diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8213609..6713072 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ meta-data
 archiso/packages.x86_64
 archiso/airootfs/etc/gdm/
 archiso/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
+archiso/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/cachyos-rate-mirrors.timer
 archiso/airootfs/etc/motd
 archiso/airootfs/etc/environment
 archiso/airootfs/etc/pacman.d/cachyos-mirrorlist
diff --git a/util-iso.sh b/util-iso.sh
index 3b8f6bf..30010e1 100755
--- a/util-iso.sh
+++ b/util-iso.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ prepare_profile(){
     # Fetch up-to-date version of CachyOS repo mirrorlist
     fetch_cachyos_mirrorlist
 
+    # mask cachyos-rate-mirrors timer
+    ln -sf /dev/null ${src_dir}/archiso/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/cachyos-rate-mirrors.timer
+
     generate_motd
 
     rm -f ${src_dir}/archiso/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service