diff --git a/src/components/CampaignTextingHoursForm.jsx b/src/components/CampaignTextingHoursForm.jsx
index d69218f14..4bc3a44f9 100644
--- a/src/components/CampaignTextingHoursForm.jsx
+++ b/src/components/CampaignTextingHoursForm.jsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default class CampaignTextingHoursForm extends React.Component {
     textingHoursEnforced: yup.boolean(),
     textingHoursStart: yup.number().integer(),
     textingHoursEnd: yup.number().integer(),
-    timezone: yup.string()
+    timezone: yup.string().required()
   })
 
   fireOnChangeIfTheFormValuesChanged(fieldName, newValue) {
@@ -159,20 +159,22 @@ export default class CampaignTextingHoursForm extends React.Component {
       >
         <CampaignFormSectionHeading
           title='Texting hours for campaign'
-          subtitle='You can use the texting-hours configuration for your organization, or configure texting hours for this campaign.'
+          subtitle='Please configure texting hours for each campaign, noting the time zone of the individuals in the list you are uploading.'
         />
 
-        {this.addToggleFormField(
+        {/* Removed because it will always be true */}
+        {/*this.addToggleFormField(
           'overrideOrganizationTextingHours',
           'Override organization texting hours?'
-        )}
+        )*/}
 
         {this.props.formValues.overrideOrganizationTextingHours ? (
           <div>
-            {this.addToggleFormField(
+            {/* Removed because it will always be true */}
+            {/*this.addToggleFormField(
               'textingHoursEnforced',
               'Texting hours enforced?'
-            )}
+            )*/}
 
             {this.props.formValues.textingHoursEnforced ? (
               <div>
diff --git a/src/containers/AdminCampaignEdit.jsx b/src/containers/AdminCampaignEdit.jsx
index 19a3c3d72..c04dd43ed 100644
--- a/src/containers/AdminCampaignEdit.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/AdminCampaignEdit.jsx
@@ -67,13 +67,18 @@ const campaignInfoFragment = `
   editors
 `
 
+const valueOverrides = {
+  overrideOrganizationTextingHours: true,
+  textingHoursEnforced: true
+}
+
 class AdminCampaignEdit extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
     const isNew = props.location.query.new
     this.state = {
       expandedSection: isNew ? 0 : null,
-      campaignFormValues: props.campaignData.campaign,
+      campaignFormValues: Object.assign(props.campaignData.campaign, valueOverrides),
       startingCampaign: false
     }
   }
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ class AdminCampaignEdit extends React.Component {
     }
 
     this.setState({
-      campaignFormValues: pushToFormValues
+      campaignFormValues: Object.assign({}, pushToFormValues, valueOverrides)
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/server/api/schema.js b/src/server/api/schema.js
index d44c7bfc9..da26a0bc0 100644
--- a/src/server/api/schema.js
+++ b/src/server/api/schema.js
@@ -929,6 +929,10 @@ const rootMutations = {
 
       return []
     },
+    // We've modified campaign creation on the client so that overrideOrganizationHours is always true
+    // and enforce_texting_hours is always true
+    // as a result, we're forcing admins to think about the time zone of each campaign
+    // and saving a join on this query.
     sendMessage: async (_, { message, campaignContactId }, { user, loaders }) => {
       const record = (await r.knex('campaign_contact')
         .join('campaign', 'campaign_contact.campaign_id', 'campaign.id')
@@ -936,9 +940,8 @@ const rootMutations = {
           .where({ 'campaign.is_archived': false })
           .where({ 'campaign_contact.assignment_id': parseInt(message.assignmentId) })
         .join('assignment', 'campaign_contact.assignment_id', 'assignment.id')
-        .join('organization', 'organization.id', 'campaign.organization_id')
         .leftJoin('opt_out', {
-          'opt_out.organization_id': 'organization.id',
+          // 'opt_out.organization_id': 'campaign.organization.id',
           'opt_out.cell': 'campaign_contact.cell'
         })
         .select(
@@ -952,16 +955,18 @@ const rootMutations = {
           'campaign.texting_hours_end as c_texting_hours_end',
           'campaign.texting_hours_enforced as c_texting_hours_enforced',
           'assignment.user_id as a_assignment_user_id',
-          'organization.texting_hours_enforced as o_texting_hours_enforced',
-          'organization.texting_hours_end as o_texting_hours_end',
           'opt_out.id as is_opted_out',
           'campaign_contact.timezone_offset as contact_timezone_offset'
         ))[0]
-
+      
       if (!record) {
         throw new GraphQLError('Your assignment has changed')
       }
 
+      // setting defaults based on new forced conditions
+      record.o_texting_hours_enforced = true;
+      record.o_texting_hours_end = 21;
+
       // This block will only need to be evaluated if message is sent from admin Message Review
       if (record.a_assignment_user_id !== user.id) {
         const currentRoles = await r
@@ -1072,7 +1077,8 @@ const rootMutations = {
         return contact
       })()
 
-      const [messageInstance, contactUpdateResult] = await Promise.all([messageSavePromise, contactSavePromise])
+      const [messageInsertResult, contactUpdateResult] = await Promise.all([messageSavePromise, contactSavePromise])
+      const messageInstance = Array.isArray(messageInsertResult) ? messageInsertResult[0] : messageInsertResult;
 
       // Send message after we are sure messageInstance has been persisted
       const service = serviceMap[messageInstance.service || process.env.DEFAULT_SERVICE]
diff --git a/src/server/models/campaign.js b/src/server/models/campaign.js
index dd2314bf3..ffab9e0f0 100644
--- a/src/server/models/campaign.js
+++ b/src/server/models/campaign.js
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ const Campaign = thinky.createModel('campaign', type.object().schema({
     .default(21),
   timezone: type
     .string()
-    .required()
-    .default('US/Eastern')
-
 
 }).allowExtra(false), { noAutoCreation: true })