diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc65ded..0a2c3dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 .PHONY: build build-realsense run down
 .PHONY: build-telegraf run-telegraf run-portainer clean-all clean-results clean-telegraf clean-models down-portainer
-.PHONY: download-models clean-test run-demo run-headless
+.PHONY: download-models clean-test run-demo run-headless download-yolov8s
 
 MKDOCS_IMAGE ?= asc-mkdocs
 PIPELINE_COUNT ?= 1
@@ -12,9 +12,23 @@ DOCKER_COMPOSE ?= docker-compose.yml
 RESULTS_DIR ?= $(PWD)/results
 RETAIL_USE_CASE_ROOT ?= $(PWD)
 
-download-models:
-	./download_models/downloadModels.sh
-
+download-models: download-yolov8s
+	./download_models/downloadModels.sh	
+	
+download-yolov8s:
+	@if [ ! -d "$(PWD)/models/object_detection/yolov8s/" ]; then \
+		echo "The yolov8s folder doesn't exist. Creating it and downloading the model..."; \
+		mkdir -p $(PWD)/models/object_detection/yolov8s/; \
+		docker run --user 1000:1000 -e HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY} -e HTTP_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY} --rm \
+			-e YOLO_DEBUG=1 \
+			-v $(PWD)/models/object_detection/yolov8s:/models \
+			ultralytics/ultralytics:latest-cpu \
+			bash -c "cd /models && yolo export model=yolov8s.pt format=openvino"; \
+		mv $(PWD)/models/object_detection/yolov8s/yolov8s_openvino_model $(PWD)/models/object_detection/yolov8s/FP32; \
+	else \
+		echo "yolov8s already exists."; \
+	fi
+	
 download-sample-videos:
 	cd performance-tools/benchmark-scripts && ./download_sample_videos.sh
 
diff --git a/smoke_test.sh b/smoke_test.sh
index 7fef152..ea42db7 100755
--- a/smoke_test.sh
+++ b/smoke_test.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ setup() {
     make clean-all || true
     echo "Build Loss Prevention image"
     make build
+    echo "Download models"
+    make download-models
 }
 
 teardown() {
@@ -97,4 +99,14 @@ verifyStatusCode $status_code
 # allowing some time to process
 waitForLogFile
 verifyNonEmptyPipelineLog
+teardown
+
+# 4. Yolov8s pipeine: should see non-empty pipeline0.log contents
+echo "Running YOLOv8s pipeline with logs..."
+INPUTSRC=https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/sample-videos/raw/master/people-detection.mp4 PIPELINE_SCRIPT=yolov8s_roi.sh docker compose -f src/docker-compose.yml up -d
+status_code=$?
+verifyStatusCode $status_code 
+# allowing some time to process
+waitForLogFile
+verifyNonEmptyPipelineLog
 teardown
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diff --git a/src/docker-compose.yml b/src/docker-compose.yml
index 520dca4..660e329 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/src/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ services:
       - INPUTSRC=${INPUTSRC:-rtsp://localhost:8554/camera_0}
       - RENDER_MODE=${RENDER_MODE:-0} #RENDER_MODE=1 will work only after running xhost +local:docker
       - DISPLAY=$DISPLAY
-      - HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}
-      - HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}
-      - NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY}
+      - HTTP_PROXY
+      - HTTPS_PROXY
+      - NO_PROXY
     volumes:
       - ${RESULTS_DIR:-../results}:/tmp/results
       - ~/.Xauthority:/home/dlstreamer/.Xauthority
diff --git a/src/entrypoint.sh b/src/entrypoint.sh
index 6f8dca7..00be914 100755
--- a/src/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/src/entrypoint.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DECODE="${DECODE:="decodebin force-sw-decoders=1"}" #decodebin|vaapidecodebin
 DEVICE="${DEVICE:="CPU"}" #GPU|CPU|MULTI:GPU,CPU
 
 show_help() {
-	echo "usage: \"--pipeline_script_choice\" requires an argument yolov5s.sh|yolov5s_effnetb0.sh|yolov5s_full.sh|people_detection.sh"
+	echo "usage: \"--pipeline_script_choice\" requires an argument yolov5s.sh|yolov5s_effnetb0.sh|yolov5s_full.sh|people_detection.sh|yolov8s_roi.sh"
 }
 
 while :; do
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ while :; do
 
 done
 
-if [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s_effnetb0.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s_full.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "people_detection.sh" ]
+if [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s_effnetb0.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov5s_full.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "people_detection.sh" ] && [ "$PIPELINE_SCRIPT" != "yolov8s_roi.sh" ]
 then
 	echo "Error on your input: $PIPELINE_SCRIPT"
 	show_help
diff --git a/src/pipelines/roi.json b/src/pipelines/roi.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..875a704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipelines/roi.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[
+
+    {
+
+        "objects": [
+
+            {
+
+                "detection": {
+
+                    "label": "ROI1"
+
+                },
+
+                "x": 0,
+
+                "y": 0,
+
+                "w": 480,
+
+                "h": 1080
+
+            }
+           
+
+        ]
+
+    }
+
+]
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diff --git a/src/pipelines/yolov8s_roi.sh b/src/pipelines/yolov8s_roi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..78ba42b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipelines/yolov8s_roi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+ #!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+PRE_PROCESS="${PRE_PROCESS:=""}" #""|pre-process-backend=vaapi-surface-sharing|pre-process-backend=vaapi-surface-sharing pre-process-config=VAAPI_FAST_SCALE_LOAD_FACTOR=1 
+AGGREGATE="${AGGREGATE:="gvametaaggregate name=aggregate !"}" # Aggregate function at the end of the pipeline ex. "" | gvametaaggregate name=aggregate
+PUBLISH="${PUBLISH:="name=destination file-format=2 file-path=/tmp/results/r$cid\"_gst\".jsonl"}" # address=localhost:1883 topic=inferenceEvent method=mqtt
+
+ROI="${ROI:="0,0,400,400"}"
+
+if [ "$RENDER_MODE" == "1" ]; then
+    OUTPUT="${OUTPUT:="! videoconvert ! gvawatermark ! videoconvert ! fpsdisplaysink video-sink=ximagesink sync=true --verbose"}"
+else
+    OUTPUT="${OUTPUT:="! fpsdisplaysink video-sink=fakesink sync=true --verbose"}"
+fi
+
+echo "decode type $DECODE"
+echo "Run yolov8 pipeline with ROI on $DEVICE with batch size = $BATCH_SIZE"
+
+gstLaunchCmd="GST_DEBUG=\"GST_TRACER:7\" GST_TRACERS=\"latency_tracer(flags=pipeline,interval=100)\" gst-launch-1.0 $inputsrc ! $DECODE ! gvaattachroi mode=1 file-path=/home/pipeline-server/pipelines/roi.json ! gvadetect batch-size=$BATCH_SIZE model-instance-id=odmodel name=detection model=models/object_detection/yolov8s/FP32/yolov8s.xml device=$DEVICE $PRE_PROCESS inference-region=1 object-class=ROI1 ! gvatrack ! $AGGREGATE gvametaconvert name=metaconvert add-empty-results=true ! gvametapublish name=destination file-format=2 file-path=/tmp/results/r$cid\"_gst\".jsonl $OUTPUT 2>&1 | tee >/tmp/results/gst-launch_$cid\"_gst\".log >(stdbuf -oL sed -n -e 's/^.*current: //p' | stdbuf -oL cut -d , -f 1 > /tmp/results/pipeline$cid\"_gst\".log)"
+
+echo "$gstLaunchCmd"
+
+eval $gstLaunchCmd
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