diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
index 2141a86d1..885f84247 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ class General extends Component
             }
 
             if ($this->application->build_pack === 'dockercompose' && $this->initialDockerComposeLocation !== $this->application->docker_compose_location) {
-                $this->loadComposeFile();
+                $compose_return = $this->loadComposeFile();
+                if ($compose_return instanceof \Livewire\Features\SupportEvents\Event) {
+                   return;
+                }
             }
             $this->validate();
             if ($this->ports_exposes !== $this->application->ports_exposes) {
diff --git a/app/Models/Application.php b/app/Models/Application.php
index 98b2c23b1..1ce33cefb 100644
--- a/app/Models/Application.php
+++ b/app/Models/Application.php
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ class Application extends BaseModel
         if (!$composeFileContent) {
             $this->docker_compose_location = $initialDockerComposeLocation;
             $this->save();
-            throw new \RuntimeException("Could not load base compose file from $workdir$composeFile");
+            throw new \RuntimeException("Docker Compose file not found at: $workdir$composeFile");
         } else {
             $this->docker_compose_raw = $composeFileContent;
             $this->save();