diff --git a/app/roles/git_push.rb b/app/roles/git_push.rb
index 504aa0b5..d557ce4e 100644
--- a/app/roles/git_push.rb
+++ b/app/roles/git_push.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module GitPush
 
     # Close merge requests
     mrs = self.merge_requests.opened.where(:target_branch => branch_name).all
-    mrs = mrs.select(&:last_commit).select { |mr| c_ids.include?(mr.last_commit.id) } 
+    mrs = mrs.select(&:last_commit).select { |mr| c_ids.include?(mr.last_commit.id) }
     mrs.each { |merge_request| merge_request.merge!(user.id) }
 
     true
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module GitPush
       total_commits_count: push_commits_count
     }
 
-    # For perfomance purposes maximum 20 latest commits 
+    # For perfomance purposes maximum 20 latest commits
     # will be passed as post receive hook data.
     #
     push_commits_limited.each do |commit|
@@ -86,16 +86,14 @@ module GitPush
 
 
   # This method will be called after each post receive
-  # and only if autor_key_id present in gitlab. 
+  # and only if user present in gitlab.
   # All callbacks for post receive should be placed here
   #
-  def trigger_post_receive(oldrev, newrev, ref, author_key_id)
-    user = Key.find_by_identifier(author_key_id).user
-
+  def trigger_post_receive(oldrev, newrev, ref, user)
     # Create push event
     self.observe_push(oldrev, newrev, ref, user)
 
-    # Close merged MR 
+    # Close merged MR
     self.update_merge_requests(oldrev, newrev, ref, user)
 
     # Execute web hooks
diff --git a/app/workers/post_receive.rb b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
index 0ab9079c..5311ede7 100644
--- a/app/workers/post_receive.rb
+++ b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 class PostReceive
   @queue = :post_receive
 
-  def self.perform(reponame, oldrev, newrev, ref, author_key_id)
+  def self.perform(reponame, oldrev, newrev, ref, identifier)
     project = Project.find_by_path(reponame)
     return false if project.nil?
 
     # Ignore push from non-gitlab users
-    return false unless Key.find_by_identifier(author_key_id)
+    if /^[A-Z0-9._%a-z\-]+@(?:[A-Z0-9a-z\-]+\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/.match(identifier)
+      return false unless user = User.find_by_email(identifier)
+    else
+      return false unless user = Key.find_by_identifier(identifier).try(:user)
+    end
 
-    project.trigger_post_receive(oldrev, newrev, ref, author_key_id)
+    project.trigger_post_receive(oldrev, newrev, ref, user)
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/grack_auth.rb b/config/initializers/grack_auth.rb
index b44a01f4..5995b873 100644
--- a/config/initializers/grack_auth.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/grack_auth.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ module Grack
       user = User.find_by_email(email)
       return false unless user.try(:valid_password?, password)
 
+      # Set GL_USER env variable
+      ENV['GL_USER'] = email
+      # Pass Gitolite update hook
+      ENV['GL_BYPASS_UPDATE_HOOK'] = "true"
+
       # Need this patch because the rails mount
       @env['PATH_INFO'] = @env['REQUEST_PATH']