diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 67ea5e5ca..8ac5837a4 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -270,9 +270,19 @@ class SMSTemplateForm(Form):
             NoCommasInPlaceHolders()
         ]
     )
-    process_type = SelectField(u'Use priority queue?', choices=[('normal', 'no'),
-                                                                ('priority', 'yes')],
-                               default='normal')
+    # process_type = SelectField(u'Use priority queue?', choices=[('normal', 'no'),
+    #                                                             ('priority', 'yes')],
+    #                            default='normal')
+
+    process_type = RadioField(
+        'Use priority queue?',
+        choices=[
+            ('priority', 'Yes'),
+            ('normal', 'No'),
+        ],
+        validators=[DataRequired()],
+        default='normal'
+    )
 
 
 class EmailTemplateForm(SMSTemplateForm):
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
index 56abd029a..0ab2dd2ae 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-email-template.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/textbox.html" import textbox %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
+{% from "components/radios.html" import radios %}
 
 {% block page_title %}
   {{ heading_action }} email template – GOV.UK Notify
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
         <div class="column-three-quarters">
           {{ textbox(form.template_content, highlight_tags=True, width='1-1', rows=8) }}
           {% if current_user.has_permissions([], admin_override=True) %}
-            {{ textbox(form.process_type, width='1-1') }}
+             {{ radios(form.process_type) }}
           {% endif %}
           {{ page_footer(
             'Save',
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
index a54f6544b..18de85387 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/textbox.html" import textbox %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
+{% from "components/radios.html" import radios %}
 
 {% block page_title %}
   {{ heading_action }} text message template – GOV.UK Notify
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
         <div class="column-two-thirds">
           {{ textbox(form.template_content, highlight_tags=True, width='1-1', rows=5) }}
           {% if current_user.has_permissions([], admin_override=True) %}
-            {{ textbox(form.process_type, width='1-1') }}
+            {{ radios(form.process_type) }}
           {% endif %}
           {{ page_footer(
             'Save',