diff --git a/api/app/Notifications/Forms/FormEmailNotification.php b/api/app/Notifications/Forms/FormEmailNotification.php
index da127de6..793f379a 100644
--- a/api/app/Notifications/Forms/FormEmailNotification.php
+++ b/api/app/Notifications/Forms/FormEmailNotification.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class FormEmailNotification extends Notification implements ShouldQueue
 
     public FormSubmitted $event;
     public string $mailer;
-    private array $formattedData;
 
     /**
      * Create a new notification instance.
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ public function __construct(FormSubmitted $event, private $integrationData, stri
     {
         $this->event = $event;
         $this->mailer = $mailer;
-        $this->formattedData = $this->formatSubmissionData();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ public function toMail($notifiable)
     {
         return (new MailMessage())
             ->mailer($this->mailer)
-            ->replyTo($this->getReplyToEmail($notifiable->routes['mail']))
+            ->replyTo($this->getReplyToEmail($this->event->form->creator->email))
             ->from($this->getFromEmail(), $this->getSenderName())
             ->subject($this->getSubject())
             ->withSymfonyMessage(function (Email $message) {
@@ -63,13 +61,15 @@ public function toMail($notifiable)
             ->markdown('mail.form.email-notification', $this->getMailData());
     }
 
-    private function formatSubmissionData(): array
+    private function formatSubmissionData($createLinks = true): array
     {
         $formatter = (new FormSubmissionFormatter($this->event->form, $this->event->data))
-            ->createLinks()
             ->outputStringsOnly()
             ->useSignedUrlForFiles();
 
+        if ($createLinks) {
+            $formatter->createLinks();
+        }
         if ($this->integrationData->include_hidden_fields_submission_data ?? false) {
             $formatter->showHiddenFields();
         }
@@ -98,27 +98,25 @@ private function getSenderName(): string
     private function getReplyToEmail($default): string
     {
         $replyTo = $this->integrationData->reply_to ?? null;
-
         if ($replyTo) {
             $parsedReplyTo = $this->parseReplyTo($replyTo);
             if ($parsedReplyTo && $this->validateEmail($parsedReplyTo)) {
                 return $parsedReplyTo;
             }
         }
-
-        return $this->getRespondentEmail() ?? $default;
+        return $default;
     }
 
     private function parseReplyTo(string $replyTo): ?string
     {
-        $parser = new MentionParser($replyTo, $this->formattedData);
+        $parser = new MentionParser($replyTo, $this->formatSubmissionData(false));
         return $parser->parse();
     }
 
     private function getSubject(): string
     {
         $defaultSubject = 'New form submission';
-        $parser = new MentionParser($this->integrationData->subject ?? $defaultSubject, $this->formattedData);
+        $parser = new MentionParser($this->integrationData->subject ?? $defaultSubject, $this->formatSubmissionData(false));
         return $parser->parse();
     }
 
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ private function getMailData(): array
     {
         return [
             'emailContent' => $this->getEmailContent(),
-            'fields' => $this->formattedData,
+            'fields' => $this->formatSubmissionData(),
             'form' => $this->event->form,
             'integrationData' => $this->integrationData,
             'noBranding' => $this->event->form->no_branding,
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ private function getMailData(): array
 
     private function getEmailContent(): string
     {
-        $parser = new MentionParser($this->integrationData->email_content ?? '', $this->formattedData);
+        $parser = new MentionParser($this->integrationData->email_content ?? '', $this->formatSubmissionData());
         return $parser->parse();
     }
 
@@ -170,26 +168,6 @@ private function getEncodedSubmissionId(): ?string
         return $submissionId ? Hashids::encode($submissionId) : null;
     }
 
