diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/botsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/botsort.yaml
similarity index 51%
rename from boxmot/configs/search/botsort.yaml
rename to boxmot/configs/botsort.yaml
index 71ea1c7763..d148c90401 100644
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/botsort.yaml
+++ b/boxmot/configs/botsort.yaml
@@ -1,37 +1,34 @@
-# botsort_search_space.yaml
-
 track_high_thresh:
   type: uniform
+  default: 0.6  # from the default parameters
   range: [0.3, 0.7]
 
 track_low_thresh:
   type: uniform
+  default: 0.1  # from the default parameters
   range: [0.1, 0.3]
 
 new_track_thresh:
   type: uniform
+  default: 0.7  # from the default parameters
   range: [0.1, 0.8]
 
 track_buffer:
   type: randint
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
   range: [20, 81]
 
 match_thresh:
   type: uniform
+  default: 0.8  # from the default parameters
   range: [0.1, 0.9]
 
 proximity_thresh:
   type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
   range: [0.25, 0.75]
 
 appearance_thresh:
   type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.8]
-
-cmc_method:
-  type: choice
-  options: ['sparseOptFlow']
-
-frame_rate:
-  type: choice
-  options: [30]
+  default: 0.25  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.8]
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diff --git a/boxmot/configs/bytetrack.yaml b/boxmot/configs/bytetrack.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f33000e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/bytetrack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+track_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.4, 0.6]
+
+track_buffer:
+  type: randint
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  range: [10, 61, 10]  # step size of 10, upper bound exclusive
+
+match_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.8  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.7, 0.9]
+
+frame_rate:
+  type: choice
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  choices: [30]  # static choice for Ray Search
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/deepocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/deepocsort.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22b30b8bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/deepocsort.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+det_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.3, 0.6]
+
+max_age:
+  type: randint
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  range: [10, 61, 10]  # step size of 10, upper bound exclusive
+
+min_hits:
+  type: randint
+  default: 3  # from the default parameters
+  range: [1, 6]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+iou_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.3  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+delta_t:
+  type: randint
+  default: 3  # from the default parameters
+  range: [1, 6]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+asso_func:
+  type: choice
+  default: iou  # from the default parameters
+  options: ['iou', 'giou']
+
+inertia:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.2  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+w_association_emb:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.75  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.5, 0.9]
+
+alpha_fixed_emb:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.95  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.9, 0.999]
+
+aw_param:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.3, 0.7]
+
+embedding_off:
+  type: choice
+  default: false  # from the default parameters
+  options: [True, False]
+
+cmc_off:
+  type: choice
+  default: false  # from the default parameters
+  options: [True, False]
+
+aw_off:
+  type: choice
+  default: false  # from the default parameters
+  options: [True, False]
+
+Q_xy_scaling:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.01  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.01, 1]
+
+Q_s_scaling:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.0001  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.0001, 1]
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/__init__.py b/boxmot/configs/defaults/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f7a4d0f1f..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Mikel Broström 🔥 Yolo Tracking 🧾 AGPL-3.0 license
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/botsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/botsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 75028a2279..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/botsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-appearance_thresh: 0.25
-cmc_method: ecc
-frame_rate: 30
-match_thresh: 0.8
-new_track_thresh: 0.7
-proximity_thresh: 0.5
-track_buffer: 30
-track_high_thresh: 0.6
-track_low_thresh: 0.1
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/bytetrack.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/bytetrack.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index db49d46a46..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/bytetrack.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-track_thresh: 0.5  # tracking confidence threshold, should be the same as model conf
-track_buffer: 30   # the frames for keep lost tracks
-match_thresh: 0.8  # matching threshold for tracking
-frame_rate: 30     # FPS
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/deepocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/deepocsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cad97ed40b..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/deepocsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-alpha_fixed_emb: 0.95
-asso_func: iou
-aw_off: false
-aw_param: 0.5
-cmc_off: false
-delta_t: 3
-det_thresh: 0.5
-embedding_off: false
-inertia: 0.2
-iou_thresh: 0.3
-max_age: 30
-min_hits: 3
-w_association_emb: 0.75
-Q_xy_scaling: 0.01
-Q_s_scaling: 0.0001
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/hybridsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/hybridsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c29e68266f..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/hybridsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Trial number:      7
-# HOTA, MOTA, IDF1:  [40.35]
-TCM_first_step_weight: 0.2866529225304586
-asso_func: hmiou
-delta_t: 5
-det_thresh: 0.12442660055370669
-inertia: 0.369525477649008
-longterm_reid_weight: 0.0509704360503877
-max_age: 30
-min_hits: 1
-use_byte: False
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/imprassoc.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/imprassoc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0588c8572a..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/imprassoc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-appearance_thresh: 0.25
-cmc_method: sparseOptFlow
-frame_rate: 30
-lambda_: 0.2
-match_thresh: 0.65
-new_track_thresh: 0.5
-overlap_thresh: 0.55
-proximity_thresh: 0.1
-second_match_thresh: 0.19
-track_buffer: 35
-track_high_thresh: 0.5
-track_low_thresh: 0.1
