diff --git a/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp b/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
index 1dfb33a1d..1ff409084 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/perf/perf_cascadeclassifier.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(detect, SCascade,
     ASSERT_FALSE(colored.empty());
 
     cv::SCascade cascade;
-    cv::FileStorage fs(getDataPath(get<0>(GetParam())), cv::FileStorage::READ);
+    cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);
     ASSERT_TRUE(fs.isOpened());
     ASSERT_TRUE(cascade.load(fs.getFirstTopLevelNode()));
 
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp b/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
index b7a0d8e80..1d2fbb1d8 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/test/test_softcascade.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ TEST(SCascade, detect1)
     typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
     std::string xml =  cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "cascadeandhog/sc_cvpr_2012_to_opencv.xml";
     cv::SCascade cascade;
-    // cascade.set("rejfactor", 0.5);
+    cascade.set("rejCriteria", cv::SCascade::DOLLAR);
     // cascade.set("minScale", 0.5);
     // cascade.set("scales", 2);
     cv::FileStorage fs("/home/kellan/soft-cascade-17.12.2012/first-soft-cascade-composide-octave_1.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ);