diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 3462eec2cb..680b98274f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -831,7 +831,11 @@ App::put('/v1/account/sessions/magic-url')
         $dbForProject->deleteDocument('tokens', $token);
         $dbForProject->deleteCachedDocument('users', $user->getId());
 
-        $user = $dbForProject->updateDocument('users', $user->getId(), $user->setAttribute('sessions', $session, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND));
+        $user
+            ->setAttribute('emailVerification', true)
+            ->setAttribute('sessions', $session, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);
+
+        $user = $dbForProject->updateDocument('users', $user->getId(), $user);
 
         if (false === $user) {
             throw new Exception('Failed saving user to DB', 500, Exception::GENERAL_SERVER_ERROR);