diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3479b2c..114e500 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ workflows:
           context : org-global
           filters:
             branches:
-              only: ['dev']
+              only: ['dev', 'feature/decouple-sendgridtemplateid']
       - "build-prod":
           context : org-global
           filters:
diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index 7a27aa0..7661e98 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ module.exports = {
 
   API_CONTEXT_PATH: process.env.API_CONTEXT_PATH || '/v5/email',
 
+  PAYLOAD_SENDGRID_TEMPLATE_KEY: process.env.PAYLOAD_SENDGRID_TEMPLATE_KEY || 'sendgrid_template_id',
+
 };
diff --git a/connect/connectEmailServer.js b/connect/connectEmailServer.js
index 5856b54..d41f604 100644
--- a/connect/connectEmailServer.js
+++ b/connect/connectEmailServer.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const config = require('config');
 const emailServer = require('../index');
 const service = require('./service');
+const logger = require('../src/common/logger');
 
 // set configuration for the server, see ../config/default.js for available config parameters
 // setConfig should be called before initDatabase and start functions
@@ -21,16 +22,19 @@ emailServer.setConfig({ LOG_LEVEL: 'debug' });
 // the message is JSON event message,
 // the callback is function(error, templateId), where templateId is the used SendGrid template id
 const handler = (topic, message, callback) => {
-  const templateId = config.TEMPLATE_MAP[topic];
-  if (templateId === undefined) {
+  let templateId = config.TEMPLATE_MAP[topic];
+  templateId = _.get(message, config.PAYLOAD_SENDGRID_TEMPLATE_KEY, templateId);
+  if (!templateId) {
     return callback(null, { success: false, error: `Template not found for topic ${topic}` });
   }
 
-  service.sendEmail(templateId, message).then(() => {
-    callback(null, { success: true });
-  }).catch((err) => {
-    callback(null, { success: false, error: err });
-  });
+    service.sendEmail(templateId, message).then(() => {
+      callback(null, { success: true });
+    }).catch((err) => {
+      logger.error("Error occurred in sendgrid api calling:", err);
+      callback(null, { success: false, error: err });
+    });
+
 };
 
 // init all events
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 84c2a5b..3c495ca 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/geojson/-/geojson-1.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xqg/lIZMrUd0VRmSRbCAewtwGZiAk3mEUDvV4op1tGl+LvyPcb/MIOSxTl9z+9+J+R4/vpjiCAT4xeKzH9ji1w=="
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.116.tgz",
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+      "version": "5.7.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-5.7.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1D++VG7BhrtvQpNbBzovKNc1FLGGEE/oGe7b9xJm/RFHMBeUaUGpluV9RLjZa47YFdPcDAenEYuq9pQPcMdLJg==",
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@@ -304,6 +299,11 @@
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+    "any-promise": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/any-promise/-/any-promise-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-q8av7tzqUugJzcA3au0845Y10X8="
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+      "version": "9.13.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/auth0-js/-/auth0-js-9.13.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G7wXTtEUe8OG5UMdcFPoS47odorEZ3WerNyWLLhoGlLqYcPgv0t+B0ECHv/rVLULbpctbSBrRFFYa43/bJV4+Q==",
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-        "idtoken-verifier": "^1.2.0",
+        "base64-js": "^1.3.0",
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-        "qs": "^6.4.0",
-        "superagent": "^3.8.2",
-        "url-join": "^1.1.0",
-        "winchan": "^0.2.0"
+        "qs": "^6.7.0",
+        "superagent": "^3.8.3",
+        "url-join": "^4.0.1",
+        "winchan": "^0.2.2"
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+      "dependencies": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.2.6.tgz",
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.3.7.tgz",
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-      "integrity": "sha1-8VDw9nSKvdcq6uhPBEA74u8RN5c=",
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