diff --git a/webui/system/misc.php b/webui/system/misc.php
index 109cbd46..0db71d66 100644
--- a/webui/system/misc.php
+++ b/webui/system/misc.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function checkemail($email, $domains) {
 function validemail($email = '') {
    if($email == '') { return 0; }
 
-   if($email == 'admin@local') { return 1; }
+   if(preg_match("/@local$/", $email)) { return 1; }
 
    if(preg_match('/^[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,5})$/', $email)) {
       return 1;