diff --git a/src/groundlight/client.py b/src/groundlight/client.py
index ff5a4f5a..9a55a906 100644
--- a/src/groundlight/client.py
+++ b/src/groundlight/client.py
@@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ def wait_for_confident_result(
         """
         if isinstance(image_query, str):
             image_query = self.get_image_query(image_query)
+
+        if confidence_threshold is None:
             confidence_threshold = self.get_detector(image_query.detector_id).confidence_threshold
 
         confidence_above_thresh = partial(iq_is_confident, confidence_threshold=confidence_threshold)  # type: ignore