diff --git a/app/routes/users.js b/app/routes/users.js
index 2896bf48..32f076f3 100644
--- a/app/routes/users.js
+++ b/app/routes/users.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 
 	// Setting the facebook oauth routes
 	app.get('/auth/facebook', passport.authenticate('facebook', {
+		scope: ['email'],
 		failureRedirect: '/#!/signin'
 	}), users.signin);
 	app.get('/auth/facebook/callback', passport.authenticate('facebook', {
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 
 	// Finish by binding the user middleware
 	app.param('userId', users.userByID);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};