diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 546f19fd3..02e5e5fb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - Spike Sorting
 
     - Fix bug in `get_group_by_shank` #1096
+    - Fix bug in `_compute_metric` #1099
 
 ## [0.5.3] (August 27, 2024)
 
diff --git a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_curation.py b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_curation.py
index 52a2dff73..33469d67c 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_curation.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v0/spikesorting_curation.py
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ def _compute_metric(self, waveform_extractor, metric_name, **metric_params):
 
         peak_sign_metrics = ["snr", "peak_offset", "peak_channel"]
         if metric_name == "isi_violation":
-            metric = metric_func(waveform_extractor, **metric_params)
+            return metric_func(waveform_extractor, **metric_params)
         elif metric_name in peak_sign_metrics:
             if "peak_sign" not in metric_params:
                 raise Exception(