diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
index 53090f0ab5..f37f8da74a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ def is_tcc_channel_counter(counter):
 
 
 def using_v1():
-    return "ROCPROF" in os.environ.keys() and os.environ["ROCPROF"].endswith("rocprof")
+
+    return "ROCPROF" not in os.environ.keys() or (
+        "ROCPROF" in os.environ.keys() and os.environ["ROCPROF"].endswith("rocprof")
+    )
 
 
 def using_v3():