diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/retention/queries.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/retention/queries.ts
index a34c0c4ff9d2b..64b88372339db 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/retention/queries.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/retention/queries.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ActorsQuery, NodeKind, RetentionQuery } from '~/queries/schema'
 export function retentionToActorsQuery(query: RetentionQuery, selectedInterval: number, offset = 0): ActorsQuery {
     const group = query.aggregation_group_type_index !== undefined
     const selectActor = group ? 'group' : 'person'
-    const totalIntervals = query.retentionFilter.total_intervals || 11
+    const totalIntervals = (query.retentionFilter.total_intervals || 11) - selectedInterval
     const selects = Array.from({ length: totalIntervals }, (_, intervalNumber) => `interval_${intervalNumber}`)
     return {
         kind: NodeKind.ActorsQuery,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function queryForActors(
     const response = await query(actorsQuery)
     const results: RetentionTableAppearanceType[] = response.results.map((row) => ({
         person: row[0],
-        appearances: row.slice(1, row.length - 1),
+        appearances: row.slice(1, row.length),
     }))
     return {
         result: results,
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/retention/retentionModalLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/retention/retentionModalLogic.ts
index ad605e13b1516..9aba029d17c2c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/retention/retentionModalLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/retention/retentionModalLogic.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { actions, connect, kea, key, listeners, path, props, reducers, selectors } from 'kea'
+import { FEATURE_FLAGS } from 'lib/constants'
+import { featureFlagLogic } from 'lib/logic/featureFlagLogic'
 import { insightVizDataLogic } from 'scenes/insights/insightVizDataLogic'
 import { keyForInsightLogicProps } from 'scenes/insights/sharedUtils'
 import { retentionToActorsQuery } from 'scenes/retention/queries'
@@ -19,7 +21,14 @@ export const retentionModalLogic = kea<retentionModalLogicType>([
     key(keyForInsightLogicProps(DEFAULT_RETENTION_LOGIC_KEY)),
     path((key) => ['scenes', 'retention', 'retentionModalLogic', key]),
     connect((props: InsightLogicProps) => ({
-        values: [insightVizDataLogic(props), ['querySource'], groupsModel, ['aggregationLabel']],
+        values: [
+            insightVizDataLogic(props),
+            ['querySource'],
+            groupsModel,
+            ['aggregationLabel'],
+            featureFlagLogic,
+            ['featureFlags'],
+        ],
         actions: [retentionPeopleLogic(props), ['loadPeople']],
     })),
     actions(() => ({
@@ -56,9 +65,9 @@ export const retentionModalLogic = kea<retentionModalLogicType>([
             },
         ],
         exploreUrl: [
-            (s) => [s.actorsQuery],
-            (actorsQuery): string | null => {
-                if (!actorsQuery) {
+            (s) => [s.actorsQuery, s.featureFlags],
+            (actorsQuery, featureFlags): string | null => {
+                if (!actorsQuery || !featureFlags?.[FEATURE_FLAGS.HOGQL_INSIGHTS_RETENTION]) {
                     return null
                 }
                 const query: DataTableNode = {
diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/retention_query_runner.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/retention_query_runner.py
index 9234b13a428d4..3a3bc4def3374 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/retention_query_runner.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/retention_query_runner.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def to_actors_query(self, interval: Optional[int] = None) -> ast.SelectQuery:
                 timings=self.timings,
             )
             # We want to expose each interval as a separate column
-            for i in range(self.query_date_range.total_intervals):
+            for i in range(self.query_date_range.total_intervals - interval):
                 retention_query.select.append(
                     ast.Alias(
                         alias=f"interval_{i}",