diff --git a/custom_components/adaptive_lighting/switch.py b/custom_components/adaptive_lighting/switch.py
index 85619460..afeb7fa7 100644
--- a/custom_components/adaptive_lighting/switch.py
+++ b/custom_components/adaptive_lighting/switch.py
@@ -2694,7 +2694,10 @@ def _off_to_on_state_event_is_from_turn_on(
         off_to_on_event: Event,
     ) -> bool:
         # Adaptive Lighting should never turn on lights itself
-        if is_our_context(off_to_on_event.context):
+        if is_our_context(off_to_on_event.context) and not is_our_context(
+            off_to_on_event.context,
+            "service",  # adaptive_lighting.apply is allowed to turn on lights
+        ):
             _LOGGER.warning(
                 "Detected an 'off' → 'on' event for '%s' with context.id='%s' and"
                 " event='%s', triggered by the adaptive_lighting integration itself,"