diff --git a/install/dc-detect-version.sh b/install/dc-detect-version.sh
index 7ab5269236..dea626fba2 100644
--- a/install/dc-detect-version.sh
+++ b/install/dc-detect-version.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ echo "${_group}Initializing Docker Compose ..."
 
 # To support users that are symlinking to docker-compose
 dc_base="$(docker compose version &>/dev/null && echo 'docker compose' || echo 'docker-compose')"
-dc_base_standalone="$(docker-compose version &>/dev/null && echo 'docker-compose')"
+dc_base_standalone="$(docker-compose version &>/dev/null && echo 'docker-compose' || echo '')"
 if [[ "$(basename $0)" = "install.sh" ]]; then
   dc="$dc_base --ansi never --env-file ${_ENV}"
 else