diff --git a/app/Actions/Proxy/CheckConfiguration.php b/app/Actions/Proxy/CheckConfiguration.php
index 1526c9728..e244296c5 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Proxy/CheckConfiguration.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Proxy/CheckConfiguration.php
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ class CheckConfiguration
             "cat $proxy_path/docker-compose.yml",
         ], $server, false);
 
-        if ($reset || is_null($proxy_configuration)) {
+        if ($reset || !$proxy_configuration || is_null($proxy_configuration)) {
             $proxy_configuration = Str::of(generate_default_proxy_configuration($server))->trim()->value;
         }
+        if (!$proxy_configuration || is_null($proxy_configuration)) {
+            throw new \Exception("Could not generate proxy configuration");
+        }
         return $proxy_configuration;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Actions/Proxy/StartProxy.php b/app/Actions/Proxy/StartProxy.php
index 7af5aa019..944480ef2 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Proxy/StartProxy.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Proxy/StartProxy.php
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ class StartProxy
             "cd $proxy_path",
             "echo '####### Creating Docker Compose file...'",
             "echo '####### Pulling docker image...'",
-            'docker compose pull',
+            'docker compose pull || docker-compose pull',
             "echo '####### Stopping existing coolify-proxy...'",
-            "docker compose down -v --remove-orphans > /dev/null 2>&1 || true",
+            "docker compose down -v --remove-orphans > /dev/null 2>&1 || docker-compose down -v --remove-orphans > /dev/null 2>&1 || true",
             "command -v fuser >/dev/null || command -v lsof >/dev/null || echo '####### Could not kill existing processes listening on port 80 & 443. Please stop the process holding these ports...'",
             "command -v lsof >/dev/null && lsof -nt -i:80 | xargs -r kill -9 || true",
             "command -v lsof >/dev/null && lsof -nt -i:443 | xargs -r kill -9 || true",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class StartProxy
             "systemctl disable apache2 > /dev/null 2>&1 || true",
             "systemctl disable apache > /dev/null 2>&1 || true",
             "echo '####### Starting coolify-proxy...'",
-            'docker compose up -d --remove-orphans',
+            'docker compose up -d --remove-orphans || docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans',
             "echo '####### Proxy installed successfully...'"
         ];
         if (!$async) {