diff --git a/compose-check.sh b/compose-check.sh
index 80153f0..756f495 100755
--- a/compose-check.sh
+++ b/compose-check.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Verifies that files passed in are valid for docker-compose
 set -e
 
-if command -v docker-compose &> /dev/null ; then
-    COMPOSE=docker-compose
-elif command -v docker &> /dev/null && docker help compose &> /dev/null; then
+if command -v docker &> /dev/null && docker help compose &> /dev/null; then
     COMPOSE="docker compose"
+elif command -v docker-compose &> /dev/null ; then
+    COMPOSE=docker-compose
 else
     echo "ERROR: Neither 'docker-compose' or 'docker compose' were found"
     exit 1