diff --git a/plugins/objectdetector/package-lock.json b/plugins/objectdetector/package-lock.json
index c2c280be67..f6e4d3aa29 100644
--- a/plugins/objectdetector/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/objectdetector/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/objectdetector",
-   "version": "0.0.107",
+   "version": "0.0.108",
    "lockfileVersion": 2,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/objectdetector",
-         "version": "0.0.107",
+         "version": "0.0.108",
          "license": "Apache-2.0",
          "dependencies": {
             "@scrypted/common": "file:../../common",
diff --git a/plugins/objectdetector/package.json b/plugins/objectdetector/package.json
index 310ee7e094..c805899a46 100644
--- a/plugins/objectdetector/package.json
+++ b/plugins/objectdetector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/objectdetector",
-   "version": "0.0.107",
+   "version": "0.0.108",
    "description": "Scrypted Video Analysis Plugin. Installed alongside a detection service like OpenCV or TensorFlow.",
    "author": "Scrypted",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/objectdetector/src/main.ts b/plugins/objectdetector/src/main.ts
index 80f5d23a9e..2b4c587004 100644
--- a/plugins/objectdetector/src/main.ts
+++ b/plugins/objectdetector/src/main.ts
@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ class ObjectDetectionMixin extends SettingsMixinDeviceBase<VideoCamera & Camera
           // this.console.log('image saved', detected.detected.detections);
         }
         this.reportObjectDetections(detected.detected);
+        if (this.hasMotionType) {
+          await sleep(250);
+        }
         // this.handleDetectionEvent(detected.detected);
       }
     }
@@ -681,6 +684,19 @@ class ObjectDetectionMixin extends SettingsMixinDeviceBase<VideoCamera & Camera
     }
   }
 
+  normalizeBox(boundingBox: [number, number, number, number], inputDimensions: [number, number]) {
+    let [x, y, width, height] = boundingBox;
+    let x2 = x + width;
+    let y2 = y + height;
+    // the zones are point paths in percentage format
+    x = x * 100 / inputDimensions[0];
+    y = y * 100 / inputDimensions[1];
+    x2 = x2 * 100 / inputDimensions[0];
+    y2 = y2 * 100 / inputDimensions[1];
+    const box = [[x, y], [x2, y], [x2, y2], [x, y2]];
+    return box;
+  }
+
   getDetectionDuration() {
     // when motion type, the detection interval is a keepalive reset.
     // the duration needs to simply be an arbitrarily longer time.
@@ -697,15 +713,7 @@ class ObjectDetectionMixin extends SettingsMixinDeviceBase<VideoCamera & Camera
         continue;
 
       o.zones = []
-      let [x, y, width, height] = o.boundingBox;
-      let x2 = x + width;
-      let y2 = y + height;
-      // the zones are point paths in percentage format
-      x = x * 100 / detection.inputDimensions[0];
-      y = y * 100 / detection.inputDimensions[1];
-      x2 = x2 * 100 / detection.inputDimensions[0];
-      y2 = y2 * 100 / detection.inputDimensions[1];
-      const box = [[x, y], [x2, y], [x2, y2], [x, y2]];
+      const box = this.normalizeBox(o.boundingBox, detection.inputDimensions);
 
       let included: boolean;
       for (const [zone, zoneValue] of Object.entries(this.zones)) {
@@ -745,6 +753,14 @@ class ObjectDetectionMixin extends SettingsMixinDeviceBase<VideoCamera & Camera
         }
       }
 
+      // if this is a motion sensor and there are no inclusion zones set up,
+      // use a default inclusion zone that crops the top and bottom to
+      // prevents errant motion from the on screen time changing every second.
+      if (this.hasMotionType && included === undefined) {
+        const defaultInclusionZone = [[0, 10], [100, 10], [100, 90], [0, 90]];
+        included = polygonOverlap(box, defaultInclusionZone);
+      }
+
       // if there are inclusion zones and this object
       // was not in any of them, filter it out.
       if (included === false)
diff --git a/plugins/tensorflow-lite/src/detect/__init__.py b/plugins/tensorflow-lite/src/detect/__init__.py
index 8505c3bf9e..b72baba068 100644
--- a/plugins/tensorflow-lite/src/detect/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/tensorflow-lite/src/detect/__init__.py
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ async def generateObjectDetections(self, videoFrames: Any, session: ObjectDetect
                    'detected': detected,
                    'videoFrame': videoFrame,
                }
-               await self.detection_event_notified(detection_session.settings)
         finally:
             try:
                 await videoFrames.aclose()