diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/gabor_graph.py b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/gabor_graph.py
index d08370b9d2742dda2901d792c21c81f1444628a7..2a6925a2628966dbe5fcc98781b5da8ceedd4f19 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/gabor_graph.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/gabor_graph.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def load(annotation_type, fixed_positions=None):
         cropped_positions=cropped_positions,
         fixed_positions=fixed_positions,
         color_channel="gray",
+        annotator="mtcnn",
     )
 
     return get_pipeline(face_cropper, transform_extra_arguments)
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lda.py b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lda.py
index 4fde671dc8d67a42caf95d1ff53a7dc1eb8fe8a7..e78eb76b79a52650b4c489fc3e3059627107d210 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lda.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lda.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def load(annotation_type, fixed_positions=None):
         cropped_positions=cropped_positions,
         fixed_positions=fixed_positions,
         color_channel="gray",
+        annotator="mtcnn",
     )
 
     preprocessor = bob.bio.face.preprocessor.TanTriggs(
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lgbphs.py b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lgbphs.py
index 8a9100f5c4aee44edf33163ada8d943219f5756c..7b484a7f7f929175053b24c6e1e69c672f93be08 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lgbphs.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/lgbphs.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def load(annotation_type, fixed_positions=None):
         cropped_positions=cropped_positions,
         fixed_positions=fixed_positions,
         color_channel="gray",
+        annotator="mtcnn",
     )
 
     return get_pipeline(face_cropper, transform_extra_arguments)
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/templates.py b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/templates.py
index bf6c6c4fdb6553cfb8c42987edfbb430c76f8f2b..ed8b10e3b8f9a6946d726c160586a2e9d6636e9f 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/templates.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/templates.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def arcface_baseline(embedding, annotation_type, fixed_positions=None):
         cropped_positions=cropped_positions,
         fixed_positions=fixed_positions,
         color_channel="rgb",
+        annotator="mtcnn",
     )
 
     algorithm = Distance()