diff --git a/element_deeplabcut/train.py b/element_deeplabcut/train.py
index 782ad8b..750f3bd 100644
--- a/element_deeplabcut/train.py
+++ b/element_deeplabcut/train.py
@@ -321,22 +321,28 @@ def make(self, key):
         except KeyboardInterrupt:  # Instructions indicate to train until interrupt
             print("DLC training stopped via Keyboard Interrupt")
 
-        snapshots = list(model_train_folder.glob("*index*"))
+        snapshots = sorted(list(model_train_folder.glob("*index*")))
+        max_modified_time = 0
         # DLC goes by snapshot magnitude when judging 'latest' for evaluation
         # Here, we mean most recently generated
-        
-        # `snapshotindex` refers to the file index of the snapshot generated
-        # The most recent snapshot index will be the number of snapshots - 1
-        # because it is an index
+        for snapshot in snapshots:
+            modified_time = os.path.getmtime(snapshot)
+            if modified_time > max_modified_time:
+                latest_snapshot_file = snapshot
+                latest_snapshot = int(latest_snapshot_file.stem[9:])
+                max_modified_time = modified_time
 
         # update snapshotindex in the config
-        latest_snapshot = len(snapshots)-1
-        dlc_config["snapshotindex"] = latest_snapshot
+        snapshotindex = snapshots.index(latest_snapshot_file)
+        
+        dlc_config["snapshotindex"] = snapshotindex
         edit_config(
             dlc_cfg_filepath,
-            {"snapshotindex": latest_snapshot},
+            {"snapshotindex": snapshotindex},
         )
 
         self.insert1(
             {**key, "latest_snapshot": latest_snapshot, "config_template": dlc_config}
         )
+
+