diff --git a/pkg/devspace/compose/manager.go b/pkg/devspace/compose/manager.go
index 1e3ea4cf3f..6b48a5d8b5 100644
--- a/pkg/devspace/compose/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/devspace/compose/manager.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func LoadDockerComposeProject(path string) (*composetypes.Project, error) {
 				Content: composeFile,
 			},
 		},
+		Environment: map[string]string{},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/devspace.yaml b/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/devspace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef39aecfd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/devspace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: v2beta1
+name: docker-compose
+deployments:
+  web:
+    helm:
+      values:
+        containers:
+          - name: web-container
+            image: nginx:latest
diff --git a/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/docker-compose.yaml b/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6e8be8628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/devspace/compose/testdata/named_project/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: myproject
+services:
+  web:
+    image: nginx:latest