diff -Nru email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/changelog email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/changelog
--- email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/changelog	2021-04-10 19:26:37.000000000 -0700
+++ email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/changelog	2022-07-28 21:32:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+email-reminder (0.8.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix preferences when EMAIL envvar is unset (LP: #1983060).
+
+ -- Francois Marier <francois@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:32:59 -0700
+
 email-reminder (0.8.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add missing .desktop file (closes: #986744).
diff -Nru email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/series email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/series
--- email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/series	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/series	2022-07-28 21:32:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unset-EMAIL.patch
diff -Nru email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/unset-EMAIL.patch email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/unset-EMAIL.patch
--- email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/unset-EMAIL.patch	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ email-reminder-0.8.1/debian/patches/unset-EMAIL.patch	2022-07-28 21:32:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Author: Francois Marier <francois@fmarier.org>
+Origin: https://git.launchpad.net/email-reminder/commit/?id=fdd72741f1fe5bf8ad50366a459662bfc172498b
+Subject: Fix preferences when EMAIL envvar is unset
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/email-reminder/+bug/1983060
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Updated: 2022-07-28
+
+    Support unset EMAIL environment variables (bug #1983060)
+
+diff --git a/email-reminder-editor b/email-reminder-editor
+index 907d3c4..f7c1021 100755
+--- a/email-reminder-editor
++++ b/email-reminder-editor
+@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ class PreferencesDialog(QDialog):
+             })
+ 
+         if not user['email']:
+-            user['email'] = os.environ['EMAIL']
++            user['email'] = ''
++            if 'EMAIL' in os.environ:
++                user['email'] = os.environ['EMAIL']
+             self.events.setUser({
+                 'email': user['email'],
+             })