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diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/ocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/ocsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b38ab30fff..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/ocsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-asso_func: iou
-delta_t: 3
-det_thresh: 0.6
-inertia: 0.2
-max_age: 30
-min_hits: 3
-use_byte: false
-Q_xy_scaling: 0.01
-Q_s_scaling: 0.0001
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/defaults/strongsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/defaults/strongsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb8c7c62e8..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/defaults/strongsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-ema_alpha: 0.9
-max_age: 30
-max_cos_dist: 0.4
-max_iou_dist: 0.7
-mc_lambda: 0.98
-n_init: 3
-nn_budget: 100
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/hybridsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/hybridsort.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db72d502c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/hybridsort.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+det_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.12442660055370669  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0, 0.6]
+
+max_age:
+  type: randint
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  range: [10, 151, 10]  # step size of 10, upper bound exclusive
+
+min_hits:
+  type: randint
+  default: 1  # from the default parameters
+  range: [1, 6]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+delta_t:
+  type: randint
+  default: 5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [1, 6]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+asso_func:
+  type: choice
+  default: hmiou  # from the default parameters
+  options: ['iou', 'giou', 'diou']
+
+iou_threshold:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.3  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+inertia:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.369525477649008  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+TCM_first_step_weight:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.2866529225304586  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0, 0.5]
+
+longterm_reid_weight:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.0509704360503877  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0, 0.5]
+
+use_byte:
+  type: choice
+  default: False  # from the default parameters
+  options: [True, False]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/imprassoc.yaml b/boxmot/configs/imprassoc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bc3f2f813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/imprassoc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+track_high_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.3, 0.7]
+
+track_low_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.1  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.05, 0.3]
+
+new_track_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.5  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.5, 0.9]
+
+track_buffer:
+  type: qrandint
+  default: 35  # from the default parameters
+  range: [20, 80, 10]  # step size of 10, upper bound exclusive
+
+match_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.65  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.9]
+
+second_match_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.19  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+overlap_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.55  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.3, 0.6]
+
+proximity_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.1  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.8]
+
+appearance_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.25  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.8]
+
+cmc_method:
+  type: choice
+  default: sparseOptFlow  # from the default parameters
+  options: ['sparseOptFlow']
+
+frame_rate:
+  type: choice
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  options: [30]
+
+lambda_:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.05  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.05, 0.3]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/ocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/ocsort.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93e79e989b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/ocsort.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+det_thresh:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.6  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0, 0.6]
+
+max_age:
+  type: grid_search
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  values: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
+
+min_hits:
+  type: grid_search
+  default: 3  # from the default parameters
+  values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+
+delta_t:
+  type: grid_search
+  default: 3  # from the default parameters
+  values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+
+asso_func:
+  type: choice
+  default: iou  # from the default parameters
+  options: ['iou', 'giou', 'centroid']
+
+use_byte:
+  type: choice
+  default: false  # from the default parameters
+  options: [True, False]
+
+inertia:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.2  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+Q_xy_scaling:
+  type: loguniform
+  default: 0.01  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.01, 1]
+
+Q_s_scaling:
+  type: loguniform
+  default: 0.0001  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.0001, 1]
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/__init__.py b/boxmot/configs/search/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f7a4d0f1f..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Mikel Broström 🔥 Yolo Tracking 🧾 AGPL-3.0 license
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/bytetrack.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/bytetrack.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c1249cc468..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/bytetrack.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# bytetrack_search_space.yaml
-
-track_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.4, 0.6]
-
-track_buffer:
-  type: randint
-  range: [10, 61, 10]  # The upper bound is exclusive, step size of 10
-
-match_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.7, 0.9]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/deepocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/deepocsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1badbe2573..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/deepocsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# deepocsort_search_space.yaml
-
-det_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.3, 0.6]
-
-max_age:
-  type: randint
-  range: [10, 61, 10]  # The upper bound is exclusive, step size of 10
-
-min_hits:
