diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcd5e57f0..fe345954f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dj.FreeTable(dj.conn(), "common_session.session_group").drop()
 
     - Drop `SessionGroup` table #1106
     - Improve electrodes import efficiency #1125
+    - Fix logger method call in `common_task` #1132
 
 - Decoding
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ dj.FreeTable(dj.conn(), "common_session.session_group").drop()
     - Fix bug in `get_group_by_shank` #1096
     - Fix bug in `_compute_metric` #1099
     - Fix bug in `insert_curation` returned key #1114
+    - Fix handling of waveform extraction sparse parameter #1132
 
 ## [0.5.3] (August 27, 2024)
 
diff --git a/src/spyglass/common/common_task.py b/src/spyglass/common/common_task.py
index 744d5d773..60fba08d3 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/common/common_task.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/common/common_task.py
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ def get_epoch_interval_name(cls, epoch, session_intervals):
             if target_interval in interval
         ]
         if not possible_targets:
-            logger.warn(f"Interval not found for epoch {epoch}.")
+            logger.warning(f"Interval not found for epoch {epoch}.")
         elif len(possible_targets) > 1:
-            logger.warn(
+            logger.warning(
                 f"Multiple intervals found for epoch {epoch}. "
                 + f"matches are {possible_targets}."
             )
diff --git a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/metric_curation.py b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/metric_curation.py
index b9d1fb66f..8346f8ddd 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/metric_curation.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/metric_curation.py
@@ -263,10 +263,13 @@ def make(self, key):
         os.makedirs(waveforms_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
         logger.info("Extracting waveforms...")
+
+        # Extract non-sparse waveforms by default
+        waveform_params.setdefault("sparse", False)
+
         waveforms = si.extract_waveforms(
             recording=recording,
             sorting=sorting,
-            sparse=waveform_params.get("sparse", False),
             folder=waveforms_dir,
             overwrite=True,
             **waveform_params,