diff --git a/app/templates/components/textbox.html b/app/templates/components/textbox.html
index f4c0f368f..480d773ea 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/textbox.html
+++ b/app/templates/components/textbox.html
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   width='2-3',
   suffix=None,
   disabled=False,
-  safe_error_message=False
+  safe_error_message=False,
+  rows=8
 ) %}
   <div class="form-group{% if field.errors %} error{% endif %}" {% if autofocus %}data-module="autofocus"{% endif %}>
     <label class="form-label" for="{{ field.name }}">
@@ -34,11 +35,10 @@
       {% else %}
         {{ field(**{
           'class': 'form-control form-control-{} textbox-highlight-textbox'.format(width) if highlight_tags else 'form-control form-control-{} {}'.format(width, 'textbox-right-aligned' if suffix else ''),
-          'data-module': 'highlight-tags' if highlight_tags else ''
+          'data-module': 'highlight-tags' if highlight_tags else '',
+          'rows': rows|string
         }) }}
       {% endif %}
-
-
     {% if suffix %}
       <span>{{ suffix }}</span>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
index e7e50b1dc..a27fc5994 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
           {{ textbox(form.subject, width='1-1') }}
         </div>
         <div class="column-two-thirds">
-          {{ textbox(form.template_content, highlight_tags=True, width='1-1') }}
+          {{ textbox(form.template_content, highlight_tags=True, width='1-1', rows=8) }}
           {{ page_footer(
             'Save',
             delete_link=url_for('.delete_service_template', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template_id) if template_id or None,