diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 2e250916..2a2289c5 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -478,61 +478,6 @@ func GetAppStatuses(apps []App, MachineReadable bool) (map[string]map[string]str
 	return statuses, nil
 }
 
-// ensurePathExists ensures that a path exists.
-func ensurePathExists(path string) error {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// GetComposeFiles gets the list of compose files for an app (or recipe if you
-// don't already have an app) which should be merged into a composetypes.Config
-// while respecting the COMPOSE_FILE env var.
-func GetComposeFiles(recipe string, appEnv AppEnv) ([]string, error) {
-	var composeFiles []string
-
-	composeFileEnvVar, ok := appEnv["COMPOSE_FILE"]
-	if !ok {
-		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/compose.yml", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe)
-		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
-			return composeFiles, err
-		}
-		logrus.Debugf("no COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading default: %s", path)
-		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
-		return composeFiles, nil
-	}
-
-	if !strings.Contains(composeFileEnvVar, ":") {
-		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe, composeFileEnvVar)
-		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
-			return composeFiles, err
-		}
-		logrus.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading %s", path)
-		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
-		return composeFiles, nil
-	}
-
-	numComposeFiles := strings.Count(composeFileEnvVar, ":") + 1
-	envVars := strings.SplitN(composeFileEnvVar, ":", numComposeFiles)
-	if len(envVars) != numComposeFiles {
-		return composeFiles, fmt.Errorf("COMPOSE_FILE (=\"%s\") parsing failed?", composeFileEnvVar)
-	}
-
-	for _, file := range envVars {
-		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe, file)
-		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
-			return composeFiles, err
-		}
-		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
-	}
-
-	logrus.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected (%s), loading %s", composeFileEnvVar, strings.Join(envVars, ", "))
-	logrus.Debugf("retrieved %s configs for %s", strings.Join(composeFiles, ", "), recipe)
-
-	return composeFiles, nil
-}
-
 // GetAppComposeConfig retrieves a compose specification for a recipe. This
 // specification is the result of a merge of all the compose.**.yml files in
 // the recipe repository.
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index 3f4111ad..465a8529 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -1055,3 +1055,58 @@ func UpdateRepositories(repos RepoCatalogue, recipeName string) error {
 func getReposTopicUrl(repoName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("https://git.coopcloud.tech/api/v1/repos/coop-cloud/%s/topics", repoName)
 }
+
+// ensurePathExists ensures that a path exists.
+func ensurePathExists(path string) error {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetComposeFiles gets the list of compose files for an app (or recipe if you
+// don't already have an app) which should be merged into a composetypes.Config
+// while respecting the COMPOSE_FILE env var.
+func GetComposeFiles(recipe string, appEnv map[string]string) ([]string, error) {
+	var composeFiles []string
+
+	composeFileEnvVar, ok := appEnv["COMPOSE_FILE"]
+	if !ok {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/compose.yml", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe)
+		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
+			return composeFiles, err
+		}
+		logrus.Debugf("no COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading default: %s", path)
+		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
+		return composeFiles, nil
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(composeFileEnvVar, ":") {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe, composeFileEnvVar)
+		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
+			return composeFiles, err
+		}
+		logrus.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading %s", path)
+		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
+		return composeFiles, nil
+	}
+
+	numComposeFiles := strings.Count(composeFileEnvVar, ":") + 1
+	envVars := strings.SplitN(composeFileEnvVar, ":", numComposeFiles)
+	if len(envVars) != numComposeFiles {
+		return composeFiles, fmt.Errorf("COMPOSE_FILE (=\"%s\") parsing failed?", composeFileEnvVar)
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range envVars {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", config.RECIPES_DIR, recipe, file)
+		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
+			return composeFiles, err
+		}
+		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
+	}
+
+	logrus.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected (%s), loading %s", composeFileEnvVar, strings.Join(envVars, ", "))
+	logrus.Debugf("retrieved %s configs for %s", strings.Join(composeFiles, ", "), recipe)
+
+	return composeFiles, nil
+}