diff --git a/esp/services/ws_esdlconfig/ws_esdlconfigservice.cpp b/esp/services/ws_esdlconfig/ws_esdlconfigservice.cpp
index e4b54e689c2..e121a464459 100644
--- a/esp/services/ws_esdlconfig/ws_esdlconfigservice.cpp
+++ b/esp/services/ws_esdlconfig/ws_esdlconfigservice.cpp
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ bool CWsESDLConfigEx::onPublishESDLBinding(IEspContext &context, IEspPublishESDL
 void setContainerizedEspBindingNameByPort(StringBuffer& espPort, StringBuffer& espBindingName)
 {
     VStringBuffer xpath("services[@class='esp'][@port='%s']", espPort.str());
-    Owned<IPropertyTree> process = getGlobalConfigSP()->queryPropTree(xpath);
+    Owned<IPropertyTree> process = getGlobalConfigSP()->getPropTree(xpath);
     if (nullptr == process)
         throw makeStringExceptionV(-1, "No ESP process configured for port %s", espPort.str());
     const char* applicationType = process->queryProp("@type");