diff --git a/server/forge/bitbucket/bitbucket_test.go b/server/forge/bitbucket/bitbucket_test.go
index dd384296402..c9f878bd76f 100644
--- a/server/forge/bitbucket/bitbucket_test.go
+++ b/server/forge/bitbucket/bitbucket_test.go
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ func Test_bitbucket(t *testing.T) {
 
 		g.Describe("When requesting repo directory contents", func() {
 			g.It("Should return the details", func() {
-				files, err := c.Dir(ctx, fakeUser, fakeRepo, fakePipeline, "/dir")
+				files, err := c.Dir(ctx, fakeUser, fakeRepo, fakePipeline, "dir")
 				g.Assert(err).IsNil()
 				g.Assert(len(files)).Equal(3)
 				g.Assert(files[0].Name).Equal("README.md")
 				g.Assert(string(files[0].Data)).Equal("dummy payload")
 			})
 			g.It("Should handle not found errors", func() {
-				_, err := c.Dir(ctx, fakeUser, fakeRepo, fakePipeline, "dir_not_found/")
+				_, err := c.Dir(ctx, fakeUser, fakeRepo, fakePipeline, "dir_not_found")
 				g.Assert(err).IsNotNil()
 				g.Assert(errors.Is(err, &types.ErrConfigNotFound{})).IsTrue()
 			})
diff --git a/server/forge/bitbucket/fixtures/handler.go b/server/forge/bitbucket/fixtures/handler.go
index ab2104f7b69..146dcfef854 100644
--- a/server/forge/bitbucket/fixtures/handler.go
+++ b/server/forge/bitbucket/fixtures/handler.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func getRepoFile(c *gin.Context) {
 	switch c.Param("file") {
 	case "dir":
 		c.String(http.StatusOK, repoDirPayload)
-	case "dir_not_found/":
+	case "dir_not_found":
 		c.String(http.StatusNotFound, "")
 	case "file_not_found":
 		c.String(http.StatusNotFound, "")
diff --git a/server/forge/bitbucket/internal/client.go b/server/forge/bitbucket/internal/client.go
index 16e4380bc15..9bae76ae8c9 100644
--- a/server/forge/bitbucket/internal/client.go
+++ b/server/forge/bitbucket/internal/client.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const (
 	pathOrgPerms      = "%s/2.0/workspaces/%s/permissions?%s"
 	pathPullRequests  = "%s/2.0/repositories/%s/%s/pullrequests?%s"
 	pathBranchCommits = "%s/2.0/repositories/%s/%s/commits/%s"
-	pathDir           = "%s/2.0/repositories/%s/%s/src/%s%s"
+	pathDir           = "%s/2.0/repositories/%s/%s/src/%s/%s"
 	pageSize          = 100
 )
 
diff --git a/server/forge/bitbucketdatacenter/bitbucketdatacenter.go b/server/forge/bitbucketdatacenter/bitbucketdatacenter.go
index b881a701db9..58b0c6d3726 100644
--- a/server/forge/bitbucketdatacenter/bitbucketdatacenter.go
+++ b/server/forge/bitbucketdatacenter/bitbucketdatacenter.go
@@ -262,8 +262,14 @@ func (c *client) File(ctx context.Context, u *model.User, r *model.Repo, p *mode
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create bitbucket client: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	b, _, err := bc.Projects.GetTextFileContent(ctx, r.Owner, r.Name, f, p.Commit)
+	b, resp, err := bc.Projects.GetTextFileContent(ctx, r.Owner, r.Name, f, p.Commit)
 	if err != nil {
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+			// requested directory might not exist
+			return nil, &forge_types.ErrConfigNotFound{
+				Configs: []string{f},
+			}
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return b, nil
@@ -281,7 +287,10 @@ func (c *client) Dir(ctx context.Context, u *model.User, r *model.Repo, p *model
 		list, resp, err := bc.Projects.ListFiles(ctx, r.Owner, r.Name, path, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
-				break // requested directory might not exist
+				// requested directory might not exist
+				return nil, &forge_types.ErrConfigNotFound{
+					Configs: []string{path},
+				}
 			}
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/server/services/config/forge.go b/server/services/config/forge.go
index 7413e783d41..9de4bfb3fc2 100644
--- a/server/services/config/forge.go
+++ b/server/services/config/forge.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (f *forgeFetcherContext) fetch(c context.Context, config string) ([]*types.
 
 		fileMetas, err := f.getFirstAvailableConfig(ctx, configs)
 		if err == nil {
-			return fileMetas, err
+			return fileMetas, nil
 		}
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("user defined config '%s' not found: %w", config, err)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (f *forgeFetcherContext) fetch(c context.Context, config string) ([]*types.
 	// for the order see shared/constants/constants.go
 	fileMetas, err := f.getFirstAvailableConfig(ctx, constant.DefaultConfigOrder[:])
 	if err == nil {
-		return fileMetas, err
+		return fileMetas, nil
 	}
 
 	select {