diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index 33ca6cab..6df5fffe 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ long WrenchSendReferLoadLink(CVars in, CVars &out) {
 long WrenchSendRefer(CVars in, CVars &out) {
     logfmt(logINFO, "long WrenchSendRefer(CVars in, CVars out)");
     long ret = PHP_API_BAD_PARAM;
-    CVars ml;
+
     try {
         //out = in;
         out["status"] = "";
@@ -2165,14 +2165,7 @@ long WrenchSendRefer(CVars in, CVars &out) {
 			const PGresult *res4 = pgsql_query("UPDATE members_refer_friend SET sent=now() WHERE id=%lu", refer_id);
             in["refer_id"] = refer_id;
             in["refer_id"].set_valid(true);
-
-            ml["action"] = ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL; ml["action"].set_valid( true );
-            ml["topic"] = "ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL";  ml["topic"].set_valid( true );
-            ml["refer_id"] =  refer_id;  ml["refer_id"].set_valid( true );
-            //ml["interest_id"] =  in["interest_id"];  ml["interest_id"].set_valid( true );
-            submit_cron_email(ml);
-
-           // account_email(ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL, in, out); // ALERT REFER EMAIL
+            account_email(ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL, in, out); // ALERT REFER EMAIL
             out["status"] = "Refer message sent";
             ret = PHP_API_OK;
         }
diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
index a11661f0..962b4ab5 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ long family_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
 long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
-    //REQ_LONG( in, "member_id", 1, -1 );
     CVars x, ml;
     C_CGI_Form form("", "");
 
@@ -537,11 +536,18 @@ long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
             case ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL:
                 REQ_LONG(in, "refer_id", 1, -1);
-                if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT r.*,m.firstname AS send_firstname,m.lastname AS send_lastname,date_part('year',now()) AS yyyy FROM members_refer_friend r LEFT JOIN members m ON m.id = r.member_id WHERE r.id  = %lu ", in["refer_id"].Long())) {
-                    vars2form(x, form);
-                    form.LetStr("email", x["email"].c_str());
-                    form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_refer_individual.mailfile");
-                }
+                ml["action"] = ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL; ml["action"].set_valid( true );
+                ml["topic"] = "ACCOUNT_SEND_REFEREMAIL";  ml["topic"].set_valid( true );
+                ml["refer_id"] =  in["refer_id"];  ml["refer_id"].set_valid( true );
+                //ml["interest_id"] =  in["interest_id"];  ml["interest_id"].set_valid( true );
+                submit_cron_email(ml);
+
+//
+//                if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT r.*,m.firstname AS send_firstname,m.lastname AS send_lastname,date_part('year',now()) AS yyyy FROM members_refer_friend r LEFT JOIN members m ON m.id = r.member_id WHERE r.id  = %lu ", in["refer_id"].Long())) {
+//                    vars2form(x, form);
+//                    form.LetStr("email", x["email"].c_str());
+//                    form.Email("ACCOUNT/member_refer_individual.mailfile");
+//                }
                 break;
 
             case ACCOUNT_CREATED_MAIL: