diff --git a/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts b/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
index e36c931..b83cdee 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ 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 programPath (_program) is provided with a ".sas" or ".js" extension 
+  // we should use that extension to determine the appropriate runTime
+  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)