diff --git a/services/web/app/views/layout.pug b/services/web/app/views/layout.pug
index 81888dab03..ef5b6476f9 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/layout.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/layout.pug
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ html(
 
 		block head-scripts
 
+		meta(id="ol-usersEmail" content=getUserEmail())
 		script.
 			window.sharelatex = {
 				siteUrl: '#{settings.siteUrl}',
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar.pug b/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar.pug
index 540d3a2f44..62ccd27c16 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar.pug
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ nav.navbar.navbar-default.navbar-main
 							b.caret
 						ul.dropdown-menu
 							li
-								div.subdued(ng-non-bindable) #{getUserEmail()}
+								div.subdued {{ usersEmail }}
 							li.divider.hidden-xs.hidden-sm
 							li
 								a(href="/user/settings") #{translate('Account Settings')}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/base.js b/services/web/frontend/js/base.js
index f83ce27c4f..d4660ab99a 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/base.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/base.js
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ const App = angular
     )
   })
 
-App.run($templateCache =>
+App.run(($rootScope, $templateCache) => {
+  const usersEmailElement = document.getElementById('ol-usersEmail')
+  $rootScope.usersEmail = usersEmailElement && usersEmailElement.content
+
   // UI Select templates are hard-coded and use Glyphicon icons (which we don't import).
   // The line below simply overrides the hard-coded template with our own, which is
   // basically the same but using Font Awesome icons.
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ App.run($templateCache =>
     'bootstrap/match.tpl.html',
     '<div class="ui-select-match" ng-hide="$select.open && $select.searchEnabled" ng-disabled="$select.disabled" ng-class="{\'btn-default-focus\':$select.focus}"><span tabindex="-1" class="btn btn-default form-control ui-select-toggle" aria-label="{{ $select.baseTitle }} activate" ng-disabled="$select.disabled" ng-click="$select.activate()" style="outline: 0;"><span ng-show="$select.isEmpty()" class="ui-select-placeholder text-muted">{{$select.placeholder}}</span> <span ng-hide="$select.isEmpty()" class="ui-select-match-text pull-left" ng-class="{\'ui-select-allow-clear\': $select.allowClear && !$select.isEmpty()}" ng-transclude=""></span> <i class="caret pull-right" ng-click="$select.toggle($event)"></i> <a ng-show="$select.allowClear && !$select.isEmpty() && ($select.disabled !== true)" aria-label="{{ $select.baseTitle }} clear" style="margin-right: 10px" ng-click="$select.clear($event)" class="btn btn-xs btn-link pull-right"><i class="fa fa-times" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span></div>'
   )
-)
+})
 
 const sl_debugging =
   __guard__(window.location != null ? window.location.search : undefined, x =>
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/main/affiliations/controllers/UserAffiliationsController.js b/services/web/frontend/js/main/affiliations/controllers/UserAffiliationsController.js
index 137c570e15..761747bf35 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/main/affiliations/controllers/UserAffiliationsController.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/main/affiliations/controllers/UserAffiliationsController.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import App from '../../../base'
 
 export default App.controller('UserAffiliationsController', function(
   $scope,
+  $rootScope,
   UserAffiliationsDataService,
   $q,
   $window
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ export default App.controller('UserAffiliationsController', function(
       }
       userEmail.default = true
       window.usersEmail = userEmail.email
+      $rootScope.usersEmail = userEmail.email
     })
 
   $scope.removeUserEmail = function(userEmail) {