diff --git a/lib/submissions.rb b/lib/submissions.rb
index c8cc8d47..70aa41d1 100644
--- a/lib/submissions.rb
+++ b/lib/submissions.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ module Submissions
   end
 
   def create_from_emails(template:, user:, emails:, source:, mark_as_sent: false)
-    emails = emails.to_s.scan(User::EMAIL_REGEXP) unless emails.is_a?(Array)
-
-    emails.uniq.map do |email|
+    parse_emails(emails).uniq.map do |email|
       submission = template.submissions.new(created_by_user: user, source:, template_submitters: template.submitters)
       submission.submitters.new(email: normalize_email(email),
                                 uuid: template.submitters.first['uuid'],
@@ -40,6 +38,12 @@ module Submissions
     end
   end
 
+  def parse_emails(emails)
+    emails = emails.to_s.scan(User::EMAIL_REGEXP) unless emails.is_a?(Array)
+
+    emails
+  end
+
   def create_from_submitters(template:, user:, submissions_attrs:, source:, mark_as_sent: false,
                              submitters_order: DEFAULT_SUBMITTERS_ORDER)
     Submissions::CreateFromSubmitters.call(