diff --git a/src/widgets/portainer/component.jsx b/src/widgets/portainer/component.jsx
index 7da289c41..53a6fd26f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/portainer/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/portainer/component.jsx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
     );
   }
 
-  if (containersData.error || !Array.isArray(containersData)) {
-    // containersData can be itself an error object
+  if (containersData.error || containersData.message) {
+    // containersData can be itself an error object e.g. if environment fails
     return <Container service={service} error={ containersData?.error ?? containersData } />;
   }