diff --git a/pkg/compose/compose.go b/pkg/compose/compose.go
index c0501fb42..36376e273 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/compose.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (s *composeService) projectFromName(containers Containers, projectName stri
 			Image:  c.Image,
 			Labels: c.Labels,
 		}
-		sc.Scale += 1
+		sc.Scale++
 		set[sc.Name] = sc
 
 	}