diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(dashboard)/templates/use-template-dialog.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/(dashboard)/templates/use-template-dialog.tsx
index e4c703a2f..1852dd147 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/(dashboard)/templates/use-template-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(dashboard)/templates/use-template-dialog.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation';
 
 import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
 import { Plus } from 'lucide-react';
-import { Controller, useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 import * as z from 'zod';
 
 import type { Recipient } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
-import { RecipientRole } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
 import { trpc } from '@documenso/trpc/react';
 import { Button } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/button';
 import {
@@ -19,24 +18,56 @@ import {
   DialogTitle,
   DialogTrigger,
 } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/dialog';
-import { FormErrorMessage } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/form/form-error-message';
+import {
+  Form,
+  FormControl,
+  FormField,
+  FormItem,
+  FormLabel,
+  FormMessage,
+} from '@documenso/ui/primitives/form/form';
 import { Input } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/input';
-import { Label } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/label';
-import { ROLE_ICONS } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/recipient-role-icons';
-import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/select';
 import { useToast } from '@documenso/ui/primitives/use-toast';
 
 import { useOptionalCurrentTeam } from '~/providers/team';
 
-const ZAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema = z.object({
-  recipients: z.array(
-    z.object({
-      email: z.string().email(),
-      name: z.string(),
-      role: z.nativeEnum(RecipientRole),
-    }),
-  ),
-});
+const ZAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema = z
+  .object({
+    recipients: z.array(
+      z.object({
+        id: z.number(),
+        email: z.string().email(),
+        name: z.string(),
+      }),
+    ),
+  })
+  // Display exactly which rows are duplicates.
+  .superRefine((items, ctx) => {
+    const uniqueEmails = new Map<string, number>();
+
+    for (const [index, recipients] of items.recipients.entries()) {
+      const email = recipients.email.toLowerCase();
+
+      const firstFoundIndex = uniqueEmails.get(email);
+
+      if (firstFoundIndex === undefined) {
+        uniqueEmails.set(email, index);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'Emails must be unique',
+        path: ['recipients', index, 'email'],
+      });
+
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'Emails must be unique',
+        path: ['recipients', firstFoundIndex, 'email'],
+      });
+    }
+  });
 
 type TAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema = z.infer<typeof ZAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema>;
 
@@ -56,33 +87,18 @@ export function UseTemplateDialog({
 
   const team = useOptionalCurrentTeam();
 
-  const {
-    control,
-    handleSubmit,
-    formState: { errors, isSubmitting },
-  } = useForm<TAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema>({
+  const form = useForm<TAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema>({
     resolver: zodResolver(ZAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema),
     defaultValues: {
-      recipients:
-        recipients.length > 0
-          ? recipients.map((recipient) => ({
-              nativeId: recipient.id,
-              formId: String(recipient.id),
-              name: recipient.name,
-              email: recipient.email,
-              role: recipient.role,
-            }))
-          : [
-              {
-                name: '',
-                email: '',
-                role: RecipientRole.SIGNER,
-              },
-            ],
+      recipients: recipients.map((recipient) => ({
+        id: recipient.id,
+        name: recipient.name,
+        email: recipient.email,
+      })),
     },
   });
 
-  const { mutateAsync: createDocumentFromTemplate, isLoading: isCreatingDocumentFromTemplate } =
+  const { mutateAsync: createDocumentFromTemplate } =
     trpc.template.createDocumentFromTemplate.useMutation();
 
   const onSubmit = async (data: TAddRecipientsForNewDocumentSchema) => {
@@ -109,10 +125,8 @@ export function UseTemplateDialog({
     }
   };
 
-  const onCreateDocumentFromTemplate = handleSubmit(onSubmit);
-
   const { fields: formRecipients } = useFieldArray({
-    control,
+    control: form.control,
     name: 'recipients',
   });
 
@@ -127,120 +141,65 @@ export function UseTemplateDialog({
       <DialogContent className="sm:max-w-lg">
         <DialogHeader>
           <DialogTitle>Document Recipients</DialogTitle>
-          <DialogDescription>Add the recipients to create the template with.</DialogDescription>
+          <DialogDescription>Add the recipients to create the template with</DialogDescription>
         </DialogHeader>
-        <div className="flex flex-col space-y-4">
-          {formRecipients.map((recipient, index) => (
-            <div
-              key={recipient.id}
-              data-native-id={recipient.id}
-              className="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-x-4"
+
+        <Form {...form}>
+          <form onSubmit={form.handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
+            <fieldset
+              className="flex h-full flex-col space-y-4"
+              disabled={form.formState.isSubmitting}
             >
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <Label htmlFor={`recipient-${recipient.id}-email`}>
-                  Email
-                  <span className="text-destructive ml-1 inline-block font-medium">*</span>
-                </Label>
+              <div className="custom-scrollbar -m-1 max-h-[60vh] space-y-4 overflow-y-auto p-1">
+                {formRecipients.map((recipient, index) => (
+                  <div className="flex w-full flex-row space-x-4" key={recipient.id}>
+                    <FormField
+                      control={form.control}
+                      name={`recipients.${index}.email`}
+                      render={({ field }) => (
+                        <FormItem className="w-full">
+                          {index === 0 && <FormLabel required>Email</FormLabel>}
 
