diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index 6556c7f0..c59f2f6e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ func newApp(env AppEnv, name string, appFile AppFile) (App, error) {
 
 	recipe, exists := env["RECIPE"]
 	if !exists {
-		return App{}, fmt.Errorf("%s is missing the RECIPE env var", name)
+		recipe, exists = env["TYPE"]
+		if !exists {
+			return App{}, fmt.Errorf("%s is missing the RECIPE env var", name)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return App{
diff --git a/pkg/upstream/stack/loader.go b/pkg/upstream/stack/loader.go
index bb621666..51b678b0 100644
--- a/pkg/upstream/stack/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/upstream/stack/loader.go
@@ -35,16 +35,21 @@ func LoadComposefile(opts Deploy, appEnv map[string]string) (*composetypes.Confi
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	recipeName, exists := appEnv["RECIPE"]
+	if !exists {
+		recipeName, _ = appEnv["TYPE"]
+	}
+
 	unsupportedProperties := loader.GetUnsupportedProperties(dicts...)
 	if len(unsupportedProperties) > 0 {
 		logrus.Warnf("%s: ignoring unsupported options: %s",
-			appEnv["RECIPE"], strings.Join(unsupportedProperties, ", "))
+			recipeName, strings.Join(unsupportedProperties, ", "))
 	}
 
 	deprecatedProperties := loader.GetDeprecatedProperties(dicts...)
 	if len(deprecatedProperties) > 0 {
 		logrus.Warnf("%s: ignoring deprecated options: %s",
-			appEnv["RECIPE"], propertyWarnings(deprecatedProperties))
+			recipeName, propertyWarnings(deprecatedProperties))
 	}
 	return config, nil
 }