diff --git a/lib/Form/Templates/FormTemplate.php b/lib/Form/Templates/FormTemplate.php
index d23990439d..023521c5bc 100644
--- a/lib/Form/Templates/FormTemplate.php
+++ b/lib/Form/Templates/FormTemplate.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace MailPoet\Form\Templates;
 
 use MailPoet\Entities\FormEntity;
+use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 use MailPoet\Util\CdnAssetUrl;
 use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
@@ -91,12 +92,17 @@ EOL;
   /** @var string */
   protected $assetsDirectory = '';
 
+  /** @var SettingsController */
+  private $settings;
+
   public function __construct(
     CdnAssetUrl $cdnAssetUrl,
+    SettingsController $settings,
     WPFunctions $wp
   ) {
     $this->cdnAssetUrl = $cdnAssetUrl;
     $this->wp = $wp;
+    $this->settings = $settings;
   }
 
   abstract public function getName(): string;
@@ -123,9 +129,21 @@ EOL;
     $formEntity->setBody($this->getBody());
     $formEntity->setSettings($this->getSettings());
     $formEntity->setStyles($this->getStyles());
+    $settings = $formEntity->getSettings();
+    if (!isset($settings['success_message']) || !($settings['success_message'])) {
+      $settings['success_message'] = $this->getDefaultSuccessMessage();
+      $formEntity->setSettings($settings);
+    }
     return $formEntity;
   }
 
+  private function getDefaultSuccessMessage() {
+    if ($this->settings->get('signup_confirmation.enabled')) {
+      return __('Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.', 'mailpoet');
+    }
+    return __('You’ve been successfully subscribed to our newsletter!', 'mailpoet');
+  }
+
   protected function getAssetUrl(string $filename): string {
     return $this->cdnAssetUrl->generateCdnUrl("form-templates/{$this->assetsDirectory}/$filename");
   }
diff --git a/lib/Form/Templates/TemplateRepository.php b/lib/Form/Templates/TemplateRepository.php
index 0989683ddc..801aea0eed 100644
--- a/lib/Form/Templates/TemplateRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Form/Templates/TemplateRepository.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ use MailPoet\Form\Templates\Templates\Template7FixedBar;
 use MailPoet\Form\Templates\Templates\Template7Popup;
 use MailPoet\Form\Templates\Templates\Template7SlideIn;
 use MailPoet\Form\Templates\Templates\Template7Widget;
+use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 use MailPoet\UnexpectedValueException;
 use MailPoet\Util\CdnAssetUrl;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ class TemplateRepository {
   /** @var WPFunctions */
   private $wp;
 
+  /** @var SettingsController */
+  private $settings;
+
+
   private $templates = [
     InitialForm::ID => InitialForm::class,
     Template1BelowPages::ID => Template1BelowPages::class,
@@ -142,10 +147,12 @@ class TemplateRepository {
 
   public function __construct(
     CdnAssetUrl $cdnAssetUrl,
+    SettingsController $settings,
     WPFunctions $wp
   ) {
     $this->cdnAssetUrl = $cdnAssetUrl;
     $this->wp = $wp;
+    $this->settings = $settings;
   }
 
   public function getFormTemplate(string $templateId): FormTemplate {
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ class TemplateRepository {
         ->withErrors(["Template with id $templateId doesn't exist."]);
     }
     /** @var FormTemplate $template */
-    $template = new $this->templates[$templateId]($this->cdnAssetUrl, $this->wp);
+    $template = new $this->templates[$templateId]($this->cdnAssetUrl, $this->settings, $this->wp);
     return $template;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/Form/Templates/TemplatesRepositoryTest.php b/tests/unit/Form/Templates/TemplatesRepositoryTest.php
index 3949cc4807..1523d5acad 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Form/Templates/TemplatesRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Form/Templates/TemplatesRepositoryTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace MailPoet\Test\Form\Templates;
 
 use MailPoet\Form\Templates\FormTemplate;
 use MailPoet\Form\Templates\TemplateRepository;
+use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 use MailPoet\Util\CdnAssetUrl;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ class TemplatesRepositoryTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
     $cdnAssetsMock->method('generateCdnUrl')
       ->willReturn('http://example.com/image.png');
     $wpMock = $this->createMock(WPFunctions::class);
-    $this->repository = new TemplateRepository($cdnAssetsMock, $wpMock);
+    $settings = $this->createMock(SettingsController::class);
+    $this->repository = new TemplateRepository($cdnAssetsMock, $settings, $wpMock);
   }
 
   public function testItCanBuildFormTemplate() {