diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index a9f22d758..9c07de0c6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -334,17 +334,15 @@ func GetAppStatuses(appFiles AppFiles) (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
 // GetAppComposeFiles gets the list of compose files for an app which should be
 // merged into a composetypes.Config while respecting the COMPOSE_FILE env var.
 func GetAppComposeFiles(recipe string, appEnv AppEnv) ([]string, error) {
+	var composeFiles []string
+
 	if _, ok := appEnv["COMPOSE_FILE"]; !ok {
-		logrus.Debug("no COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading all compose files")
-		pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/compose**yml", APPS_DIR, recipe)
-		composeFiles, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
-		if err != nil {
-			return composeFiles, err
-		}
+		logrus.Debug("no COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading compose.yml")
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/compose.yml", APPS_DIR, recipe)
+		composeFiles = append (composeFiles, path)
 		return composeFiles, nil
 	}
 
-	var composeFiles []string
 	composeFileEnvVar := appEnv["COMPOSE_FILE"]
 	envVars := strings.Split(composeFileEnvVar, ":")
 	logrus.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected ('%s'), loading '%s'", composeFileEnvVar, strings.Join(envVars, ", "))