diff --git a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
index f3d5e39bc..8625dbac8 100644
--- a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def check_for_services_with_high_failure_rates_or_sending_to_tv_numbers():
             )
             message += "service: {} failure rate: {},\n".format(service_dashboard, service.permanent_failure_rate)
     elif services_sending_to_tv_numbers:
-        message += "{} service(s) have sent over 500 sms messages to tv numbers in last 24 hours:\n".format(
+        message += "{} service(s) have sent high volumes of sms messages to tv numbers in last 24 hours:\n".format(
             len(services_sending_to_tv_numbers)
         )
         for service in services_sending_to_tv_numbers:
diff --git a/app/dao/services_dao.py b/app/dao/services_dao.py
index 3c7d42722..b992ef933 100644
--- a/app/dao/services_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/services_dao.py
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ def dao_fetch_active_users_for_service(service_id):
     return query.all()
 
 
-def dao_find_services_sending_to_tv_numbers(start_date, end_date, threshold=500):
+def dao_find_services_sending_to_tv_numbers(start_date, end_date, threshold=62_500):
     return db.session.query(
         Notification.service_id.label('service_id'),
         func.count(Notification.id).label('notification_count')
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ def dao_find_services_sending_to_tv_numbers(start_date, end_date, threshold=500)
     ).all()
 
 
-def dao_find_services_with_high_failure_rates(start_date, end_date, threshold=100):
+def dao_find_services_with_high_failure_rates(start_date, end_date, threshold=62_500):
     subquery = db.session.query(
         func.count(Notification.id).label('total_count'),
         Notification.service_id.label('service_id')
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
index 9e67e4920..bf2d09ec9 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ MockServicesWithHighFailureRate = namedtuple(
     ],
     [
         [],
-        [MockServicesSendingToTVNumbers("123", 300)],
-        "1 service(s) have sent over 500 sms messages to tv numbers in last 24 hours:\n"
-        "service: {}/services/{} count of sms to tv numbers: 300,\n".format(
+        [MockServicesSendingToTVNumbers("123", 63_000)],
+        "1 service(s) have sent high volumes of sms messages to tv numbers in last 24 hours:\n"
+        "service: {}/services/{} count of sms to tv numbers: 63000,\n".format(
             Config.ADMIN_BASE_URL, "123"
         )
     ]