diff --git a/deepface/models/face_detection/CenterFace.py b/deepface/models/face_detection/CenterFace.py
index d8e08bdd..b8fdf6b3 100644
--- a/deepface/models/face_detection/CenterFace.py
+++ b/deepface/models/face_detection/CenterFace.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def detect_faces(self, img: np.ndarray) -> List["FacialAreaRegion"]:
         """
         resp = []
 
-        threshold = float(os.getenv("CENTERFACE_THRESHOLD", "0.80"))
+        threshold = float(os.getenv("CENTERFACE_THRESHOLD", "0.35"))
 
         # BUG: model causes problematic results from 2nd call if it is not flushed
         # detections, landmarks = self.model.forward(