diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index b06a97967da972a7109d0132353666c5ed723f5c..931b8284110a1bd3154e6da8cfdc8a177bd47c22 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Flask-Migrate==4.0.1
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.5.1
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 idna==3.3
-install==1.3.5
+pip-install==1.3.5
 itsdangerous==2.1.1
 jsonschema==4.4.0
 Jinja2==3.0.3
diff --git a/backend/web/login/login.py b/backend/web/login/login.py
index f97ecac35a871d07f1acb2ac578dae2968af21c2..864489e64a39dce509a37c5059ac25f3c4972ef7 100644
--- a/backend/web/login/login.py
+++ b/backend/web/login/login.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def recovery():
 
     flow = request.args.get("flow")
     if not flow:
-        email = request.args.get("email")
+        email = request.args.get("email", "")
         response = redirect(KRATOS_PUBLIC_URL + "self-service/recovery/browser")
         response.set_cookie("recovery_preset_email", email)
         return response
diff --git a/backend/web/static/base.js b/backend/web/static/base.js
index 62613eaa3520f8847a608391a618336006850ebf..ab2cbde3e995e633d280553e8bf6d5895522d9c0 100644
--- a/backend/web/static/base.js
+++ b/backend/web/static/base.js
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ function getFormElement(node, context) {
 				"Please provide your e-mail address. If it is registered, we will send a recovery link to that address.";
 			var email = Cookies.get("recovery_preset_email");
 			if (email) {
-				value = email;	
+				value = email;
 				Cookies.set("recovery_preset_email", "");
                         }
 		}