diff --git a/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts b/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
index e36c931..74ea7b2 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ import { RunTimeType } from '.'
 export const getRunTimeAndFilePath = async (programPath: string) => {
   const ext = path.extname(programPath)
   // if program path is provided with extension we should split that into code path and ext as run time
-  if (ext) {
+  if (ext && Object.values(RunTimeType).includes(ext.slice(1) as RunTimeType)) {
     const runTime = ext.slice(1)
-    const runTimeTypes = Object.values(RunTimeType)
-
-    if (!runTimeTypes.includes(runTime as RunTimeType)) {
-      throw `The '${runTime}' runtime is not supported.`
-    }
 
     const codePath = path
       .join(getFilesFolder(), programPath)