diff --git a/lib/load_gen/user_db.js b/lib/load_gen/user_db.js
index 247100a0c9284ea98bf2a90780086b8aee38f171..c6ceff78b31ec0cf77cb938bdb991415772048a4 100644
--- a/lib/load_gen/user_db.js
+++ b/lib/load_gen/user_db.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var users = [ ];
 exports.num = function() { return users.length; }
 
 function genEmail() {
-  return secrets.generate(8) + "@" + secrets.generate(8) + "." + secrets.generate(3);
+  return secrets.generate(16) + "@loadtest.domain";
 }
 
 // a little utilitiy function to get any one of an array of items