diff --git a/examples/yolov2.cpp b/examples/yolov2.cpp
index 4be9c9a2f..ad7e74ba6 100644
--- a/examples/yolov2.cpp
+++ b/examples/yolov2.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int detect_yolov2(const cv::Mat& bgr, std::vector<Object>& objects)
 
     // the Caffe-YOLOv2-Windows style
     // X' = X * scale - mean
-    const float mean_vals[3] = {0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f};
+    const float mean_vals[3] = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
     const float norm_vals[3] = {0.007843f, 0.007843f, 0.007843f};
     in.substract_mean_normalize(0, norm_vals);
     in.substract_mean_normalize(mean_vals, 0);
diff --git a/examples/yolov3.cpp b/examples/yolov3.cpp
index 86332d225..a32d76bc4 100644
--- a/examples/yolov3.cpp
+++ b/examples/yolov3.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int detect_yolov3(const cv::Mat& bgr, std::vector<Object>& objects)
 
     // the Caffe-yolov3-Windows style
     // X' = X * scale - mean
-    const float mean_vals[3] = {0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f};
+    const float mean_vals[3] = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
     const float norm_vals[3] = {0.007843f, 0.007843f, 0.007843f};
     in.substract_mean_normalize(0, norm_vals);
     in.substract_mean_normalize(mean_vals, 0);