diff --git a/src/controllers/auth.controller.ts b/src/controllers/auth.controller.ts
index 34883a9..7b0354e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/auth.controller.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import userRepository from '../repositories/user';
 import catchAsync from '../utils/catchAsync';
 import JwtService from '../services/jwt.service';
+import EmailService from '../services/email.service';
 import { NotFound, Unauthorized } from '../utils/ApiError';
 import exclude from '../utils/exclude';
 import { UserReturn } from '../types/user';
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ const register = catchAsync(async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   const user = await userRepository.createUser(username, email, password);
   const tokens = JwtService.generateAuthTokenForUser(user.id);
 
+  await EmailService.sendOnboardingEmail(user.email, user.name ?? '');
+
   return res.status(CREATED).send({ user: exclude(user, ['id', 'password', 'signedOut']), tokens });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index d74732d..df3c160 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const envVarsSchema = Joi.object()
     SHOW_SQL_QUERIES: Joi.bool().default(false),
     SENTRY_DSN: Joi.string().default(''),
     SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT: Joi.string().default('development'),
+    COMPANY_SENDER_EMAIL: Joi.string().email().default('no-reply@company.com'),
     QUEUE_REDIS_HOST: Joi.string().default(''),
     QUEUE_REDIS_PORT: Joi.number().default(6379),
     QUEUE_CONCURRENCY: Joi.number().default(1),
@@ -51,10 +52,13 @@ export default {
     dsn: envVars.SENTRY_DSN,
     environment: envVars.SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT,
   },
-  queue: {
-    redisHost: envVars.QUEUE_REDIS_HOST,
-    redisPort: envVars.QUEUE_REDIS_PORT,
-    concurrency: envVars.QUEUE_CONCURRENCY,
+  emailService: {
+    companySenderEmail: envVars.COMPANY_SENDER_EMAIL,
+    queue: {
+      redisHost: envVars.QUEUE_REDIS_HOST,
+      redisPort: envVars.QUEUE_REDIS_PORT,
+      concurrency: envVars.QUEUE_CONCURRENCY,
+    },
   },
   aws: {
     region: envVars.AWS_REGION,
diff --git a/src/queues/email/emai.queue.ts b/src/queues/email/email.queue.ts
similarity index 72%
rename from src/queues/email/emai.queue.ts
rename to src/queues/email/email.queue.ts
index 3ebb4ca..39e5ee4 100644
--- a/src/queues/email/emai.queue.ts
+++ b/src/queues/email/email.queue.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const EMAIL_QUEUE_NAME = 'mail-queue';
 
 export const emailQueue = new Queue<Email>(EMAIL_QUEUE_NAME, {
   connection: {
-    host: config.queue.redisHost,
-    port: config.queue.redisPort,
+    host: config.emailService.queue.redisHost,
+    port: config.emailService.queue.redisPort,
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/queues/email/email.worker.ts b/src/queues/email/email.worker.ts
index 1965b39..ab41ceb 100644
--- a/src/queues/email/email.worker.ts
+++ b/src/queues/email/email.worker.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ const MAIL_WORKER_NAME = 'MailWorker';
 
 const EmailWorker = new Worker(MAIL_WORKER_NAME, __dirname + 'email.processor.ts', {
   connection: {
-    host: config.queue.redisHost,
-    port: config.queue.redisPort,
+    host: config.emailService.queue.redisHost,
+    port: config.emailService.queue.redisPort,
   },
-  concurrency: config.queue.concurrency,
+  concurrency: config.emailService.queue.concurrency,
 });
 
 export default EmailWorker;
diff --git a/src/services/email.service.ts b/src/services/email.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24c43e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/email.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { emailQueue, EMAIL_QUEUE_NAME } from '../queues/email/email.queue';
+import config from '../core/config';
+import { Email } from '../types/email';
+
+const sendOnboardingEmail = async (recipient: string, name: string) => {
+  const emailData: Email = {
+    recipient: recipient,
+    sender: config.emailService.companySenderEmail,
+    html: `<h1>Welcome ${name}</h1>`,
+    subject: `Welcome to the app, ${name}`,
+  };
+  await emailQueue.add(EMAIL_QUEUE_NAME, emailData);
+};
+
+export default { sendOnboardingEmail };