-                <Controller
-                  control={control}
-                  name={`recipients.${index}.email`}
-                  render={({ field }) => (
-                    <Input
-                      id={`recipient-${recipient.id}-email`}
-                      type="email"
-                      className="bg-background mt-2"
-                      disabled={isSubmitting}
-                      {...field}
+                          <FormControl>
+                            <Input {...field} />
+                          </FormControl>
+                          <FormMessage />
+                        </FormItem>
+                      )}
                     />
-                  )}
-                />
-              </div>
 
-              <div className="flex-1">
-                <Label htmlFor={`recipient-${recipient.id}-name`}>Name</Label>
+                    <FormField
+                      control={form.control}
+                      name={`recipients.${index}.name`}
+                      render={({ field }) => (
+                        <FormItem className="w-full">
+                          {index === 0 && <FormLabel>Name</FormLabel>}
 
-                <Controller
-                  control={control}
-                  name={`recipients.${index}.name`}
-                  render={({ field }) => (
-                    <Input
-                      id={`recipient-${recipient.id}-name`}
-                      type="text"
-                      className="bg-background mt-2"
-                      disabled={isSubmitting}
-                      {...field}
+                          <FormControl>
+                            <Input {...field} />
+                          </FormControl>
+                          <FormMessage />
+                        </FormItem>
+                      )}
                     />
-                  )}
-                />
+                  </div>
+                ))}
               </div>
 
-              <div className="w-[60px]">
-                <Controller
-                  control={control}
-                  name={`recipients.${index}.role`}
-                  render={({ field: { value, onChange } }) => (
-                    <Select value={value} onValueChange={(x) => onChange(x)}>
-                      <SelectTrigger className="bg-background">{ROLE_ICONS[value]}</SelectTrigger>
+              <DialogFooter>
+                <DialogClose asChild>
+                  <Button type="button" variant="secondary">
+                    Close
+                  </Button>
+                </DialogClose>
 
-                      <SelectContent className="" align="end">
-                        <SelectItem value={RecipientRole.SIGNER}>
-                          <div className="flex items-center">
-                            <span className="mr-2">{ROLE_ICONS[RecipientRole.SIGNER]}</span>
-                            Signer
-                          </div>
-                        </SelectItem>
-
-                        <SelectItem value={RecipientRole.CC}>
-                          <div className="flex items-center">
-                            <span className="mr-2">{ROLE_ICONS[RecipientRole.CC]}</span>
-                            Receives copy
-                          </div>
-                        </SelectItem>
-
-                        <SelectItem value={RecipientRole.APPROVER}>
-                          <div className="flex items-center">
-                            <span className="mr-2">{ROLE_ICONS[RecipientRole.APPROVER]}</span>
-                            Approver
-                          </div>
-                        </SelectItem>
-
-                        <SelectItem value={RecipientRole.VIEWER}>
-                          <div className="flex items-center">
-                            <span className="mr-2">{ROLE_ICONS[RecipientRole.VIEWER]}</span>
-                            Viewer
-                          </div>
-                        </SelectItem>
-                      </SelectContent>
-                    </Select>
-                  )}
-                />
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="w-full">
-                <FormErrorMessage className="mt-2" error={errors.recipients?.[index]?.email} />
-                <FormErrorMessage className="mt-2" error={errors.recipients?.[index]?.name} />
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-
-        <DialogFooter className="justify-end">
-          <DialogClose asChild>
-            <Button type="button" variant="secondary">
-              Close
-            </Button>
-          </DialogClose>
-
-          <Button
-            type="button"
-            loading={isCreatingDocumentFromTemplate}
-            disabled={isCreatingDocumentFromTemplate}
-            onClick={onCreateDocumentFromTemplate}
-          >
-            Create Document
-          </Button>
-        </DialogFooter>
+                <Button type="submit" loading={form.formState.isSubmitting}>
+                  Create Document
+                </Button>
+              </DialogFooter>
+            </fieldset>
+          </form>
+        </Form>
       </DialogContent>
     </Dialog>
   );
diff --git a/packages/lib/server-only/template/create-document-from-template.ts b/packages/lib/server-only/template/create-document-from-template.ts
index 8ae5fecaf..08363434f 100644
--- a/packages/lib/server-only/template/create-document-from-template.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/server-only/template/create-document-from-template.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import { nanoid } from '@documenso/lib/universal/id';
 import { prisma } from '@documenso/prisma';
-import type { RecipientRole } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
 
 export type CreateDocumentFromTemplateOptions = {
   templateId: number;
   userId: number;
   teamId?: number;
-  recipients?: {
+  recipients: {
+    id: number;
     name?: string;
     email: string;
-    role?: RecipientRole;
   }[];
 };
 
