diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py b/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
index 4a08bb273fc2cd8669aea98e3299726baec85c0c..944532c958d333b4c6fa9f495278155764469b39 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
@@ -716,10 +716,8 @@ class SlackAdapter(AdapterBase):
     def send_message(self, message, recipient, source, **kwargs):
         target_rooms = self.slack_channels(source, **kwargs)
 
-        if not self.destination or not any(target_rooms) or not settings.SLACK_TOKEN:
+        if not any(target_rooms) or not settings.SLACK_TOKEN:
             errors = list()
-            if not self.destination:
-                errors.append('Destination URL')
             if not target_rooms:
                 errors.append('Room ID')
             if not settings.SLACK_TOKEN:
diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/tests/test_messaging.py b/hypha/apply/activity/tests/test_messaging.py
index 99cc3281f5864754f5a0307524a2433160f62457..b2cdac2811efa76762e9b802e6c8cb21cef2a94a 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/tests/test_messaging.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/tests/test_messaging.py
@@ -349,18 +349,6 @@ class TestSlackAdapter(AdapterMixin, TestCase):
         messages = adapter.send_message('my message', '', source=submission)
         self.assertEqual(messages, error_message)
 
-    @override_settings(
-        SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL=None,
-        SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM=target_room,
-        SLACK_BACKEND=backend,
-        SLACK_TOKEN=token,
-    )
-    def test_cant_send_with_no_url(self):
-        error_message = "Missing configuration: Destination URL"
-        adapter = SlackAdapter()
-        submission = ApplicationSubmissionFactory()
-        messages = adapter.send_message('my message', '', source=submission)
-        self.assertEqual(messages, error_message)
 
     @override_settings(
         SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL=target_url,
diff --git a/hypha/settings/base.py b/hypha/settings/base.py
index ba35678a1a8997b1d9e60328d09b65fef8140fa3..f8a2e68a151ca72646cf4638c34067f3ef206269 100644
--- a/hypha/settings/base.py
+++ b/hypha/settings/base.py
@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ SEND_READY_FOR_REVIEW = env.bool('SEND_READY_FOR_REVIEW', True)
 
 # Django Slack settings
 SLACK_TOKEN = env.str('SLACK_TOKEN', None)
-SLACK_USERNAME = env.str('SLACK_USERNAME', 'bot')
+SLACK_USERNAME = env.str('SLACK_USERNAME', 'Hypha')
 SLACK_BACKEND = 'django_slack.backends.CeleryBackend'  # UrllibBackend can be used for sync
-SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL = env.str('SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL', None)
+SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL = env.str('SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL', 'https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage')
 
 # Slack settings
 SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM = env.str('SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM', None)