diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3e112d0..c96abdb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.1 || ^8.2",
+        "php": "^8.1",
         "hammerstone/sidecar": "^0.4",
         "illuminate/console": "^10.0",
         "illuminate/filesystem": "^10.0",
diff --git a/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php b/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
index 59a44cf..e8d4078 100644
--- a/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
+++ b/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ public function __construct(protected Filesystem $filesystem)
      */
     public function handle(): int
     {
-        if (! class_exists('Hammerstone\Sidecar\Sidecar')) {
-            $this->error('You must first install hammerstone/sidecar composer package.');
-
-            return 1;
-        }
-
         if (config('sidecar.env') !== 'local') {
             $this->error('Make sure you have sidecar.env or app.env as "local".');
 
diff --git a/tests/DeployLocalTest.php b/tests/DeployLocalTest.php
index 05e16ab..1b65180 100644
--- a/tests/DeployLocalTest.php
+++ b/tests/DeployLocalTest.php
@@ -121,4 +121,21 @@ public function testDeployLocalWithStopOptionTriggersASubProcessWithoutCreatingD
 
         $process->assertRan('docker compose stop');
     }
+
+    public function testDeployLocalWhenSidecarEnvConfigIsNotEqualLocalShowsError()
+    {
+        config(['sidecar.env' => 'production']);
+
+        $process = Process::fake();
+
+        $command = $this->artisan('sidecar:local');
+
+        $command->doesntExpectOutput('Docker compose file created successfully with all functions as services.');
+
+        $command->expectsOutput('Make sure you have sidecar.env or app.env as "local".');
+
+        $command->assertExitCode(2);
+
+        $process->assertNothingRan();
+    }
 }