diff --git a/spacemacs b/spacemacs
index 70e5002..69f5bef 100644
--- a/spacemacs
+++ b/spacemacs
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ before layers configuration."
       (imagemagick-register-types))
   (setq mu4e-html2text-command "elinks -dump")
   (setq mu4e-use-fancy-chars t)
+  (setq mu4e-compose-in-new-frame t)
 
   (setq evil-in-single-undo t)
   )