diff --git a/app/main/views/add_service.py b/app/main/views/add_service.py
index 898790f58..3e4726089 100644
--- a/app/main/views/add_service.py
+++ b/app/main/views/add_service.py
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ def _create_example_template(service_id):
 @user_is_gov_user
 def add_service():
     default_organization_type = current_user.default_organization_type
+    if default_organization_type is None:
+        default_organization_type = "federal"
     form = CreateServiceForm(
-        # avoid setting a default for now; the US gov email addresses aren't as useful as the UK
-        # ones for guessing the org type
-        organization_type=None
+        # This value is currently not useful but if it is not set it will result in a bug
+        organization_type=default_organization_type
     )
 
     if form.validate_on_submit():
diff --git a/app/templates/views/add-service.html b/app/templates/views/add-service.html
index 1c71555ec..340012dc9 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/add-service.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/add-service.html
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 
       {{ form.name(param_extensions={"hint": {"text": "You can change this later"}}) }}
 
-      <!--See add_service.py  the default_organization_type is not currently useful for Notify.gov
-          and here it is causing an issue where services can't be created -->
-      <!--{% if not default_organization_type %}-->
+      <!--{% if not default_organization_type %}
         {{ form.organization_type }}
-      <!--{% endif %}-->
+      {% endif %}-->
 
       {{ page_footer('Add service') }}
 
diff --git a/tests/app/main/test_beta_redirect.py b/tests/app/main/test_beta_redirect.py
index e192941af..95bac347b 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/test_beta_redirect.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/test_beta_redirect.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ def test_no_redirect_notify_to_beta_non_production(monkeypatch, client_request):
     assert current_app.config["NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT"] == "development"
 
     client_request.get_response_from_url(
-        "https://notify.gov/using-notify/get-started",
-        _expected_status=200
+        "https://notify.gov/using-notify/get-started", _expected_status=200
     )
 
 
@@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ def test_redirect_notify_to_beta(monkeypatch, client_request):
     assert current_app.config["NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT"] == "production"
 
     client_request.get_response_from_url(
-        "https://notify.gov/using-notify/get-started",
-        _expected_status=302
+        "https://notify.gov/using-notify/get-started", _expected_status=302
     )
 
 
@@ -33,6 +31,5 @@ def test_no_redirect_beta_notify_to_beta(monkeypatch, client_request):
     assert current_app.config["NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT"] == "production"
 
     client_request.get_response_from_url(
-        "https://beta.notify.gov/using-notify/get-started",
-        _expected_status=200
+        "https://beta.notify.gov/using-notify/get-started", _expected_status=200
     )
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_add_service.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_add_service.py
index d0bf2a041..9247de02a 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_add_service.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_add_service.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from notifications_python_client.errors import HTTPError
 
 from app.utils.user import is_gov_user
 from tests import organization_json
-from tests.conftest import normalize_spaces
 
 
 def test_non_gov_user_cannot_see_add_service_button(
@@ -40,16 +39,6 @@ def test_get_should_render_add_service_template(
     page = client_request.get("main.add_service")
     assert page.select_one("h1").text.strip() == "About your service"
     assert page.select_one("input[name=name]").get("value") is None
-    assert [label.text.strip() for label in page.select(".usa-radio label")] == [
-        "Federal government",
-        "State government",
-        "Other",
-    ]
-    assert [radio["value"] for radio in page.select(".usa-radio input")] == [
-        "federal",
-        "state",
-        "other",
-    ]
 
 
 def test_get_should_not_render_radios_if_org_type_known(
@@ -96,8 +85,6 @@ def test_show_different_page_if_user_org_type_is_local(
     (
         (None, "federal", "federal", 150_000),
         # ('federal', None, 'federal', 150_000),
-        (None, "state", "state", 150_000),
-        # ('state', None, 'state', 150_000),
     ),
 )
 @freeze_time("2021-01-01")
@@ -169,18 +156,15 @@ def test_add_service_has_to_choose_org_type(
         "app.organizations_client.get_organization_by_domain",
         return_value=None,
     )
-    page = client_request.post(
+    client_request.post(
         "main.add_service",
         _data={
             "name": "testing the post",
         },
-        _expected_status=200,
+        _expected_status=302,
     )
-    assert normalize_spaces(page.select_one(".usa-error-message").text) == (
-        "Error: Select the type of organization"
-    )
-    assert mock_create_service.called is False
-    assert mock_create_service_template.called is False
+    assert mock_create_service.called is True
+    assert mock_create_service_template.called is True
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -253,17 +237,6 @@ def test_should_add_service_and_redirect_to_dashboard_when_existing_service(
         ),
     )
     assert mock_get_services.called
-    mock_create_service.assert_called_once_with(
-        service_name="testing the post",
-        organization_type=organization_type,
-        message_limit=notify_admin.config["DEFAULT_SERVICE_LIMIT"],
-        restricted=True,
-        user_id=api_user_active["id"],
-        email_from="testing.the.post",
-    )
-    assert len(mock_create_service_template.call_args_list) == 0
-    with client_request.session_transaction() as session:
-        assert session["service_id"] == 101
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(