diff --git a/plugins/common/common.go b/plugins/common/common.go
index 308aafd10..933631a89 100644
--- a/plugins/common/common.go
+++ b/plugins/common/common.go
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ func (sc *ShellCmd) Output() ([]byte, error) {
 	return sc.Command.Output()
 }
 
+// AppRoot returns the app root path
+func AppRoot(appName string) string {
+	dokkuRoot := MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", dokkuRoot, appName)
+}
+
 // GetDeployingAppImageName returns deploying image identifier for a given app, tag tuple. validate if tag is presented
 func GetDeployingAppImageName(appName, imageTag, imageRepo string) (imageName string) {
 	if appName == "" {
diff --git a/plugins/network/network.go b/plugins/network/network.go
index a34e8c5c8..0ae0bff53 100644
--- a/plugins/network/network.go
+++ b/plugins/network/network.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func BuildConfig(appName string) {
 	if !common.IsDeployed(appName) {
 		return
 	}
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT"), appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	scaleFile := strings.Join([]string{appRoot, "DOKKU_SCALE"}, "/")
 	if !common.FileExists(scaleFile) {
 		return
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ func GetDefaultValue(property string) (value string) {
 
 // GetListeners returns a string array of app listeners
 func GetListeners(appName string) []string {
-	dokkuRoot := common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT")
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{dokkuRoot, appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 
 	files, _ := filepath.Glob(appRoot + "/IP.web.*")
 
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ func GetListeners(appName string) []string {
 
 // HasNetworkConfig returns whether the network configuration for a given app exists
 func HasNetworkConfig(appName string) bool {
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT"), appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	ipfile := fmt.Sprintf("%v/IP.web.1", appRoot)
 	portfile := fmt.Sprintf("%v/PORT.web.1", appRoot)
 
@@ -192,8 +191,7 @@ func HasNetworkConfig(appName string) bool {
 
 // ClearNetworkConfig removes old IP and PORT files for a newly cloned app
 func ClearNetworkConfig(appName string) bool {
-	dokkuRoot := common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT")
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{dokkuRoot, appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	success := true
 
 	ipFiles, _ := filepath.Glob(appRoot + "/IP.*")
diff --git a/plugins/network/triggers.go b/plugins/network/triggers.go
index cdb3d7164..1ce32368d 100644
--- a/plugins/network/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/network/triggers.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TriggerNetworkWriteIpaddr(appName string, processType string, containerInde
 		common.LogFail(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT"), appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%v/IP.%v.%v", appRoot, processType, containerIndex)
 	f, err := os.Create(filename)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TriggerNetworkWritePort(appName string, processType string, containerIndex
 		common.LogFail(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT"), appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%v/PORT.%v.%v", appRoot, processType, containerIndex)
 	f, err := os.Create(filename)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/repo/subcommands.go b/plugins/repo/subcommands.go
index 238c0b8fc..ab61e4102 100644
--- a/plugins/repo/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/repo/subcommands.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package repo
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
 )
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ func CommandGc(appName string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	appRoot := strings.Join([]string{common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT"), appName}, "/")
+	appRoot := common.AppRoot(appName)
 	cmdEnv := map[string]string{
 		"GIT_DIR": appRoot,
 	}