diff --git a/src/core/forms.py b/src/core/forms.py
index cbb1b1f..d8dc965 100644
--- a/src/core/forms.py
+++ b/src/core/forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django import forms
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
 from templated_email import send_templated_mail
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class CommentCreateForm(forms.ModelForm):
             'content_type': forms.HiddenInput(),
             'object_id': forms.HiddenInput(),
             'content': forms.Textarea(attrs={
-                'placeholder': "Add your comment here, supports markdown"
+                'placeholder': 'Add your comment here, supports markdown'
             })
         }
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class CommentCreateForm(forms.ModelForm):
         post = Post.objects.get(pk=self.cleaned_data['object_id'])
         url = get_current_site(request).domain + post.get_absolute_url()
         recipients = list(post.recipients.all().values_list('email', flat=True))
-        if author in recipients:
+        if author.email in recipients:
             recipients.remove(author.email)
 
         context = {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class CommentCreateForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
         send_templated_mail(
             template_name=NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TEMPLATE,
-            from_email=author.email,
+            from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
             recipient_list=recipients,
             context=context
         )
@@ -64,3 +65,39 @@ class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):
         widgets = {
             'recipients': forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple()
         }
+
+
+class PostCreateForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Post
+        fields = [
+            'title',
+            'content',
+            'recipients'
+        ]
+        labels = {
+            'content': ''
+        }
+        widgets = {
+            'recipients': forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple()
+        }
+
+    def send_notification(self, request, post):
+        recipients = list(post.recipients.values_list('email', flat=True))
+        url = get_current_site(request).domain + post.get_absolute_url()
+        if author.email in recipients:
+            recipients.remove(author.email)
+
+        context = {
+            'subject': post.title,
+            'author': post.author,
+            'message': post.content,
+            'url': url
+        }
+
+        send_templated_mail(
+            template_name=NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TEMPLATE,
+            from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+            recipient_list=recipients,
+            context=context
+        )
diff --git a/src/core/views.py b/src/core/views.py
index 7f611d4..c0aafae 100644
--- a/src/core/views.py
+++ b/src/core/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, reverse, redirect, get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.db import models
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 from .models import Topic, Post, Comment
-from .forms import PostForm, CommentCreateForm
+from .forms import PostForm, PostCreateForm, CommentCreateForm
 
 
 class CommentListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ class PostCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, CreateView):
     model = Post
     success_message = 'Post created.'
     template_name_suffix = '_create_form'
-    form_class = PostForm
+    form_class = PostCreateForm
 
     def get_context_data(self, *args, **kwargs):
         context = super().get_context_data(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ class PostCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, CreateView):
         form.instance.topic = get_object_or_404(
             Topic, pk=self.kwargs['topic_pk']
         )
-        return super().form_valid(form)
+        self.object = form.save()
+        form.send_notification(self.request, self.object)
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
 
 
 class PostDetailView(LoginRequiredMixin, DetailView):
diff --git a/src/forum/config.py b/src/forum/config.py
index 0bdd88b..d697528 100644
--- a/src/forum/config.py
+++ b/src/forum/config.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DATABASE_CONFIG = {
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', '')
 
 STATIC_ROOT_PATH = os.environ.get('STATIC_ROOT_PATH', '/var/www/forum/static/')
+LOGGING_FILE_LOCATION = os.environ.get('LOGGING_FILE_LOCATION', '/home/nathanchapman/debug.log')
 
 ANYMAIL_CONFIG = {
     'MAILGUN_API_KEY': os.environ.get('MAILGUN_API_KEY', ''),
diff --git a/src/forum/settings.py b/src/forum/settings.py
index 0871b82..e433d3b 100644
--- a/src/forum/settings.py
+++ b/src/forum/settings.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ LOGGING = {
             'level': 'DEBUG',
             'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
             'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
-            'filename': '/home/nathanchapman/debug.log',
+            'filename': LOGGING_FILE_LOCATION,
             'formatter': 'verbose',
         },
     },
diff --git a/src/templates/templated_email/notification.html.email b/src/templates/templated_email/notification.html.email
index fee5456..fb7e9e2 100644
--- a/src/templates/templated_email/notification.html.email
+++ b/src/templates/templated_email/notification.html.email
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block html %}
     <h3>{{ author }} posted:</h3>
 
-    {{ message|markdown|safe|truncatechars_html:64 }}
+    {{ message|markdown|safe }}
 
     <p>
         <a href="{{ url }}">View or reply</a>