diff --git a/rembg/sessions/sam.py b/rembg/sessions/sam.py
index 8b358a4..b0c0221 100644
--- a/rembg/sessions/sam.py
+++ b/rembg/sessions/sam.py
@@ -143,7 +143,16 @@ class SamSession(BaseSession):
         Returns:
             List[PILImage]: A list of masks generated by the decoder.
         """
-        prompt = kwargs.get("sam_prompt", "{}")
+        prompt = kwargs.get(
+            "sam_prompt",
+            [
+                {
+                    "type": "point",
+                    "label": 1,
+                    "data": [int(img.width / 2), int(img.height / 2)],
+                }
+            ],
+        )
         schema = {
             "type": "array",
             "items": {