diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6078bbf4..d46b4991 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ pub struct ChunkerConfig {
     pub service: ServiceConfig,
 }
 
-/// Configuration parameters applicable to each detector
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-pub struct DetectorConfigParams {
-    /// Default threshold with which to filter detector results by score
-    pub default_threshold: Option<f32>,
-}
-
 /// Configuration for each detector
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DetectorConfig {
@@ -80,8 +73,8 @@ pub struct DetectorConfig {
     pub service: ServiceConfig,
     /// ID of chunker that this detector will use
     pub chunker_id: String,
-    /// Optional detector configuration parameters
-    pub config: Option<DetectorConfigParams>,
+    /// Default threshold with which to filter detector results by score
+    pub default_threshold: f32,
 }
 
 /// Overall orchestrator server configuration
@@ -147,12 +140,9 @@ impl OrchestratorConfig {
 
     /// Get default threshold of a particular detector
     pub fn get_default_threshold(&self, detector_id: &str) -> Option<f32> {
-        self.detectors.get(detector_id).and_then(|detector_config| {
-            detector_config
-                .config
-                .as_ref()
-                .and_then(|config| config.default_threshold)
-        })
+        self.detectors
+            .get(detector_id)
+            .map(|detector_config| detector_config.default_threshold)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 25ad39ed..9e98aae0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilte
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Args {
-    #[clap(default_value = "8033", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "8081", long, env)]
     http_port: u16,
     #[clap(long, env)]
     json_output: bool,
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
index f3bd40f4..5b48522c 100644
--- a/src/models.rs
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 use crate::pb;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+// TODO: When detector API is updated, consider if fields
+// like 'threshold' can be named options instead of the
+// use a generic HashMap with Values here
+// ref. https://github.com/foundation-model-stack/fms-guardrails-orchestrator/issues/37
 pub type DetectorParams = HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>;
 
 /// User request to orchestrator
diff --git a/src/orchestrator.rs b/src/orchestrator.rs
index 63f95f92..a31b4d58 100644
--- a/src/orchestrator.rs
+++ b/src/orchestrator.rs
@@ -237,13 +237,15 @@ async fn detect(
         .map(|(detector_id, detector_params)| {
             let ctx = ctx.clone();
             let detector_id = detector_id.clone();
-            let mut detector_params = detector_params.clone();
-            if let Some(default_threshold) = ctx.config.get_default_threshold(&detector_id) {
-                // Use a default threshold if threshold is not provided by the user
-                detector_params
-                    .entry("threshold".into())
-                    .or_insert(default_threshold.into());
-            }
+            let detector_params: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value> = detector_params.clone();
+            // Get the default threshold to use if threshold is not provided by the user
+            let default_threshold =
+                ctx.config
+                    .get_default_threshold(&detector_id)
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::DetectorNotFound {
+                        detector_id: detector_id.clone(),
+                    })?;
+            // Get chunker for detector
             let chunker_id =
                 ctx.config
                     .get_chunker_id(&detector_id)
@@ -252,7 +254,8 @@ async fn detect(
                     })?;
             let chunks = chunks.get(&chunker_id).unwrap().clone();
             Ok(tokio::spawn(async move {
-                handle_detection_task(ctx, detector_id, detector_params, chunks).await
+                handle_detection_task(ctx, detector_id, default_threshold, detector_params, chunks)
+                    .await
             }))
         })
         .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, Error>>()?;
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ async fn handle_chunk_task(
 async fn handle_detection_task(
     ctx: Arc<Context>,
     detector_id: String,
+    default_threshold: f32,
     detector_params: DetectorParams,
     chunks: Vec<Chunk>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<TokenClassificationResult>, Error> {
@@ -332,7 +336,7 @@ async fn handle_detection_task(
             let detector_params = detector_params.clone();
             async move {
                 // NOTE: The detector request is expected to change and not actually
-                // take parameters. However, any parameters will be ignored for now
+                // take parameters. Any parameters will be ignored for now
                 // ref. https://github.com/foundation-model-stack/fms-guardrails-orchestrator/issues/37
                 let request = DetectorRequest::new(chunk.text.clone(), detector_params.clone());
                 debug!(
@@ -361,12 +365,11 @@ async fn handle_detection_task(
                         let mut result: TokenClassificationResult = detection.into();
                         result.start += chunk.offset as u32;
                         result.end += chunk.offset as u32;
-                        let threshold = detector_params.get("threshold").and_then(|v| v.as_f64());
-                        if threshold.is_some_and(|value| result.score < value) {
-                            None
-                        } else {
-                            Some(result)
-                        }
+                        let threshold = detector_params
+                            .get("threshold")
+                            .and_then(|v| v.as_f64())
+                            .unwrap_or(default_threshold as f64);
+                        (result.score >= threshold).then_some(result)
                     })
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                 Ok::<Vec<TokenClassificationResult>, Error>(results)