diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/rewrite/LoadUtils.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/rewrite/LoadUtils.java
index 323f38c5a..cd3c69860 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/rewrite/LoadUtils.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/rewrite/LoadUtils.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class LoadUtils {
 	
 	public static Recipe createRecipe(RecipeDescriptor d, Function<String, Class<? extends Recipe>> getRecipeClass) {
 		Class<? extends Recipe> recipeClazz = getRecipeClass.apply(d.getName());
-		if (recipeClazz == null) {
+		if (recipeClazz == null || DeclarativeRecipe.class.getName().equals(recipeClazz.getName())) {
 			DeclarativeRecipe recipe = new DeclarativeRecipe(d.getName(), d.getDisplayName(), d.getDescription(),
 					d.getTags(), d.getEstimatedEffortPerOccurrence(), d.getSource(), false);
 			for (RecipeDescriptor subDescriptor : d.getRecipeList()) {