diff --git a/pyroengine/utils.py b/pyroengine/utils.py
index 72b0a84f..17dd0575 100644
--- a/pyroengine/utils.py
+++ b/pyroengine/utils.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def letterbox(
     im_b = np.zeros((h + top + bottom, w + left + right, 3)) + color
     im_b[top : top + h, left : left + w, :] = im
 
-    return im_b.astype("uint8")
+    return im_b.astype("uint8"), (left, top)
 
 
 def box_iou(box1: np.ndarray, box2: np.ndarray, eps: float = 1e-7):
diff --git a/pyroengine/vision.py b/pyroengine/vision.py
index 53ab89e1..a9ea22dd 100644
--- a/pyroengine/vision.py
+++ b/pyroengine/vision.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See LICENSE or go to <https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0> for full license details.
 
 import os
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -41,26 +41,27 @@ def __init__(self, model_path: Optional[str] = "data/model.onnx", img_size: tupl
         self.ort_session = onnxruntime.InferenceSession(model_path)
         self.img_size = img_size
 
-    def preprocess_image(self, pil_img: Image.Image, mask: Optional[np.ndarray] = None) -> np.ndarray:
+    def preprocess_image(self, pil_img: Image.Image) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, Tuple[int, int]]:
         """Preprocess an image for inference
 
         Args:
-            pil_img: a valid pillow image
-            mask: occlusion mask to drop prediction in an area
+            pil_img: A valid PIL image.
 
         Returns:
-            the resized and normalized image of shape (1, C, H, W)
+            A tuple containing:
+            - The resized and normalized image of shape (1, C, H, W).
+            - Padding information as a tuple of integers (pad_height, pad_width).
         """
 
-        np_img = letterbox(np.array(pil_img), self.img_size)  # letterbox
-        np_img = np.expand_dims(np_img.astype("float"), axis=0)
-        np_img = np.ascontiguousarray(np_img.transpose((0, 3, 1, 2)))  # BHWC to BCHW
-        np_img = np_img.astype("float32") / 255
+        np_img, pad = letterbox(np.array(pil_img), self.img_size)  # Applies letterbox resize with padding
+        np_img = np.expand_dims(np_img.astype("float"), axis=0)  # Add batch dimension
+        np_img = np.ascontiguousarray(np_img.transpose((0, 3, 1, 2)))  # Convert from BHWC to BCHW format
+        np_img = np_img.astype("float32") / 255  # Normalize to [0, 1]
 
-        return np_img
+        return np_img, pad
 
     def __call__(self, pil_img: Image.Image, occlusion_mask: Optional[np.ndarray] = None) -> np.ndarray:
-        np_img = self.preprocess_image(pil_img)
+        np_img, pad = self.preprocess_image(pil_img)
 
         # ONNX inference
         y = self.ort_session.run(["output0"], {"images": np_img})[0][0]
@@ -72,10 +73,15 @@ def __call__(self, pil_img: Image.Image, occlusion_mask: Optional[np.ndarray] =
         # Sort by confidence
         y = y[y[:, 4].argsort()]
         y = nms(y)
+
         # Normalize preds
         if len(y) > 0:
-            y[:, :4:2] /= self.img_size[1]
-            y[:, 1:4:2] /= self.img_size[0]
+            # Remove padding
+            left_pad, top_pad = pad
+            y[:, :4:2] -= left_pad
+            y[:, 1:4:2] -= top_pad
+            y[:, :4:2] /= self.img_size[1] - 2 * left_pad
+            y[:, 1:4:2] /= self.img_size[0] - 2 * top_pad
         else:
             y = np.zeros((0, 5))  # normalize output
 
diff --git a/tests/test_vision.py b/tests/test_vision.py
index 5c895de9..dada6dbe 100644
--- a/tests/test_vision.py
+++ b/tests/test_vision.py
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ def test_classifier(mock_wildfire_image):
     # Instantiate the ONNX model
     model = Classifier()
     # Check preprocessing
-    out = model.preprocess_image(mock_wildfire_image)
+    out, pad = model.preprocess_image(mock_wildfire_image)
     assert isinstance(out, np.ndarray) and out.dtype == np.float32
     assert out.shape == (1, 3, 384, 640)
+    assert isinstance(pad, tuple)
     # Check inference
     out = model(mock_wildfire_image)
     assert out.shape == (1, 5)