-    private function getRespondentEmail(): ?string
-    {
-        $emailFields = ['email', 'e-mail', 'mail'];
-
-        foreach ($this->formattedData as $field => $value) {
-            if (in_array(strtolower($field), $emailFields) && $this->validateEmail($value)) {
-                return $value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If no email field found, search for any field containing a valid email
-        foreach ($this->formattedData as $value) {
-            if ($this->validateEmail($value)) {
-                return $value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     public static function validateEmail($email): bool
     {
         return (bool)filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
diff --git a/api/tests/Feature/Forms/EmailNotificationTest.php b/api/tests/Feature/Forms/EmailNotificationTest.php
index 03cf5acf..85073609 100644
--- a/api/tests/Feature/Forms/EmailNotificationTest.php
+++ b/api/tests/Feature/Forms/EmailNotificationTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     $notifiable->route('mail', 'test@test.com');
     $renderedMail = $mailable->toMail($notifiable);
     expect($renderedMail->subject)->toBe('New form submission');
+    expect($renderedMail->replyTo[0][0])->toBe('reply@example.com');
     expect(trim($renderedMail->render()))->toContain('Test body');
 });
 
@@ -163,3 +164,65 @@ function (FormEmailNotification $notification, $channels, $notifiable) {
     expect($renderedMail->subject)->toBe('Custom Subject');
     expect(trim($renderedMail->render()))->toContain('Custom content');
 });
+
+it('send email with mention as reply to', function () {
+    $user = $this->actingAsUser();
+    $workspace = $this->createUserWorkspace($user);
+    $form = $this->createForm($user, $workspace);
+
+    $emailProperty = collect($form->properties)->first(function ($property) {
+        return $property['type'] == 'email';
+    });
+
+    $integrationData = $this->createFormIntegration('email', $form->id, [
+        'send_to' => 'test@test.com',
+        'sender_name' => 'OpnForm',
+        'subject' => 'New form submission',
+        'email_content' => 'Hello there 👋 <br>Test body',
+        'include_submission_data' => true,
+        'include_hidden_fields_submission_data' => false,
+        'reply_to' => '<span mention-field-id="' . $emailProperty['id'] . '" mention-field-name="' . $emailProperty['name'] . '" mention-fallback="" contenteditable="false" mention="true">' . $emailProperty['name'] . '</span>'
+    ]);
+
+    $formData = [
+        $emailProperty['id'] => 'reply@example.com',
+    ];
+
+    $event = new \App\Events\Forms\FormSubmitted($form, $formData);
+    $mailable = new FormEmailNotification($event, $integrationData, 'mail');
+    $notifiable = new AnonymousNotifiable();
+    $notifiable->route('mail', 'test@test.com');
+    $renderedMail = $mailable->toMail($notifiable);
+    expect($renderedMail->replyTo[0][0])->toBe('reply@example.com');
+});
+
+it('send email with empty reply to', function () {
+    $user = $this->actingAsUser();
+    $workspace = $this->createUserWorkspace($user);
+    $form = $this->createForm($user, $workspace);
+
+    $emailProperty = collect($form->properties)->first(function ($property) {
+        return $property['type'] == 'email';
+    });
+
+    $integrationData = $this->createFormIntegration('email', $form->id, [
+        'send_to' => 'test@test.com',
+        'sender_name' => 'OpnForm',
+        'subject' => 'New form submission',
+        'email_content' => 'Hello there 👋 <br>Test body',
+        'include_submission_data' => true,
+        'include_hidden_fields_submission_data' => false,
+        'reply_to' => null,
+    ]);
+
+    $formData = [
+        $emailProperty['id'] => 'reply@example.com',
+    ];
+
+    $event = new \App\Events\Forms\FormSubmitted($form, $formData);
+    $mailable = new FormEmailNotification($event, $integrationData, 'mail');
+    $notifiable = new AnonymousNotifiable();
+    $notifiable->route('mail', 'test@test.com');
+    $renderedMail = $mailable->toMail($notifiable);
+    expect($renderedMail->replyTo[0][0])->toBe($form->creator->email);
+});