diff --git a/cmd/setup/cmd_repo.go b/cmd/setup/cmd_repo.go
index b50ba06..f4b5a35 100644
--- a/cmd/setup/cmd_repo.go
+++ b/cmd/setup/cmd_repo.go
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ func detectProjectType(path string) string {
 	if coreio.Local.IsFile(filepath.Join(path, "go.mod")) {
 		return "go"
 	}
-	if coreio.Local.IsFile(filepath.Join(path, "composer.json")) {
-		return "php"
-	}
 	if coreio.Local.IsFile(filepath.Join(path, "package.json")) {
 		return "node"
 	}
+	if coreio.Local.IsFile(filepath.Join(path, "composer.json")) {
+		return "php"
+	}
 	return "unknown"
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/setup/cmd_repo_test.go b/cmd/setup/cmd_repo_test.go
index 8b971a6..ab2a493 100644
--- a/cmd/setup/cmd_repo_test.go
+++ b/cmd/setup/cmd_repo_test.go
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@ func TestRunRepoSetup_CreatesCoreConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "expected %s to exist", path)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDetectProjectType_PrefersPackageOverComposer(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "package.json"), []byte("{}\n"), 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "composer.json"), []byte("{}\n"), 0o644))
+
+	require.Equal(t, "node", detectProjectType(dir))
+}