diff --git a/src/darknet.c b/src/darknet.c
index 776778a8cd6..627b6dbdf62 100644
--- a/src/darknet.c
+++ b/src/darknet.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "detector")){
         run_detector(argc, argv);
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "detect")){
-        float thresh = find_float_arg(argc, argv, "-thresh", .25);
+        float thresh = find_float_arg(argc, argv, "-thresh", .24);
         char *filename = (argc > 4) ? argv[4]: 0;
         test_detector("cfg/coco.data", argv[2], argv[3], filename, thresh);
     } else if (0 == strcmp(argv[1], "cifar")){
diff --git a/src/detector.c b/src/detector.c
index 31c44c03f02..a389407a849 100644
--- a/src/detector.c
+++ b/src/detector.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void test_detector(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, char *filenam
 void run_detector(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     char *prefix = find_char_arg(argc, argv, "-prefix", 0);
-    float thresh = find_float_arg(argc, argv, "-thresh", .25);
+    float thresh = find_float_arg(argc, argv, "-thresh", .24);
     int cam_index = find_int_arg(argc, argv, "-c", 0);
     int frame_skip = find_int_arg(argc, argv, "-s", 0);
     if(argc < 4){