diff --git a/client/sbs_client.py b/client/sbs_client.py
index 9d32b64d7937ac193a93b4bfe52d8d32a02216c5..9d3659863dfe423c60c6500e5195d9aec45b39fc 100755
--- a/client/sbs_client.py
+++ b/client/sbs_client.py
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ def logError(msg):
 
 def detectFaces(model, image):
     return model.detectMultiScale(image,
-        scaleFactor=1.1,
+        scaleFactor=1.3,
         minNeighbors=5,
-        minSize=(30, 30),
-        flags=cv2.CASCADE_SCALE_IMAGE
+        minSize=(60, 60)
     )
 
 def main(argv):
diff --git a/contrib/src/web/emotion_gender_processor.py b/contrib/src/web/emotion_gender_processor.py
index 76ffb0aa9b2fa72117e1237635681e12f54efc58..e688bf03ee4b909da0a5a866393b9aed5d4977e1 100644
--- a/contrib/src/web/emotion_gender_processor.py
+++ b/contrib/src/web/emotion_gender_processor.py
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ class EGProcessor:
 
     def detectFaces(self, model, image):
         return model.detectMultiScale(image,
-            scaleFactor=1.1,
+            scaleFactor=1.3,
             minNeighbors=5,
-            minSize=(30, 30),
-            flags=cv2.CASCADE_SCALE_IMAGE
+            minSize=(60, 60)
         )
 
     def processImage(self, image, result_fname = None, type = 'png', detect_emotion = True):