diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
index c4a29aee..3d6b3ad6 100755
--- a/models.py
+++ b/models.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ def create_modules(module_defs, img_size):
         elif mdef['type'] == 'BatchNorm2d':
             filters = output_filters[-1]
             modules = nn.BatchNorm2d(filters, momentum=0.03, eps=1E-4)
+            if i == 0 and filters == 3:  # normalize RGB image
+                # imagenet mean and var https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/torchvision/models.html#classification
+                modules.running_mean = torch.tensor([0.485, 0.456, 0.406])
+                modules.running_var = torch.tensor([0.0524, 0.0502, 0.0506])
+                modules.momentum = 0.003
 
         elif mdef['type'] == 'maxpool':
             size = mdef['size']