diff --git a/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json b/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
index a9e5fb9c0..eec60f303 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/openvino/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/openvino",
-   "version": "0.1.29",
+   "version": "0.1.30",
    "lockfileVersion": 2,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/openvino",
-         "version": "0.1.29",
+         "version": "0.1.30",
          "devDependencies": {
             "@scrypted/sdk": "file:../../sdk"
          }
diff --git a/plugins/openvino/package.json b/plugins/openvino/package.json
index 124e0d9af..d0bc10912 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/package.json
+++ b/plugins/openvino/package.json
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
    "devDependencies": {
       "@scrypted/sdk": "file:../../sdk"
    },
-   "version": "0.1.29"
+   "version": "0.1.30"
 }
diff --git a/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py b/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
index 3cfc4c3ac..5114ac96d 100644
--- a/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/openvino/src/ov/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from predict import PredictPlugin, Prediction, Rectangle
 import numpy as np
 import yolo
 
-
 def parse_label_contents(contents: str):
     lines = contents.splitlines()
     ret = {}
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ class OpenVINOPlugin(PredictPlugin, scrypted_sdk.BufferConverter, scrypted_sdk.S
                     'ssdlite_mobilenet_v2',
                     'yolo-v3-tiny-tf',
                     'yolo-v4-tiny-tf',
-                    # 'yolov8n',
+                    'yolov8n',
                 ],
                 'value': model,
             },
@@ -171,10 +170,12 @@ class OpenVINOPlugin(PredictPlugin, scrypted_sdk.BufferConverter, scrypted_sdk.S
         def predict():
             infer_request = self.compiled_model.create_infer_request()
             if self.yolov8:
-                i  = np.array(input)
-                c = np.squeeze(np.split(i, i.shape[-1], -1), axis=-1)
-                d = np.expand_dims(c, axis=0)
-                input_tensor = ov.Tensor(array=d.astype(np.float32), shared_memory=True)
+                im = np.stack([input])
+                im = im.transpose((0, 3, 1, 2))  # BHWC to BCHW, (n, 3, h, w)
+                im = im.astype(np.float32) / 255.0
+                im = np.ascontiguousarray(im)  # contiguous
+                im = ov.Tensor(array=im, shared_memory=True)
+                input_tensor = im
             elif self.yolo:
                 input_tensor = ov.Tensor(array=np.expand_dims(np.array(input), axis=0).astype(np.float32), shared_memory=True)
             else:
@@ -187,9 +188,8 @@ class OpenVINOPlugin(PredictPlugin, scrypted_sdk.BufferConverter, scrypted_sdk.S
             objs = []
 
             if self.yolov8:
-                objs = yolo.parse_yolov8(infer_request.outputs[0].data)
-                ret = self.create_detection_result(objs, src_size, cvss)
-                return ret
+                objs = yolo.parse_yolov8(infer_request.outputs[0].data[0])
+                return objs
 
             if self.yolo:
                 # index 2 will always either be 13 or 26