diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 847735b12..c1365fdf0 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field, parse_obj_as, validator
 from pydantic.fields import PrivateAttr
 
 from frigate.const import (
+    ALL_ATTRIBUTE_LABELS,
     AUDIO_MIN_CONFIDENCE,
     CACHE_DIR,
     DEFAULT_DB_PATH,
@@ -1077,6 +1078,11 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
             config.mqtt.user = config.mqtt.user.format(**FRIGATE_ENV_VARS)
             config.mqtt.password = config.mqtt.password.format(**FRIGATE_ENV_VARS)
 
+        # set min_score for object attributes
+        for attribute in ALL_ATTRIBUTE_LABELS:
+            if not config.objects.filters.get(attribute):
+                config.objects.filters[attribute] = FilterConfig(min_score=0.7)
+
         # Global config to propagate down to camera level
         global_config = config.dict(
             include={