diff --git a/models/interfaces.ts b/models/interfaces.ts
index 083b1799..780c7133 100644
--- a/models/interfaces.ts
+++ b/models/interfaces.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface ChannelItemType extends ConfigType {
   };
   email?: {
     email_account_id: string;
-    recipient_list: string[]; // custom email addresses
+    recipient_list: { [recipient: string]: string }[]; // custom email addresses
     email_group_id_list: string[];
     // optional fields for displaying or editing email channel, needs more requests
     sender_type?: SenderType;
diff --git a/public/pages/CreateChannel/__tests__/helper.test.ts b/public/pages/CreateChannel/__tests__/helper.test.ts
index 0f1a88a5..9954da27 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateChannel/__tests__/helper.test.ts
+++ b/public/pages/CreateChannel/__tests__/helper.test.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ describe('constructs and deconstructs email objects', () => {
       'recipient-group-id-2',
       'recipient-group-id-3',
     ],
-    recipient_list: ['custom.address1@email.com', 'custom.address2@email.com'],
+    recipient_list: [
+      { recipient: 'custom.address1@email.com' },
+      { recipient: 'custom.address2@email.com' },
+    ],
   };
 
   it('constructs email objects', () => {
diff --git a/public/pages/CreateChannel/utils/helper.ts b/public/pages/CreateChannel/utils/helper.ts
index cfa26c80..ee7ddf20 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateChannel/utils/helper.ts
+++ b/public/pages/CreateChannel/utils/helper.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export const constructEmailObject = (
     if (group.value) {
       recipientGroupIds.push(group.value);
     } else {
-      customEmailsList.push(group.label);
+      customEmailsList.push({ recipient: group.label });
     }
   }
   return {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export const deconstructEmailObject = (
       label: _.get(email.email_group_id_map, groupId, '-'),
       value: groupId,
     })),
-    ...email.recipient_list.map((address) => ({ label: address })),
+    ...email.recipient_list.map((recipient) => ({ label: recipient.recipient })),
   ];
   return {
     senderType: email.sender_type!,
diff --git a/test/mocks/mockData.ts b/test/mocks/mockData.ts
index 6106ff96..ec57596e 100644
--- a/test/mocks/mockData.ts
+++ b/test/mocks/mockData.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ const mockEmail: ChannelItemType = {
   is_enabled: true,
   email: {
     email_account_id: 'dj8etXkBCzVy9Vy-nsiL',
-    recipient_list: ['custom@email.com', 'email@test.com', 'test@email.com'],
+    recipient_list: [
+      { recipient: 'custom@email.com' },
+      { recipient: 'email@test.com' },
+      { recipient: 'test@email.com' },
+    ],
     email_group_id_list: [
       '1l8hq3kB0XwiBlEbanSo',
       'dz8etXkBCzVy9Vy-0sgh',
@@ -76,7 +80,11 @@ const mockEmailWithSES: ChannelItemType = {
   is_enabled: true,
   email: {
     email_account_id: 'dj8etXkBCzVy9Vy-nsiL',
-    recipient_list: ['custom@email.com', 'email@test.com', 'test@email.com'],
+    recipient_list: [
+      { recipient: 'custom@email.com' },
+      { recipient: 'email@test.com' },
+      { recipient: 'test@email.com' },
+    ],
     email_group_id_list: [
       '1y8ud3xO0KjvOyRonaFb',
       'qm8rgKxOPmIl9Il-0ftu',