diff --git a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/RetinaNet.py b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/RetinaNet.py
index 1005034..c2bf844 100755
--- a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/RetinaNet.py
+++ b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/RetinaNet.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 class RetinaNet(DetectorBase):
 
-    def __init(self):
+    def __init__(self):
         super.__init__()
 
     def build_model(self, model_dir_path, weight_file_name):
diff --git a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
index 9bb1918..41ebb9f 100755
--- a/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
+++ b/object_detection/object_detection/Detectors/YOLOv8.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 class YOLOv8(DetectorBase):
 
-    def __init__(self, conf_threshold=0.7):
+    def __init__(self):
+
         super().__init__()
-        self.conf_threshold = conf_threshold
 
     def build_model(self, model_dir_path, weight_file_name):
         try:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_predictions(self, cv_image):
             boxes = []
 
             # Perform object detection on image
-            result = self.model.predict(self.frame, conf=self.conf_threshold, verbose=False)
+            result = self.model.predict(self.frame, verbose=False)  # Perform object detection on image
             row = result[0].boxes.cpu()
 
             for box in row:
diff --git a/object_detection/object_detection/ObjectDetection.py b/object_detection/object_detection/ObjectDetection.py
index b2ff1e0..549954b 100644
--- a/object_detection/object_detection/ObjectDetection.py
+++ b/object_detection/object_detection/ObjectDetection.py
@@ -107,19 +107,23 @@ def detection_cb(self, img_msg):
             print("Image input from topic: {} is empty".format(self.input_img_topic))
         else:
             for prediction in predictions:
-                x1, y1, x2, y2 = map(int, prediction['box'])
+                confidence = prediction['confidence']
 
-                # Draw the bounding box
-                cv_image = cv2.rectangle(cv_image, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (0, 255, 0), 1)
+                # Check if the confidence is above the threshold
+                if confidence >= self.confidence_threshold:
+                    x1, y1, x2, y2 = map(int, prediction['box'])
 
-                # Show names of classes on the output image
-                class_id = int(prediction['class_id'])
-                class_name = self.detector.class_list[class_id]
-                label = f"{class_name}: {prediction['confidence']:.2f}"
+                    # Draw the bounding box
+                    cv_image = cv2.rectangle(cv_image, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (0, 255, 0), 1)
 
-                cv_image = cv2.putText(cv_image, label, (x1, y1 - 5),
-                                       cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.5, (0, 255, 0), 1)
+                    # Show names of classes on the output image
+                    class_id = int(prediction['class_id'])
+                    class_name = self.detector.class_list[class_id]
+                    label = f"{class_name} : {confidence:.2f}"
 
+                    cv_image = cv2.putText(cv_image, label, (x1, y1 - 5), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.5, (0, 255, 0), 1)
+
+            # Publish the modified image
             output = self.bridge.cv2_to_imgmsg(cv_image, "bgr8")
             self.img_pub.publish(output)