diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/clicksend.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/clicksend.py
index c028da2c579..5506d6ed6d0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/notify/clicksend.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/clicksend.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 BASE_API_URL = 'https://rest.clicksend.com/v3'
 
+DEFAULT_SENDER = 'hass'
+
 HEADERS = {CONTENT_TYPE: CONTENT_TYPE_JSON}
 
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ def validate_sender(config):
     """Set the optional sender name if sender name is not provided."""
     if CONF_SENDER in config:
         return config
-    config[CONF_SENDER] = config[CONF_RECIPIENT]
+    config[CONF_SENDER] = DEFAULT_SENDER
     return config
 
 
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ class ClicksendNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
         self.username = config.get(CONF_USERNAME)
         self.api_key = config.get(CONF_API_KEY)
         self.recipients = config.get(CONF_RECIPIENT)
-        self.sender = config.get(CONF_SENDER, CONF_RECIPIENT)
+        self.sender = config.get(CONF_SENDER)
 
     def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
         """Send a message to a user."""