diff --git a/cmd/sst/errors.go b/cmd/sst/errors.go
index 13d490fc5..58a09ebe9 100644
--- a/cmd/sst/errors.go
+++ b/cmd/sst/errors.go
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TransformError(err error) error {
-	mapping := map[error]string{}
-	mapping[project.ErrInvalidStageName] = "The stage name is invalid. It can only contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens."
+	mapping := map[error]string{
+		project.ErrInvalidStageName: "The stage name is invalid. It can only contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens.",
+		project.ErrV2Config:         "You are using sst ion and this looks like an sst v2 config",
+	}
+
 	match, ok := mapping[err]
 	if !ok {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/sst/main.go b/cmd/sst/main.go
index f34d462a8..b95727f3c 100644
--- a/cmd/sst/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sst/main.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println("Unexpected error occurred. Please check the logs for more details.")
-			fmt.Println(err.Error())
 		}
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/project/project.go b/pkg/project/project.go
index a1316f5d1..8b5cf8a56 100644
--- a/pkg/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/project/project.go
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ type ProjectConfig struct {
 	Config  string
 }
 
-var ErrInvalidStageName = fmt.Errorf("Invalid stage name")
+var ErrInvalidStageName = fmt.Errorf("invalid stage name")
+var ErrV2Config = fmt.Errorf("sstv2 config detected")
 var StageRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$`)
 
 func New(input *ProjectConfig) (*Project, error) {
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ func New(input *ProjectConfig) (*Project, error) {
 			},
 			Code: fmt.Sprintf(`
 import mod from '%s';
+if (mod.stacks || mod.config) {
+  console.log("v2")
+  process.exit(0)
+}
 console.log("~j" + JSON.stringify(mod.app({
   stage: $input.stage || undefined,
 })))`,
@@ -140,6 +145,9 @@ console.log("~j" + JSON.stringify(mod.app({
 			break
 		}
 
+		if cmd == js.CommandStdOut && line == "v2" {
+			return nil, ErrV2Config
+		}
 		if cmd != js.CommandJSON {
 			fmt.Println(line)
 			continue