diff --git a/src/user/invite.js b/src/user/invite.js
index 3e6fdef359..d3d7189296 100644
--- a/src/user/invite.js
+++ b/src/user/invite.js
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 						template: 'invitation',
 					};
 
+					// Append default data to this email payload
+					data = Object.assign({}, emailer._defaultPayload, data);
+
 					emailer.sendToEmail('invitation', email, meta.config.defaultLang, data, next);
 				});
 			},
diff --git a/src/views/emails/banned.tpl b/src/views/emails/banned.tpl
index 9c25ea9d9e..db8975c993 100644
--- a/src/views/emails/banned.tpl
+++ b/src/views/emails/banned.tpl
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 				<!-- IF reason -->
 				<tr>
 					<td style="padding: 40px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; color: #555555;">
-						<h1 style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">[[email:greeting_with_name, {username}]]</h1>
 						<p style="margin: 0;">
 							[[email:banned.text3]]
 							<br><br>{reason}