-  type: randint
-  range: [1, 6]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-iou_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-delta_t:
-  type: randint
-  range: [1, 6]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-asso_func:
-  type: choice
-  options: ['iou', 'giou']
-
-inertia:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-w_association_emb:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.5, 0.9]
-
-alpha_fixed_emb:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.9, 0.999]
-
-aw_param:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.3, 0.7]
-
-embedding_off:
-  type: choice
-  options: [True, False]
-
-cmc_off:
-  type: choice
-  options: [True, False]
-
-aw_off:
-  type: choice
-  options: [True, False]
-
-Q_xy_scaling:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.01, 1]
-
-Q_s_scaling:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.0001, 1]
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/hybridsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/hybridsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 677968e5bb..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/hybridsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# hybridsort_search_space.yaml
-
-det_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0, 0.6]
-
-max_age:
-  type: randint
-  range: [10, 151, 10]  # The upper bound is exclusive, step size of 10
-
-min_hits:
-  type: randint
-  range: [1, 6]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-delta_t:
-  type: randint
-  range: [1, 6]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-asso_func:
-  type: choice
-  options: ['iou', 'giou', 'diou']
-
-iou_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-inertia:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-TCM_first_step_weight:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0, 0.5]
-
-longterm_reid_weight:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0, 0.5]
-
-use_byte:
-  type: choice
-  options: [True, False]
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diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/imprassoc.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/imprassoc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fb5e7c175..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/imprassoc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# imprassoc_search_space.yaml
-
-track_high_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.3, 0.7]
-
-track_low_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.3]
-
-new_track_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.8]
-
-track_buffer:
-  type: qrandint
-  range: [20, 80, 10]  # The upper bound is exclusive, step size of 10
-
-match_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.9]
-
-second_match_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-overlap_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.3, 0.6]
-
-proximity_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.8]
-
-appearance_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.8]
-
-cmc_method:
-  type: choice
-  options: ['sparseOptFlow']
-
-frame_rate:
-  type: choice
-  options: [30]
-
-lambda_:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.97, 0.995]
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/ocsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/ocsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70f2437651..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/ocsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# ocsort_search_space.yaml
-
-det_thresh:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0, 0.6]
-
-max_age:
-  type: grid_search
-  values: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]  # Discrete values using grid search
-
-min_hits:
-  type: grid_search
-  values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  # Discrete values using grid search
-
-delta_t:
-  type: grid_search
-  values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  # Discrete values using grid search
-
-asso_func:
-  type: choice
-  options: ['iou', 'giou', 'centroid']
-
-use_byte:
-  type: choice
-  options: [True, False]
-
-inertia:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-Q_xy_scaling:
-  type: loguniform
-  range: [0.01, 1]
-
-Q_s_scaling:
-  type: loguniform
-  range: [0.0001, 1]
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diff --git a/boxmot/configs/search/strongsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/search/strongsort.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 357fcb4456..0000000000
--- a/boxmot/configs/search/strongsort.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# strongsort_search_space.yaml
-
-ema_alpha:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.7, 0.95]
-
-max_cos_dist:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.1, 0.4]
-
-max_iou_dist:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.5, 0.95]
-
-max_age:
-  type: randint
-  range: [10, 151]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-n_init:
-  type: randint
-  range: [1, 4]  # The upper bound is exclusive
-
-mc_lambda:
-  type: uniform
-  range: [0.90, 0.999]
-
-nn_budget:
-  type: choice
-  options: [100]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boxmot/configs/strongsort.yaml b/boxmot/configs/strongsort.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09d4b687b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boxmot/configs/strongsort.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+ema_alpha:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.9  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.7, 0.95]
+
+max_cos_dist:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.4  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.1, 0.4]
+
+max_iou_dist:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.7  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.5, 0.95]
+
+max_age:
+  type: randint
+  default: 30  # from the default parameters
+  range: [10, 151]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+n_init:
+  type: randint
+  default: 3  # from the default parameters
+  range: [1, 4]  # upper bound exclusive
+
+mc_lambda:
+  type: uniform
+  default: 0.98  # from the default parameters
+  range: [0.90, 0.999]
+
+nn_budget:
+  type: choice
+  default: 100  # from the default parameters
+  options: [100]
diff --git a/boxmot/tracker_zoo.py b/boxmot/tracker_zoo.py
index 72285c79e0..034cee5a66 100644
--- a/boxmot/tracker_zoo.py
+++ b/boxmot/tracker_zoo.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def create_tracker(tracker_type, tracker_config=None, reid_weights=None, device=
     # Load configuration from file or use provided dictionary
     if evolve_param_dict is None:
         with open(tracker_config, "r") as f:
-            tracker_args = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+            yaml_config = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+            tracker_args = {param: details['default'] for param, details in yaml_config.items()}
     else:
         tracker_args = evolve_param_dict
 
