diff --git a/lib/emailservice.js b/lib/emailservice.js
index ee4d623..f82c78c 100644
--- a/lib/emailservice.js
+++ b/lib/emailservice.js
@@ -109,22 +109,33 @@ EmailService.prototype.start = function(opts, cb) {
   });
 };
 
+EmailService.prototype._compileTemplate = function(template) {
+  var lines = template.split('\n');
+  return {
+    subject: lines[0],
+    body: _.rest(lines).join('\n'),
+  };
+};
 
-// TODO: cache for X minutes
-EmailService.prototype._readTemplate = function(filename, language, cb) {
+EmailService.prototype._readTemplateFile = function(language, filename, cb) {
   var self = this;
 
-  var fullFilename = path.join(self.templatePath, language, filename + '.plain');
+  var fullFilename = path.join(self.templatePath, language, filename);
   fs.readFile(fullFilename, 'utf8', function(err, template) {
     if (err) {
-      log.error('Could not read template file ' + fullFilename, err);
-      return cb(err);
+      return cb(new Error('Could not read template file ' + fullFilename, err));
     }
-    var lines = template.split('\n');
-    return cb(null, {
-      subject: lines[0],
-      body: _.rest(lines).join('\n'),
-    });
+    return cb(null, template);
+  });
+};
+
+// TODO: cache for X minutes
+EmailService.prototype._loadTemplate = function(emailType, recipient, extension, cb) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  self._readTemplateFile(recipient.language, emailType.filename + extension, function(err, template) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+    return cb(null, self._compileTemplate(template));
   });
 };
 
@@ -213,8 +224,11 @@ EmailService.prototype._send = function(email, cb) {
     from: email.from,
     to: email.to,
     subject: email.subject,
-    text: email.body,
+    text: email.bodyPlain,
   };
+  if (email.bodyHtml) {
+    mailOptions.html = email.bodyHtml;
+  }
   self.mailer.sendMail(mailOptions, function(err, result) {
     if (err) {
       log.error('An error occurred when trying to send email to ' + email.to, err);
@@ -233,20 +247,23 @@ EmailService.prototype._readAndApplyTemplates = function(notification, emailType
     async.waterfall([
 
       function(next) {
-        async.parallel([
-
-          function(next) {
-            self._readTemplate(emailType.filename, recipient.language, next);
-          },
-          function(next) {
-            self._getDataForTemplate(notification, recipient, next);
-          },
-        ], next);
+        self._getDataForTemplate(notification, recipient, next);
+      },
+      function(data, next) {
+        async.map(['plain', 'html'], function(type, next) {
+          self._loadTemplate(emailType, recipient, '.' + type, function(err, template) {
+            if (err && type == 'html') return next();
+            if (err) return next(err);
+            self._applyTemplate(template, data, function(err, res) {
+              return next(err, [type, res]);
+            });
+          });
+        }, function(err, res) {
+          return next(err, _.zipObject(res));
+        });
       },
       function(result, next) {
-        var template = result[0];
-        var data = result[1];
-        self._applyTemplate(template, data, next);
+        next(null, result);
       },
     ], function(err, res) {
       next(err, [recipient.language, res]);
@@ -288,8 +305,9 @@ EmailService.prototype.sendEmail = function(notification, cb) {
                 copayerId: recipient.copayerId,
                 from: self.from,
                 to: recipient.emailAddress,
-                subject: content.subject,
-                body: content.body,
+                subject: content.plain.subject,
+                bodyPlain: content.plain.body,
+                bodyHtml: content.html ? content.html.body : null,
                 notificationId: notification.id,
               });
               self.storage.storeEmail(email, function(err) {
diff --git a/lib/model/email.js b/lib/model/email.js
index f6ebca6..5b169b9 100644
--- a/lib/model/email.js
+++ b/lib/model/email.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var _ = require('lodash');
 var Uuid = require('uuid');
 
 function Email() {
-  this.version = '1.0.0';
+  this.version = '1.0.1';
 };
 
 Email.create = function(opts) {
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Email.create = function(opts) {
   x.from = opts.from;
   x.to = opts.to;
   x.subject = opts.subject;
-  x.body = opts.body;
+  x.bodyPlain = opts.bodyPlain;
+  x.bodyHtml = opts.bodyHtml;
   x.status = 'pending';
   x.attempts = 0;
   x.lastAttemptOn = null;
@@ -39,7 +40,12 @@ Email.fromObj = function(obj) {
   x.from = obj.from;
   x.to = obj.to;
   x.subject = obj.subject;
-  x.body = obj.body;
+  if (obj.version == '1.0.0') {
+    x.bodyPlain = obj.body;
+  } else {
+    x.bodyPlain = obj.bodyPlain;
+  }
+  x.bodyHtml = obj.bodyHtml;
   x.status = obj.status;
   x.attempts = obj.attempts;
   x.lastAttemptOn = obj.lastAttemptOn;
diff --git a/test/integration/server.js b/test/integration/server.js
index e3a22a4..8dbc84b 100644
--- a/test/integration/server.js
+++ b/test/integration/server.js
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ describe('Wallet service', function() {
     });
 
     it('should notify copayers a new tx proposal has been created', function(done) {
+      var _readTemplateFile_old = emailService._readTemplateFile;
+      emailService._readTemplateFile = function(language, filename, cb) {
+        if (_.endsWith(filename, '.html')) {
+          return cb(null, 'Subject\n<html><body>{{walletName}}</body></html>');
+        } else {
+          _readTemplateFile_old.call(emailService, language, filename, cb);
+        }
+      };
       helpers.stubUtxos(server, wallet, [1, 1], function() {
         var txOpts = helpers.createSimpleProposalOpts('18PzpUFkFZE8zKWUPvfykkTxmB9oMR8qP7', 0.8, 'some message', TestData.copayers[0].privKey_1H_0);
         server.createTx(txOpts, function(err, tx) {
@@ -366,9 +374,13 @@ describe('Wallet service', function() {
             one.subject.should.contain('New payment proposal');
             one.text.should.contain(wallet.name);
             one.text.should.contain(wallet.copayers[0].name);
+            should.exist(one.html);
+            one.html.should.contain('<body>');
+            one.html.should.contain(wallet.name);
             server.storage.fetchUnsentEmails(function(err, unsent) {
               should.not.exist(err);
               unsent.should.be.empty;
+              emailService._readTemplateFile = _readTemplateFile_old;
               done();
             });
           }, 100);