diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23b6e84cc..4d2fa2741 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ dj.FreeTable(dj.conn(), "common_session.session_group").drop()
     - Fix bug in `_compute_metric` #1099
     - Fix bug in `insert_curation` returned key #1114
     - Fix handling of waveform extraction sparse parameter #1132
+    - Limit Artifact detection intervals to valid times #1196
 
 ## [0.5.3] (August 27, 2024)
 
diff --git a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_artifact.py b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_artifact.py
index 71edc5de1..da46be139 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_artifact.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_artifact.py
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ def _get_artifact_times(
     for interval_idx, interval in enumerate(artifact_intervals):
         artifact_intervals_s[interval_idx] = [
             valid_timestamps[interval[0]] - half_removal_window_s,
-            valid_timestamps[interval[1]] + half_removal_window_s,
+            np.minimum(
+                valid_timestamps[interval[1]] + half_removal_window_s,
+                valid_timestamps[-1],
+            ),
         ]
     # make the artifact intervals disjoint
     if len(artifact_intervals_s) > 1:
diff --git a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/artifact.py b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/artifact.py
index 14c82dba6..d795d94c9 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/artifact.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/artifact.py
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ def _get_artifact_times(
             ),
             np.searchsorted(
                 valid_timestamps,
-                valid_timestamps[interval[1]] + half_removal_window_s,
+                np.minimum(
+                    valid_timestamps[interval[1]] + half_removal_window_s,
+                    valid_timestamps[-1],
+                ),
             ),
         ]
         artifact_intervals_s[interval_idx] = [