diff --git a/src/forge/controller/service/interface.py b/src/forge/controller/service/interface.py
index 3b6b4b687..250f22b85 100644
--- a/src/forge/controller/service/interface.py
+++ b/src/forge/controller/service/interface.py
@@ -179,10 +179,15 @@ def _get_internal_state(self):
 
     def __getattr__(self, name: str):
         """Forward all other attribute access to the underlying Service Actor."""
+        try:
+            _service = object.__getattribute__(self, "_service")
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise AttributeError(
+                f"'{self.__class__.__name__}' object has no attribute '{name}'"
+            )
         # Forward everything else to the _service
-        if hasattr(self._service, name):
-            return getattr(self._service, name)
-
+        if hasattr(_service, name):
+            return getattr(_service, name)
         raise AttributeError(
             f"'{self.__class__.__name__}' object has no attribute '{name}'"
         )