diff --git a/lc_classification_step/lc_classification/core/step.py b/lc_classification_step/lc_classification/core/step.py
index 31f692c3a..d2fe7ac44 100644
--- a/lc_classification_step/lc_classification/core/step.py
+++ b/lc_classification_step/lc_classification/core/step.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def __init__(self, config={}, level=logging.INFO, model=None, **step_args):
         self.step_parser: KafkaParser = get_class(
             config["STEP_PARSER_CLASS"]
         )()
-        self.min_detections = config.get("MIN_DETECTIONS", None)
+        self.min_detections = self.config.get("MIN_DETECTIONS", None)
         if self.min_detections is not None:
             self.min_detections = int(self.min_detections)