@@ -49,6 +48,20 @@ export const createDocumentFromTemplate = async ({
     throw new Error('Template not found.');
   }
 
+  const finalRecipients = template.Recipient.map((templateRecipient) => {
+    const foundRecipient = recipients.find((recipient) => recipient.id === templateRecipient.id);
+
+    if (!foundRecipient) {
+      throw new Error('Recipient not found.');
+    }
+
+    return {
+      name: foundRecipient.name,
+      email: foundRecipient.email,
+      role: templateRecipient.role,
+    };
+  });
+
   const documentData = await prisma.documentData.create({
     data: {
       type: template.templateDocumentData.type,
@@ -57,81 +70,55 @@ export const createDocumentFromTemplate = async ({
     },
   });
 
-  const document = await prisma.document.create({
-    data: {
-      userId,
-      teamId: template.teamId,
-      title: template.title,
-      documentDataId: documentData.id,
-      Recipient: {
-        create: template.Recipient.map((recipient) => ({
-          email: recipient.email,
-          name: recipient.name,
-          role: recipient.role,
-          token: nanoid(),
-        })),
-      },
-    },
-
-    include: {
-      Recipient: {
-        orderBy: {
-          id: 'asc',
-        },
-      },
-      documentData: true,
-    },
-  });
-
-  await prisma.field.createMany({
-    data: template.Field.map((field) => {
-      const recipient = template.Recipient.find((recipient) => recipient.id === field.recipientId);
-
-      const documentRecipient = document.Recipient.find((doc) => doc.email === recipient?.email);
-
-      return {
-        type: field.type,
-        page: field.page,
-        positionX: field.positionX,
-        positionY: field.positionY,
-        width: field.width,
-        height: field.height,
-        customText: field.customText,
-        inserted: field.inserted,
-        documentId: document.id,
-        recipientId: documentRecipient?.id || null,
-      };
-    }),
-  });
-
-  if (recipients && recipients.length > 0) {
-    document.Recipient = await Promise.all(
-      recipients.map(async (recipient, index) => {
-        const existingRecipient = document.Recipient.at(index);
-
-        return await prisma.recipient.upsert({
-          where: {
-            documentId_email: {
-              documentId: document.id,
-              email: existingRecipient?.email ?? recipient.email,
-            },
-          },
-          update: {
-            name: recipient.name,
-            email: recipient.email,
-            role: recipient.role,
-          },
-          create: {
-            documentId: document.id,
+  return await prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
+    const document = await tx.document.create({
+      data: {
+        userId,
+        teamId: template.teamId,
+        title: template.title,
+        documentDataId: documentData.id,
+        Recipient: {
+          create: finalRecipients.map((recipient) => ({
             email: recipient.email,
             name: recipient.name,
             role: recipient.role,
             token: nanoid(),
+          })),
+        },
+      },
+      include: {
+        Recipient: {
+          orderBy: {
+            id: 'asc',
           },
-        });
-      }),
-    );
-  }
+        },
+        documentData: true,
+      },
+    });
 
-  return document;
+    await tx.field.createMany({
+      data: template.Field.map((field) => {
+        const recipient = template.Recipient.find(
+          (recipient) => recipient.id === field.recipientId,
+        );
+
+        const documentRecipient = document.Recipient.find((doc) => doc.email === recipient?.email);
+
+        return {
+          type: field.type,
+          page: field.page,
+          positionX: field.positionX,
+          positionY: field.positionY,
+          width: field.width,
+          height: field.height,
+          customText: field.customText,
+          inserted: field.inserted,
+          documentId: document.id,
+          recipientId: documentRecipient?.id || null,
+        };
+      }),
+    });
+
+    return document;
+  });
 };
diff --git a/packages/trpc/server/template-router/schema.ts b/packages/trpc/server/template-router/schema.ts
index 3f16d7b39..3fd47791f 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/server/template-router/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/server/template-router/schema.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import { RecipientRole } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
-
 export const ZCreateTemplateMutationSchema = z.object({
   title: z.string().min(1).trim(),
   teamId: z.number().optional(),
@@ -11,15 +9,13 @@ export const ZCreateTemplateMutationSchema = z.object({
 export const ZCreateDocumentFromTemplateMutationSchema = z.object({
   templateId: z.number(),
   teamId: z.number().optional(),
-  recipients: z
-    .array(
-      z.object({
-        email: z.string().email(),
-        name: z.string(),
-        role: z.nativeEnum(RecipientRole),
-      }),
-    )
-    .optional(),
+  recipients: z.array(
+    z.object({
+      id: z.number(),
+      email: z.string().email(),
+      name: z.string().optional(),
+    }),
+  ),
 });
 
 export const ZDuplicateTemplateMutationSchema = z.object({