diff --git a/app/controllers/api/projects.php b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
index 8a8064afca..1acc90b5eb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/projects.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
@@ -1801,10 +1801,23 @@ App::get('/v1/projects/:projectId/templates/email/:type/:locale')
         $templates = $project->getAttribute('templates', []);
         $template  = $templates['email.' . $type . '-' . $locale] ?? null;
 
+        $localeObj = new Locale($locale);
+        $message = $template
+            ->setParam('{{hello}}', $localeObj->getText("emails.{$type}.hello"))
+            ->setParam('{{name}}', '')
+            ->setParam('{{body}}', $localeObj->getText("emails.{$type}.body"))
+            ->setParam('{{footer}}', $localeObj->getText("emails.{$type}.footer"))
+            ->setParam('{{thanks}}', $localeObj->getText("emails.{$type}.thanks"))
+            ->setParam('{{signature}}', $localeObj->getText("emails.{$type}.signature"))
+            ->setParam('{{direction}}', $localeObj->getText('settings.direction'))
+            ->setParam('{{bg-body}}', '#f7f7f7')
+            ->setParam('{{bg-content}}', '#ffffff')
+            ->setParam('{{text-content}}', '#000000')
+            ->render();
         if (is_null($template)) {
             $template = [
-                'message' => Template::fromFile(__DIR__ . '/../../config/locale/templates/email-base.tpl')->render(),
-                'subject' => (new Locale($locale))->getText('emails.' . $type . '.subject'),
+                'message' => $message,
+                'subject' => $localeObj->getText('emails.' . $type . '.subject'),
                 'senderEmail' => App::getEnv('_APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS', ''),
                 'senderName' => App::getEnv('_APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_NAME', '')
             ];