diff --git a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
index d0cf0d102b264..56dbfe4eefd3d 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/index.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ export const processProjectGraph: ProjectGraphProcessor = async (
 ) => {
   const builder = new ProjectGraphBuilder(graph);
 
-  const lockHash = lockFileHash() ?? 'n/a';
   // during the create-nx-workspace lock file might not exists yet
   if (lockFileExists()) {
+    const lockHash = lockFileHash() ?? 'n/a';
     if (lockFileNeedsReprocessing(lockHash)) {
       removeNpmNodes(graph, builder);
       parseLockFile(builder);
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
index bb933097aa320..92fa396d59620 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function loadNxPluginsSync(
   // Temporarily load js as if it were a plugin which is built into nx
   // In the future, this will be optional and need to be specified in nx.json
   const jsPlugin: any = require('../plugins/js');
-  jsPlugin.name = 'index';
+  jsPlugin.name = 'nx-js-graph-plugin';
   result.push(jsPlugin as NxPlugin);
 
   plugins ??= [];
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export async function loadNxPlugins(
   // Temporarily load js as if it were a plugin which is built into nx
   // In the future, this will be optional and need to be specified in nx.json
   const jsPlugin: any = await import('../plugins/js');
-  jsPlugin.name = 'index';
+  jsPlugin.name = 'nx-js-graph-plugin';
   result.push(jsPlugin as NxPlugin);
 
   plugins ??= [];