diff --git a/cognee/tasks/repo_processor/local_script_dependencies.py b/cognee/tasks/repo_processor/local_script_dependencies.py
index 244431212..4beb584f4 100644
--- a/cognee/tasks/repo_processor/local_script_dependencies.py
+++ b/cognee/tasks/repo_processor/local_script_dependencies.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional
 import jedi
 import parso
@@ -6,7 +7,17 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from parso.tree import BaseNode
 
 
-def get_code_entities(node: parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf) -> List[Dict[str, any]]:
+@contextmanager
+def add_sys_path(path):
+    original_sys_path = sys.path.copy()
+    sys.path.insert(0, path)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        sys.path = original_sys_path
+
+
+def _get_code_entities(node: parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf) -> List[Dict[str, any]]:
     """
     Recursively extract code entities using parso.
     """
@@ -27,12 +38,12 @@ def get_code_entities(node: parso.tree.NodeOrLeaf) -> List[Dict[str, any]]:
 
     # Recursively process child nodes
     for child in node.children:
-        code_entity_list.extend(get_code_entities(child))
+        code_entity_list.extend(_get_code_entities(child))
 
     return code_entity_list
 
 
-def update_code_entity(script: jedi.Script, code_entity: Dict[str, any]) -> None:
+def _update_code_entity(script: jedi.Script, code_entity: Dict[str, any]) -> None:
     """
     Update a code_entity with (full_name, module_name, module_path) using Jedi
     """
@@ -42,35 +53,38 @@ def update_code_entity(script: jedi.Script, code_entity: Dict[str, any]) -> None
         code_entity["module_name"] = getattr(results[0], "module_name", None)
         code_entity["module_path"] = getattr(results[0], "module_path", None)
 
-
-def get_local_script_dependencies(script_path: str, repo_path: Optional[str] = None) -> List[str]:
-    """
-    Extract and return a list of unique module paths that the script depends on.
-    """
-    if repo_path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(repo_path).resolve()))
-
+def _extract_dependencies(script_path: str) -> List[str]:
     with open(script_path, "r") as file:
         source_code = file.read()
 
     script = jedi.Script(code=source_code, path=script_path)
 
     tree = parso.parse(source_code)
-    code_entities = get_code_entities(tree)
+    code_entities = _get_code_entities(tree)
 
     for code_entity in code_entities:
-        update_code_entity(script, code_entity)
+        _update_code_entity(script, code_entity)
 
     module_paths = {
         entity.get("module_path")
         for entity in code_entities
         if entity.get("module_path")
     }
-    if repo_path:
-        repo_path_resolved = str(Path(repo_path).resolve(strict=False))
-        module_paths = {path for path in module_paths if str(path).startswith(repo_path_resolved)}
 
-    return sorted(path for path in module_paths if path)
+    return sorted(str(path) for path in module_paths)
+
+def get_local_script_dependencies(script_path: str, repo_path: Optional[str] = None) -> List[str]:
+    """
+    Extract and return a list of unique module paths that the script depends on.
+    """
+    if repo_path:
+        repo_path_resolved = str(Path(repo_path).resolve())
+        with add_sys_path(repo_path_resolved):
+            dependencies = _extract_dependencies(script_path)
+        dependencies = [path for path in dependencies if path.startswith(repo_path_resolved)]
+    else:
+        dependencies = _extract_dependencies(script_path)
+    return dependencies
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Simple execution example, use absolute paths