diff --git a/Content.Server/EntityEffects/Effects/ActivateArtifact.cs b/Content.Server/EntityEffects/Effects/ActivateArtifact.cs
index 3e97388499..8540478362 100644
--- a/Content.Server/EntityEffects/Effects/ActivateArtifact.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/EntityEffects/Effects/ActivateArtifact.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public sealed partial class ActivateArtifact : EntityEffect
     public override void Effect(EntityEffectBaseArgs args)
     {
         var artifact = args.EntityManager.EntitySysManager.GetEntitySystem<ArtifactSystem>();
-        artifact.TryActivateArtifact(args.TargetEntity);
+        artifact.TryActivateArtifact(args.TargetEntity, logMissing: false);
     }
 
     protected override string? ReagentEffectGuidebookText(IPrototypeManager prototype, IEntitySystemManager entSys) =>
diff --git a/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.cs
index a5469e93dc..6ddcd56abd 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.cs
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ public sealed partial class ArtifactSystem : EntitySystem
     /// <param name="uid"></param>
     /// <param name="user"></param>
     /// <param name="component"></param>
+    /// <param name="logMissing">Set this to false if you don't know if the entity is an artifact.</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public bool TryActivateArtifact(EntityUid uid, EntityUid? user = null, ArtifactComponent? component = null)
+    public bool TryActivateArtifact(EntityUid uid, EntityUid? user = null, ArtifactComponent? component = null, bool logMissing = true)
     {
-        if (!Resolve(uid, ref component))
+        if (!Resolve(uid, ref component, logMissing))
             return false;
 
         // check if artifact is under suppression field