diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c698f747..df030037 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ gem 'carrierwave'
 gem 'carrierwave-i18n'
 gem 'mini_magick'
 gem 'carrierwave-bombshelter'
+gem 'pundit'
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'pry'
@@ -66,4 +67,5 @@ group :development do
   gem 'capistrano-rails'
   gem 'capistrano-rbenv'
   gem 'rbnacl', '< 5.0'
+  gem 'letter_opener'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0c7f3e3d..0e3e9b9e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
     kramdown (1.16.2)
+    launchy (2.4.3)
+      addressable (~> 2.3)
+    letter_opener (1.6.0)
+      launchy (~> 2.2)
     liquid (4.0.0)
     listen (3.1.5)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
@@ -195,6 +199,8 @@ GEM
       method_source (~> 0.9.0)
     public_suffix (3.0.2)
     puma (3.11.4)
+    pundit (2.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     rack (2.0.4)
     rack-test (1.0.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
@@ -324,10 +330,12 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jekyll
   jquery-rails
+  letter_opener
   listen (>= 3.0.5, < 3.2)
   mini_magick
   pry
   puma (~> 3.7)
+  pundit
   rails (~> 5.1.4)
   rails_warden
   rbnacl (< 5.0)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index b7e11ef9..5d13e7a0 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     config.ignore_processing_errors = false
     config.ignore_download_errors = false
   end
+
+  config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
+  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :letter_opener
+  config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: 'localhost', port: 3000 }
 end