diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/legacy.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/legacy.ts
index 6daf1ba4f6..f151780ba9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/legacy.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/legacy.ts
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ export function registerLegacyActions(
       }
       const owner = values.owner as unknown;
       if (typeof owner !== 'string') {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Invalid store path passed to publish, got ${typeof owner}`,
-        );
+        throw new Error(`Invalid owner passed to publish, got ${typeof owner}`);
       }
+
       const publisher = publishers.get(storePath);
       ctx.logger.info('Will now store the template');
       const { remoteUrl, catalogInfoUrl } = await publisher.publish({