diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index 138e0330..b272918b 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ recipes.
 			app.Env[k] = v
 		}
 
-		composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+		composeFiles, err := r2.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cli/app/new.go b/cli/app/new.go
index 823609d9..0453650d 100644
--- a/cli/app/new.go
+++ b/cli/app/new.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ var appNewCommand = cli.Command{
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
-			composeFiles, err := recipePkg.GetComposeFiles(recipe.Name, sampleEnv)
+			composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(sampleEnv)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/cli/app/ps.go b/cli/app/ps.go
index 0db7a7dc..c6e62705 100644
--- a/cli/app/ps.go
+++ b/cli/app/ps.go
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ var appPsCommand = cli.Command{
 
 // showPSOutput renders ps output.
 func showPSOutput(app appPkg.App, cl *dockerClient.Client) {
-	composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+	r := recipe.Get2(app.Name)
+	composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 		return
diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index edade3d0..afe1b23e 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ recipes.
 			app.Env[k] = v
 		}
 
-		composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+		composeFiles, err := r2.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cli/app/secret.go b/cli/app/secret.go
index 22ad9e9d..9618742c 100644
--- a/cli/app/secret.go
+++ b/cli/app/secret.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var appSecretGenerateCommand = cli.Command{
 			internal.ShowSubcommandHelpAndError(c, err)
 		}
 
-		composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+		composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Example:
 			}
 		}
 
-		composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+		composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index fe61d5be..5f2a129c 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ recipes.
 			app.Env[k] = v
 		}
 
-		composeFiles, err := recipePkg.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+		composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/cli/updater/updater.go b/cli/updater/updater.go
index 49d0e854..8565f5d5 100644
--- a/cli/updater/updater.go
+++ b/cli/updater/updater.go
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func mergeAbraShEnv(recipeName string, env envfile.AppEnv) error {
 }
 
 // createDeployConfig merges and enriches the compose config for the deployment.
-func createDeployConfig(recipeName string, stackName string, env envfile.AppEnv) (*composetypes.Config, stack.Deploy, error) {
+func createDeployConfig(r recipe.Recipe2, stackName string, env envfile.AppEnv) (*composetypes.Config, stack.Deploy, error) {
 	env["STACK_NAME"] = stackName
 
 	deployOpts := stack.Deploy{
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func createDeployConfig(recipeName string, stackName string, env envfile.AppEnv)
 		Detach:       false,
 	}
 
-	composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(recipeName, env)
+	composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, deployOpts, err
 	}
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func createDeployConfig(recipeName string, stackName string, env envfile.AppEnv)
 
 	// after the upgrade the deployment won't be in chaos state anymore
 	appPkg.SetChaosLabel(compose, stackName, false)
-	appPkg.SetRecipeLabel(compose, stackName, recipeName)
+	appPkg.SetRecipeLabel(compose, stackName, r.Name)
 	appPkg.SetUpdateLabel(compose, stackName, env)
 
 	return compose, deployOpts, nil
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func upgrade(cl *dockerclient.Client, stackName, recipeName,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	compose, deployOpts, err := createDeployConfig(recipeName, stackName, app.Env)
+	compose, deployOpts, err := createDeployConfig(r, stackName, app.Env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index dbff9be9..09618341 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ func (a App) Filters(appendServiceNames, exactMatch bool, services ...string) (f
 		return filters, nil
 	}
 
-	composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(a.Recipe, a.Env)
+	r := recipe.Get2(a.Recipe)
+	composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(a.Env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return filters, err
 	}
@@ -317,7 +318,8 @@ func GetAppServiceNames(appName string) ([]string, error) {
 		return serviceNames, err
 	}
 
-	composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+	r := recipe.Get2(app.Recipe)
+	composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return serviceNames, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 3f32e985..23828143 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ func TestGetComposeFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(r.Name, test.appEnv)
+		r2 := recipe.Get2(r.Name)
+		composeFiles, err := r2.GetComposeFiles(test.appEnv)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ func TestGetComposeFilesError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		_, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(r.Name, test.appEnv)
+		r2 := recipe.Get2(r.Name)
+		_, err := r2.GetComposeFiles(test.appEnv)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("should have failed: %v", test.appEnv)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/compose.go b/pkg/recipe/compose.go
index 7e6384ba..6e7c9264 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/compose.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package recipe
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,50 @@ import (
 	composetypes "github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/types"
 )
 
+// 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 (r Recipe2) GetComposeFiles(appEnv map[string]string) ([]string, error) {
+	composeFileEnvVar, ok := appEnv["COMPOSE_FILE"]
+	if !ok {
+		if err := ensurePathExists(r.ComposePath); err != nil {
+			return []string{}, err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("no COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading default: %s", r.ComposePath)
+		return []string{r.ComposePath}, nil
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(composeFileEnvVar, ":") {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", r.Dir, composeFileEnvVar)
+		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
+			return []string{}, err
+		}
+		log.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected, loading %s", path)
+		return []string{path}, nil
+	}
+
+	var composeFiles []string
+
+	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", r.Dir, file)
+		if err := ensurePathExists(path); err != nil {
+			return composeFiles, err
+		}
+		composeFiles = append(composeFiles, path)
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected (%s), loading %s", composeFileEnvVar, strings.Join(envVars, ", "))
+	log.Debugf("retrieved %s configs for %s", strings.Join(composeFiles, ", "), r.Name)
+
+	return composeFiles, nil
+}
+
 // UpdateTag updates an image tag in-place on file system local compose files.
 func (r Recipe2) UpdateTag(image, tag string) (bool, error) {
 	fullPattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s/compose**yml", r.Dir)
@@ -74,7 +119,7 @@ func (r Recipe2) UpdateTag(image, tag string) (bool, error) {
 
 				log.Debugf("updating %s to %s in %s", old, new, compose.Filename)
 
-				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(compose.Filename, []byte(replacedBytes), 0764); err != nil {
+				if err := os.WriteFile(compose.Filename, []byte(replacedBytes), 0764); err != nil {
 					return false, err
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index 0010cd3a..46998d29 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func Get2(name string) Recipe2 {
 		Dir:    dir,
 		SSHURL: fmt.Sprintf(config.SSH_URL_TEMPLATE, name),
 
+		ComposePath:   path.Join(dir, "compose.yml"),
 		ReadmePath:    path.Join(dir, "README.md"),
 		SampleEnvPath: path.Join(dir, ".env.sample"),
 	}
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ type Recipe2 struct {
 	Dir    string
 	SSHURL string
 
+	ComposePath   string
 	ReadmePath    string
 	SampleEnvPath string
 }
@@ -776,50 +778,3 @@ func ensurePathExists(path string) error {
 	}
 	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
-		}
-		log.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
-		}
-		log.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)
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("COMPOSE_FILE detected (%s), loading %s", composeFileEnvVar, strings.Join(envVars, ", "))
-	log.Debugf("retrieved %s configs for %s", strings.Join(composeFiles, ", "), recipe)
-
-	return composeFiles, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/secret/secret.go b/pkg/secret/secret.go
index fd69508a..0f1d6d7b 100644
--- a/pkg/secret/secret.go
+++ b/pkg/secret/secret.go
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ type secretStatuses []secretStatus
 func PollSecretsStatus(cl *dockerClient.Client, app appPkg.App) (secretStatuses, error) {
 	var secStats secretStatuses
 
-	composeFiles, err := recipe.GetComposeFiles(app.Recipe, app.Env)
+	r := recipe.Get2(app.Name)
+	composeFiles, err := r.GetComposeFiles(app.Env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return secStats, err
 	}