diff --git a/lerobot/common/logger.py b/lerobot/common/logger.py
index ec6cc705b..6c2cc4f70 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/logger.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/logger.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, log_dir, job_name, cfg):
         self._model_dir = self._log_dir / "models"
         self._buffer_dir = self._log_dir / "buffers"
         self._save_model = cfg.save_model
+        self._disable_wandb_artifact = cfg.wandb.disable_artifact
         self._save_buffer = cfg.save_buffer
         self._group = cfg_to_group(cfg)
         self._seed = cfg.seed
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ def save_model(self, policy, identifier):
             self._model_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             fp = self._model_dir / f"{str(identifier)}.pt"
             policy.save(fp)
-            if self._wandb:
+            if self._wandb and not self._disable_wandb_artifact:
+                # note wandb artifact does not accept ":" in its name
                 artifact = self._wandb.Artifact(
-                    self._group + "-" + str(self._seed) + "-" + str(identifier),
+                    self._group.replace(":", "_") + "-" + str(self._seed) + "-" + str(identifier),
                     type="model",
                 )
                 artifact.add_file(fp)
diff --git a/lerobot/configs/default.yaml b/lerobot/configs/default.yaml
index 6841cb828..9a97b50d1 100644
--- a/lerobot/configs/default.yaml
+++ b/lerobot/configs/default.yaml
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@ policy: ???
 
 wandb:
   enable: true
+  # Set to true to disable saving an artifact despite save_model == True
+  disable_artifact: false
   project: lerobot
   notes: ""