diff --git a/boxmot/utils/__init__.py b/boxmot/utils/__init__.py
index 004f91476b..c3a15a2649 100644
--- a/boxmot/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/boxmot/utils/__init__.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 DATA = ROOT / 'data'
 BOXMOT = ROOT / "boxmot"
 EXAMPLES = ROOT / "tracking"
-TRACKER_CONFIGS = ROOT / "boxmot" / "configs" / "defaults"
-TRACKER_SEARCH_SPACES = ROOT / "boxmot" / "configs" / "search"
+TRACKER_CONFIGS = ROOT / "boxmot" / "configs"
 WEIGHTS = ROOT / "tracking" / "weights"
 REQUIREMENTS = ROOT / "requirements.txt"
 
diff --git a/tracking/evolve.py b/tracking/evolve.py
index 3661889062..11c6dba5d7 100644
--- a/tracking/evolve.py
+++ b/tracking/evolve.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from boxmot.utils.checks import RequirementsChecker
-from boxmot.utils import EXAMPLES, TRACKER_SEARCH_SPACES
+from boxmot.utils import EXAMPLES, TRACKER_CONFIGS
 from tracking.val import (
     run_generate_dets_embs,
     run_generate_mot_results,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def objective_function(self, config):
 
 
 def load_yaml_config(tracking_method):
-    config_path = TRACKER_SEARCH_SPACES / f"{tracking_method}.yaml"  # Example: 'botsort_search_space.yaml'
+    config_path = TRACKER_CONFIGS / f"{tracking_method}.yaml"  # Example: 'botsort_search_space.yaml'
     with open(config_path, 'r') as file:
         config = yaml.safe_load(file)
     return config