diff --git a/scripts/moonraker_timelapse.sh b/scripts/moonraker_timelapse.sh
index ef23d42..5746247 100755
--- a/scripts/moonraker_timelapse.sh
+++ b/scripts/moonraker_timelapse.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ function install_moonraker_timelapse(){
         fi
         echo -e "Info: Linking file..."
         ln -sf "$TIMELAPSE_URL1" "$TIMELAPSE_FILE"
+        # The linked component is an untracked source file inside Moonraker's git
+        # repo, so update_manager permanently reports the repo as dirty
+        # ("Repo has untracked source files: ['moonraker/components/timelapse.py']").
+        # Add it to the repo's local exclude list so update_manager stays happy.
+        MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR="${TIMELAPSE_FILE%/moonraker/components/timelapse.py}"
+        if [ -d "$MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR"/.git/info ]; then
+          echo -e "Info: Excluding linked component from Moonraker repo..."
+          grep -qxF "moonraker/components/timelapse.py" "$MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR"/.git/info/exclude 2>/dev/null \
+            || echo "moonraker/components/timelapse.py" >> "$MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR"/.git/info/exclude
+        fi
         if [ "$model" = "K1_2025" ]; then
           # K1_2025 runs Klipper as the unprivileged 'creality' user, which cannot read a
           # symlink whose target is in the root-owned helper-script tree (Klipper then reports
@@ -97,6 +107,11 @@ function remove_moonraker_timelapse(){
         rm -f "$HS_CONFIG_FOLDER"/timelapse.cfg
         rm -f /usr/data/moonraker/moonraker/moonraker/components/timelapse.py
         rm -f /usr/data/moonraker/moonraker/moonraker/components/timelapse.pyc
+        # Drop the local exclude entry added at install time (symmetry).
+        MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR="${TIMELAPSE_FILE%/moonraker/components/timelapse.py}"
+        if [ -f "$MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR"/.git/info/exclude ]; then
+          sed -i '/^moonraker\/components\/timelapse\.py$/d' "$MOONRAKER_REPO_DIR"/.git/info/exclude
+        fi
         if [ -f /opt/bin/ffmpeg ]; then
           set +e
           "$ENTWARE_FILE" --autoremove remove ffmpeg