diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 847735b126..90740150c3 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from pydantic.fields import PrivateAttr
 
 from frigate.const import (
+    ALL_ATTRIBUTE_LABELS,
     AUDIO_MIN_CONFIDENCE,
     CACHE_DIR,
     DEFAULT_DB_PATH,
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ def __init__(self, **config):
 
 class ObjectConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     track: List[str] = Field(default=DEFAULT_TRACKED_OBJECTS, title="Objects to track.")
-    filters: Optional[Dict[str, FilterConfig]] = Field(title="Object filters.")
+    filters: Dict[str, FilterConfig] = Field(default={}, title="Object filters.")
     mask: Union[str, List[str]] = Field(default="", title="Object mask.")
 
 
@@ -1077,6 +1078,13 @@ def runtime_config(self, plus_api: PlusApi = None) -> FrigateConfig:
             config.mqtt.user = config.mqtt.user.format(**FRIGATE_ENV_VARS)
             config.mqtt.password = config.mqtt.password.format(**FRIGATE_ENV_VARS)
 
+        # set default 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)
+            elif config.objects.filters[attribute].min_score == 0.5:
+                config.objects.filters[attribute].min_score = 0.7
+
         # Global config to propagate down to camera level
         global_config = config.dict(
             include={