diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index a520650..9e5e5c6 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -2865,7 +2865,8 @@ get_default_project_name() {
     compose_yml_location="$(get_compose_yml_location)" || return 1
     if [ "$compose_yml_location" ]; then
         if normalized_path=$(readlink -f "$compose_yml_location"); then
-            echo "$(basename "$(dirname "$normalized_path")")"
+            name="$(basename "$(dirname "$normalized_path")")"
+            echo "${name%%-deploy}"
             return 0
         fi
     fi