diff --git a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementEditType.java b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementEditType.java
index 2b6256c70aa80e106c834518710bf14809d4b957..18fa9c197550c3f91f55749feeb575961451cb1c 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementEditType.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementEditType.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ public enum ConfigurationElementEditType {
 	 */
 	INTEGER,
 
-	/**
-	 * String value.
-	 */
-	STRING,
+    /**
+     * String value.
+     */
+    STRING,
+
+    /**
+     * Multiple line text value.
+     */
+    TEXT,
 
 	/**
 	 * Color value (for color picker).
diff --git a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementType.java b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementType.java
index 53b7fc71540fe706ece797043919bf8f2c138aa3..e4577f3ccb6dbb15db57b9a3ba18ef9bc246cdbb 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementType.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/user/ConfigurationElementType.java
@@ -144,7 +144,16 @@ public enum ConfigurationElementType {
    * Opacity of data overlay objects in the frontend.
    */
   OVERLAY_OPACITY("Opacity used when drwaing data overlays (value between 0.0-1.0)", "0.8",
-      ConfigurationElementEditType.DOUBLE, false),;
+      ConfigurationElementEditType.DOUBLE, false),
+
+  /**
+   * Default content of the email when requesting for an account in the system.
+   */
+  REQUEST_ACCOUNT_DEFAULT_CONTENT("Email content used for requesting an account",
+      "Dear Diseas map team,\nI would like to request for an account.\nKind regards", ConfigurationElementEditType.TEXT,
+      false),
+
+  ;
 
   /**
    * Default value of the configuration parameter (it will be used only when value