diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 701eea5..a3442d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ options:
                 streak is no more than ``sf_xtol``.
        * `'sf_nfa': 1` - Number of false alarms, allowed number of unaligned points in a streak.
        * `'sf_num_threads': int` - Number of threads to use for peak finder algorithm
+       * `'sf_min_hit_streaks': int` - Minimum number of discovered streaks to categorize frame as a hit. 
        * `'sf_mask_rois': list[(int, int, int, int)]` - [optional] list of `(y_min, y_max, x_min, x_max)` coordinates of ROIs to mask out during peak finding.
        * `'sf_crop_roi': [int, int, int, int]` - [optional] run streak finder on a cropped image, e.g. one quadrant, for purpose of spedup.
 
diff --git a/dap/algos/streakfind.py b/dap/algos/streakfind.py
index cdca48f..37ad48e 100644
--- a/dap/algos/streakfind.py
+++ b/dap/algos/streakfind.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from streak_finder import CrystData
 from streak_finder.label import Structure2D
 
 DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS = 16
+DEFAULT_MIN_HIT_STREAKS = 5
 
 
 def calc_streakfinder_analysis(results, data, pf_pixel_mask):
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ def _calc_streakfinder_analysis(results, cryst_data: CrystData):
     nfa = results["sf_nfa"]
     num_threads = results["sf_num_threads"]
 
+    min_hit_streaks = results.get("sf_min_hit_streaks", DEFAULT_MIN_HIT_STREAKS)
+
     x_center = results.get("beam_center_x", None)
     y_center = results.get("beam_center_y", None)
 
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ def _calc_streakfinder_analysis(results, cryst_data: CrystData):
     bragg_counts = [streak.total_mass() for streak in detected_streaks]
 
     results["number_of_streaks"] = number_of_streaks
-    results["is_hit_frame"] = (number_of_streaks > 5)
+    results["is_hit_frame"] = (number_of_streaks > min_hit_streaks)
     results["streaks"] = list_result
     results["streak_lengths"] = streak_lengths
     results["bragg_counts"] = bragg_counts