request for {} at {}'.format(
             membership.team.name,
diff --git a/src/utils/email.py b/src/utils/email.py
index c0899bb8..fbb90d78 100644
--- a/src/utils/email.py
+++ b/src/utils/email.py
@@ -66,22 +66,19 @@ def add_outgoing_email(
     attachment_filename=''
 ):
     """ adds an email to the outgoing queue
-        recipients is a string, if theres multiple emails seperate with a comma
+        recipients is a list of to recipients
     """
     text_template = render_to_string(text_template, formatdict)
 
     if html_template:
         html_template = render_to_string(html_template, formatdict)
 
-    if ',' in recipients:
-        for recipient in recipients.split(','):
-            try:
-                validate_email(recipient.strip())
-            except ValidationError:
-                return False
-    else:
+    if not isinstance(recipients, list):
+        recipients = [recipients]
+
+    for recipient in recipients:
         try:
-            validate_email(recipients)
+            validate_email(recipient)
         except ValidationError:
             return False
 
diff --git a/src/utils/models.py b/src/utils/models.py
index 5095c1f6..4710f4fc 100644
--- a/src/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/utils/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import uuid
+from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.db import models
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ class OutgoingEmail(CreatedUpdatedModel):
     subject = models.CharField(max_length=500)
     text_template = models.TextField()
     html_template = models.TextField(blank=True)
-    recipient = models.CharField(max_length=500)
     sender = models.CharField(max_length=500)
     attachment = models.FileField(blank=True)
     processed = models.BooleanField(default=False)