diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
index 655d4e4cf..3faac4875 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
       declare -a ARG_ARRAY
       eval "ARG_ARRAY=($DOCKER_ARGS)"
 
-      [[ "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH" == "true" ]] && local START_CMD="/start $PROC_TYPE"
+      local START_CMD
+      [[ "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH" == "true" ]] && START_CMD="/start $PROC_TYPE"
 
       if [[ "$PROC_TYPE" == "web" ]]; then
         ports=($(plugn trigger network-compute-ports "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE" "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH"))
@@ -76,8 +77,7 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
           DOKKU_DOCKER_PORT_ARGS+=" -p $p "
         done
 
-        local START_CMD
-        START_CMD=$(fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE" "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH" "$DOKKU_PORT")
+        START_CMD=$(fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE" "$START_CMD" "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH" "$DOKKU_PORT")
         if [[ "$DOKKU_NETWORK_BIND_ALL" == "false" ]]; then
           # shellcheck disable=SC2086
           cid=$(docker run $DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS -d -e PORT=$DOKKU_PORT "${ARG_ARRAY[@]}" $IMAGE $START_CMD)
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
           cid=$(docker run $DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS -d $DOKKU_DOCKER_PORT_ARGS -e PORT=$DOKKU_PORT "${ARG_ARRAY[@]}" $IMAGE $START_CMD)
         fi
       else
-        local START_CMD
-        START_CMD=$(fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE" "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH")
+        START_CMD=$(fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE" "$START_CMD" "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH")
 
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         cid=$(docker run $DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS -d "${ARG_ARRAY[@]}" $IMAGE $START_CMD)
@@ -178,9 +177,10 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
 }
 
 fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd() {
-  declare APP="$1" PROC_TYPE="$2" DOKKU_HEROKUISH="$3" PORT="$4"
+  declare APP="$1" PROC_TYPE="$2" START_CMD="$3" DOKKU_HEROKUISH="$4" PORT="$5"
   local DOKKU_DOCKERFILE_START_CMD DOKKU_PROCFILE_START_CMD START_CMD
   if [[ "$DOKKU_HEROKUISH" != "false" ]]; then
+    echo "$START_CMD"
     return
   fi