diff --git a/apps/backend/src/utils/withEmailTemplate.js b/apps/backend/src/utils/withEmailTemplate.js
index 796cf6a0..9795deaf 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/utils/withEmailTemplate.js
+++ b/apps/backend/src/utils/withEmailTemplate.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const withEmailTemplate = (content) =>
     <div class="gutter" style="padding: 30px">
       <a href="https://classroomio.com" target="_blank">
         <img
-          src="https://tapaozmyjsuykgerrfkt.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/avatars/classroomio-logo-full.png"
+          src="https://tapaozmyjsuykgerrfkt.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/avatars/cio-logo-full.png"
           alt="ClassroomIO Logo"
       /></a>
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/components/Org/VerifyEmail/VerifyEmailModal.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/components/Org/VerifyEmail/VerifyEmailModal.svelte
index 18ddc34f..2035a121 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/components/Org/VerifyEmail/VerifyEmailModal.svelte
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/components/Org/VerifyEmail/VerifyEmailModal.svelte
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
       triggerSendEmail(NOTIFICATION_NAME.VERIFY_EMAIL, {
         to: $profile.email,
         profileId: $profile.id,
+        fullname: $profile.fullname,
         orgSiteName: $currentOrg.siteName
       });
 
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/services/notification/template.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/services/notification/template.ts
index 6c9ce395..79661963 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/services/notification/template.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/services/notification/template.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export const withEmailTemplate = (content: string) =>
     <div class="gutter" style="padding: 30px">
       <a href="https://classroomio.com" target="_blank">
         <img
-          src="https://tapaozmyjsuykgerrfkt.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/avatars/classroomio-logo-full.png"
+          src="https://tapaozmyjsuykgerrfkt.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/avatars/cio-logo-full.png"
           alt="ClassroomIO Logo"
       /></a>
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/api/email/verify_email/+server.js b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/api/email/verify_email/+server.js
index b5d5ca2f..db5a4a7a 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/api/email/verify_email/+server.js
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/api/email/verify_email/+server.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sendEmail from '$mail/sendEmail';
 const supabase = getSupabase();
 
 export async function POST({ request }) {
-  const { to, profileId, orgSiteName } = await request.json();
+  const { to, profileId, orgSiteName, fullname } = await request.json();
   const accessToken = request.headers.get('Authorization');
   console.log('/POST api/email/verify_email', to, profileId);
 
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ export async function POST({ request }) {
   const emailData = [
     {
       to,
-      subject: '[ClassroomIO]: Verify your email',
+      subject: 'Action Required: Confirm your email',
       content: `
-  <p>Thank you for signing up</p>
-  <p>To verify your email, please click the <strong>Verify</strong> button below </p>
+  <p><strong>Hi ${fullname} 👋</strong></p>
+  <p>Welcome to ClassroomIO, new friend! In order to get your account ready for usage, we need to verify your email. </p>
+  <p>We do this to make sure we don't get fake user emails in our signup. To get the best out of our product, we'll need you to verify your email by clicking the <strong>Verify</strong> button below
+  </p>
   <div>
   <a class="button" href="${verificationLink}">Verify</a>
-</div>
+  </div>
   `,
       isPersonalEmail: true
     }
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/onboarding/+page.svelte b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/onboarding/+page.svelte
index e17bc94f..58d02423 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/routes/onboarding/+page.svelte
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/routes/onboarding/+page.svelte
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     siteName?: string;
     goal?: string;
     source?: string;
-    locale?: string;
+    locale?: LOCALE;
     metadata?: {};
   }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     fullname: '',
     orgName: '',
     siteName: '',
-    locale: ''
+    locale: LOCALE.EN
   };
   let errors: OnboardingField = {};
   let progress = 50;
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
       triggerSendEmail(NOTIFICATION_NAME.VERIFY_EMAIL, {
         to: $profile.email,
         profileId: $profile.id,
+        fullname: $profile.fullname,
         orgSiteName: fields.siteName
       });