diff --git a/bake/bake.go b/bake/bake.go
index 39cd927e..0fac4e3a 100644
--- a/bake/bake.go
+++ b/bake/bake.go
@@ -1048,12 +1048,12 @@ func toBuildOpt(t *Target, inp *Input) (*build.Options, error) {
 		bi.DockerfileInline = *t.DockerfileInline
 	}
 	updateContext(&bi, inp)
-	if !build.IsRemoteURL(bi.ContextPath) && bi.ContextState == nil && !path.IsAbs(bi.DockerfilePath) {
-		bi.DockerfilePath = path.Join(bi.ContextPath, bi.DockerfilePath)
-	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(bi.ContextPath, "cwd://") {
 		bi.ContextPath = path.Clean(strings.TrimPrefix(bi.ContextPath, "cwd://"))
 	}
+	if !build.IsRemoteURL(bi.ContextPath) && bi.ContextState == nil && !path.IsAbs(bi.DockerfilePath) {
+		bi.DockerfilePath = path.Join(bi.ContextPath, bi.DockerfilePath)
+	}
 	for k, v := range bi.NamedContexts {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "cwd://") {
 			bi.NamedContexts[k] = build.NamedContext{Path: path.Clean(strings.TrimPrefix(v.Path, "cwd://"))}
diff --git a/bake/bake_test.go b/bake/bake_test.go
index efebea20..75306cb2 100644
--- a/bake/bake_test.go
+++ b/bake/bake_test.go
@@ -386,18 +386,19 @@ func TestHCLCwdPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	m, g, err := ReadTargets(ctx, []File{fp}, []string{"app"}, nil, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	require.Equal(t, 1, len(m))
-	_, ok := m["app"]
-	require.True(t, ok)
-
-	_, err = TargetsToBuildOpt(m, &Input{})
+	bo, err := TargetsToBuildOpt(m, &Input{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(g))
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"app"}, g["default"].Targets)
+
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(m))
+	require.Contains(t, m, "app")
 	require.Equal(t, "test", *m["app"].Dockerfile)
 	require.Equal(t, "foo", *m["app"].Context)
 
-	require.Equal(t, 1, len(g))
-	require.Equal(t, []string{"app"}, g["default"].Targets)
+	require.Equal(t, "foo/test", bo["app"].Inputs.DockerfilePath)
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", bo["app"].Inputs.ContextPath)
 }
 
 func TestOverrideMerge(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/store/store_test.go b/store/store_test.go
index f116ba14..84584564 100644
--- a/store/store_test.go
+++ b/store/store_test.go
@@ -235,3 +235,26 @@ func TestNodeManagement(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, ng)
 	require.Equal(t, "mybuild", ng.Name)
 }
+
+func TestNodeInvalidName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tmpdir := t.TempDir()
+
+	s, err := New(tmpdir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	txn, release, err := s.Txn()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer release()
+
+	_, err = txn.NodeGroupByName("123builder")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.True(t, IsErrInvalidName(err))
+
+	err = txn.Save(&NodeGroup{
+		Name:   "123builder",
+		Driver: "mydriver",
+	})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.True(t, IsErrInvalidName(err))
+}
diff --git a/store/storeutil/storeutil.go b/store/storeutil/storeutil.go
index ce01d385..41e7c264 100644
--- a/store/storeutil/storeutil.go
+++ b/store/storeutil/storeutil.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func GetCurrentInstance(txn *store.Txn, dockerCli command.Cli) (*store.NodeGroup
 func GetNodeGroup(txn *store.Txn, dockerCli command.Cli, name string) (*store.NodeGroup, error) {
 	ng, err := txn.NodeGroupByName(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(errors.Cause(err)) {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(errors.Cause(err)) && !store.IsErrInvalidName(err) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/store/util.go b/store/util.go
index 278b64c3..269ca4a0 100644
--- a/store/util.go
+++ b/store/util.go
@@ -11,9 +11,28 @@ import (
 
 var namePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]*$`)
 
+type errInvalidName struct {
+	error
+}
+
+func (e *errInvalidName) Error() string {
+	return e.error.Error()
+}
+
+func (e *errInvalidName) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.error
+}
+
+func IsErrInvalidName(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(*errInvalidName)
+	return ok
+}
+
 func ValidateName(s string) (string, error) {
 	if !namePattern.MatchString(s) {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("invalid name %s, name needs to start with a letter and may not contain symbols, except ._-", s)
+		return "", &errInvalidName{
+			errors.Errorf("invalid name %s, name needs to start with a letter and may not contain symbols, except ._-", s),
+		}
 	}
 	return strings.ToLower(s), nil
 }