diff --git a/plugins/ps/triggers.go b/plugins/ps/triggers.go
index 5def5f1b6..1fd5cf03d 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/triggers.go
@@ -251,8 +251,13 @@ func TriggerPreDeploy(appName string, imageTag string) error {
 
 // TriggerProcfileGetCommand fetches a command from the procfile
 func TriggerProcfileGetCommand(appName string, processType string, port int) error {
-	procfilePath := getProcfilePath(appName)
-	command, err := getProcfileCommand(procfilePath, processType, port)
+	existingProcfile := getProcfilePath(appName)
+	processSpecificProcfile := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", existingProcfile, os.Getenv("DOKKU_PID"))
+	if common.FileExists(fmt.Sprintf("%s.missing", processSpecificProcfile)) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	command, err := getProcfileCommand(getProcessSpecificProcfile(appName), processType, port)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}