diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
index e6c6d5751..381f8d06c 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
+++ b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/commands
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ case "$1" in
     verify_app_name "$2"
     APP="$2";
 
+    [[ "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/ENV" ]] && source "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/ENV"
+
     if [[ -s "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/URLS" ]]; then
       case "$1" in
         url)
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ case "$1" in
       SCHEME="https"
     fi
 
-    if [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST" ]]; then
+    if [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST" ]] && [[ "$NO_VHOST" != "1" ]]; then
       echo "$SCHEME://$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST")"
     else
       for PORT_FILE in $DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/PORT.*; do
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/commands b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/commands
index 126c096cd..d00fd3aa5 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/commands
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/commands
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ EOF
         dokku_log_info1 "VHOST support disabled, deleting $APP/VHOST"
         rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/VHOST"
       fi
+      if [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/URLS" ]]; then
+        dokku_log_info1 "VHOST support disabled, deleting $APP/URLS"
+        rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/URLS"
+      fi
       if [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/nginx.conf" ]]; then
         dokku_log_info1 "VHOST support disabled, deleting nginx.conf"
         rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/nginx.conf"
diff --git a/tests/unit/core_ports.bats b/tests/unit/core_ports.bats
index 437732b79..c2a6b657d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/core_ports.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/core_ports.bats
@@ -13,57 +13,80 @@ teardown() {
   [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME.bak" ]] && mv "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME.bak" "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME"
 }
 
+
+check_urls() {
+  local PATTERN="$1"
+  run bash -c "dokku --quiet urls $TEST_APP | egrep \"${1}\""
+  echo "output: "$output
+  echo "status: "$status
+  assert_success
+}
+
 @test "(core) port exposure (with global VHOST)" {
   echo "dokku.me" > "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST"
   deploy_app
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_failure
+
+  check_urls http://${TEST_APP}.dokku.me
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (without global VHOST and real HOSTNAME)" {
   rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST"
-  echo "dokku.me" > "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME"
+  echo "${TEST_APP}.dokku.me" > "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME"
   deploy_app
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  HOSTNAME=$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME")
+  check_urls http://${HOSTNAME}:[0-9]+
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (with NO_VHOST set)" {
   deploy_app
   dokku config:set $TEST_APP NO_VHOST=1
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }' | head -1)
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  HOSTNAME=$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME")
+  check_urls http://${HOSTNAME}:[0-9]+
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (without global VHOST and IPv4 address as HOSTNAME)" {
   rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST"
   echo "127.0.0.1" > "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME"
   deploy_app
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  HOSTNAME=$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME")
+  check_urls http://${HOSTNAME}:[0-9]+
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (without global VHOST and IPv6 address as HOSTNAME)" {
   rm "$DOKKU_ROOT/VHOST"
   echo "fda5:c7db:a520:bb6d::aabb:ccdd:eeff" > "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME"
   deploy_app
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  HOSTNAME=$(< "$DOKKU_ROOT/HOSTNAME")
+  check_urls http://${HOSTNAME}:[0-9]+
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (pre-deploy domains:add)" {
@@ -76,8 +99,8 @@ teardown() {
   deploy_app
   sleep 5 # wait for nginx to reload
 
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_failure
@@ -86,6 +109,8 @@ teardown() {
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  check_urls http://www.test.app.dokku.me
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (no global VHOST and domains:add post deploy)" {
@@ -102,8 +127,8 @@ teardown() {
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
 
-  CONTAINER_ID=$(docker ps --no-trunc| grep dokku/$TEST_APP | grep "start web" | awk '{ print $1 }' | head -1)
-  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep '[0-9]*'"
+  CONTAINER_ID=$(< $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/CONTAINER.web.1)
+  run bash -c "docker port $CONTAINER_ID | sed 's/[0-9.]*://' | egrep -q '[0-9]*'"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_failure
@@ -112,14 +137,18 @@ teardown() {
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  check_urls http://www.test.app.dokku.me
 }
 
 @test "(core) dockerfile port exposure" {
   deploy_app dockerfile
-  run bash -c "grep -A1 upstream $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/nginx.conf | grep 3000"
+  run bash -c "grep -A1 upstream $DOKKU_ROOT/$TEST_APP/nginx.conf | grep -q 3000"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  check_urls http://${TEST_APP}.dokku.me
 }
 
 @test "(core) port exposure (xip.io style hostnames)" {
@@ -130,4 +159,6 @@ teardown() {
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
+
+  check_urls http://my-cool-guy-test-app.127.0.0.1.xip.io
 }