diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
index d203e7c3e..2ac5699fe 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/birdnet_to_mqtt.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def file_row_generator(s):
 
 # flag to select whether to process all detections, if False, only the records above the set threshold will be processed
 
-process_all = True
+process_all = False
 
 # mqtt server
 mqtt_server = "%%mqtt_server%%" # server for mqtt