diff --git a/app/mailers/notify.rb b/app/mailers/notify.rb
index a4ffd97fb7cd8e07db5c21276b4fd7256ec10569..b776878b03ba66b6ef42522fe74dc9fa9ad3e8e7 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notify.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notify.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ class Notify < ActionMailer::Base
     mail(:to => @user.email, :subject => "gitlab | Account was created for you")
   end
 
-  def new_issue_email(issue)
-    @issue = Issue.find(issue['id'])
-    @user = @issue.assignee
-    @project = @issue.project
-
-    mail(:to => @user.email, :subject => "gitlab | New Issue was created")
+  def new_issue_email(issue_id)
+    @issue = Issue.find(issue_id)
+    mail(:to => @issue.assignee_email, :subject => "gitlab | New Issue was created")
   end
 
   def note_wall_email(recipient_id, note_id)
diff --git a/app/views/notify/new_issue_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/new_issue_email.html.haml
index 64c5aa611eb6d3af90f69cc7e8ff949aaa34a083..dd6f50c0686bafc1c2276ddee120de144f621141 100644
--- a/app/views/notify/new_issue_email.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notify/new_issue_email.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
       %td{:align => "left", :style => "padding: 20px 0 0;"}
         %h2{:style => "color:#646464 !important; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 26px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
-          = link_to project_issue_url(@project, @issue), :title => @issue.title do
+          = link_to project_issue_url(@issue.project, @issue), :title => @issue.title do
             = "Issue ##{@issue.id.to_s}"
             = truncate(@issue.title, :length => 45)
         %br
diff --git a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
index 60c8c8ab9a02443597e9e948cc7b5c35772a1506..40a51437908ee3d43a2f8bdca2cd1a5bd1aaff85 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe Notify do
         let(:issue) { Factory.create(:issue, :assignee => assignee, :project => project ) }
 
         describe 'that are new' do
-          subject { Notify.new_issue_email(issue) }
+          subject { Notify.new_issue_email(issue.id) }
 
           it_behaves_like 'an assignee email'