diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d5a9adad9..f730364f5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: scoringutils
 Title: Utilities for Scoring and Assessing Predictions
-Version: 1.1.2
+Version: 1.1.3
 Language: en-GB
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Nikos",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3777-1410")), 
     person("Sebastian", "Funk", 
             email = "sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk", 
-            role = c("ctb")))
+            role = c("aut")))
 Description: 
     Provides a collection of metrics and proper scoring rules 
     (Tilmann Gneiting & Adrian E Raftery (2007) 
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 68eb44f95..437b12630 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ importFrom(ggplot2,ylab)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
 importFrom(methods,hasArg)
 importFrom(rlang,enexprs)
+importFrom(rlang,warn)
 importFrom(scoringRules,crps_sample)
 importFrom(scoringRules,dss_sample)
 importFrom(scoringRules,logs_sample)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cc5cba946..9231cfd12 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# scoringutils 1.1.3
+
+## Package updates
+- added a warning to `interval_score()` if the interval range is between 0 and 1. Thanks to @adrian-lison (see #277) 
+
 # scoringutils 1.1.2
 
 ## Feature updates
diff --git a/R/interval_score.R b/R/interval_score.R
index ef3c28096..39cfe532d 100644
--- a/R/interval_score.R
+++ b/R/interval_score.R
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #' `data.frame` instead, simply call [as.data.frame()] on the output.
 #' @return vector with the scoring values, or a list with separate entries if
 #' `separate_results` is `TRUE`.
+#' @importFrom rlang warn
 #' @inheritParams ae_median_sample
 #' @examples
 #' true_values <- rnorm(30, mean = 1:30)
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@
 #'   interval_range = interval_range
 #' )
 #'
+#' # gives a warning, as the interval_range should likely be 50 instead of 0.5
+#' interval_score(true_value = 4, upper = 2, lower = 8, interval_range = 0.5)
+#'
 #' # example with missing values and separate results
 #' interval_score(
 #'   true_values = c(true_values, NA),
@@ -109,6 +113,16 @@ interval_score <- function(true_values,
   )
   check_equal_length(true_values, lower, interval_range, upper)
 
+  if (any(interval_range < 0, na.rm = TRUE)) {
+    stop("interval ranges must be positive")
+  }
+  if (any(interval_range > 0 & interval_range < 1, na.rm = TRUE)) {
+    msg <- paste("Found interval ranges between 0 and 1. Are you sure that's right?",
+                 "An interval range of 0.5 e.g. implies a (49.75%, 50.25%) prediction interval.",
+                 "If you want to score a (25%, 75%) prediction interval, set interval_range = 50.")
+    rlang::warn(message = msg, .frequency = "once", .frequency_id = "small_interval_range")
+  }
+
   # calculate alpha from the interval range
   alpha <- (100 - interval_range) / 100
 
diff --git a/man/interval_score.Rd b/man/interval_score.Rd
index 62e6dc928..8520393ec 100644
--- a/man/interval_score.Rd
+++ b/man/interval_score.Rd
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ interval_score(
   interval_range = interval_range
 )
 
+# gives a warning, as the interval_range should likely be 50 instead of 0.5
+interval_score(true_value = 4, upper = 2, lower = 8, interval_range = 0.5)
+
 # example with missing values and separate results
 interval_score(
   true_values = c(true_values, NA),
diff --git a/man/scoringutils-package.Rd b/man/scoringutils-package.Rd
index ee601956b..d07ec7e76 100644
--- a/man/scoringutils-package.Rd
+++ b/man/scoringutils-package.Rd
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Authors:
 \itemize{
   \item Sam Abbott \email{contact@samabbott.co.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-8037}{ORCID})
   \item Hugo Gruson \email{hugo.gruson@lshtm.ac.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1476}{ORCID})
+  \item Sebastian Funk \email{sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk}
 }
 
 Other contributors:
 \itemize{
   \item Johannes Bracher \email{johannes.bracher@kit.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-1410}{ORCID}) [contributor]
-  \item Sebastian Funk \email{sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk} [contributor]
 }
 
 }