diff --git a/plugins/common/docker.go b/plugins/common/docker.go
index 492e754c6..42fe0cb93 100644
--- a/plugins/common/docker.go
+++ b/plugins/common/docker.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/codeskyblue/go-sh"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,18 @@ func ContainerExists(containerID string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// ContainerWaitTilReady will wait timeout seconds and then check if a container is running
+// returning an error if it is not running at the end of the timeout
+func ContainerWaitTilReady(containerID string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	time.Sleep(timeout)
+
+	if !ContainerIsRunning(containerID) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Container %s is not running", containerID)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // CopyFromImage copies a file from named image to destination
 func CopyFromImage(appName string, image string, source string, destination string) error {
 	if !VerifyImage(image) {
diff --git a/plugins/logs/subcommands.go b/plugins/logs/subcommands.go
index 06b25aaf8..483d1baeb 100644
--- a/plugins/logs/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/logs/subcommands.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
 )
@@ -108,19 +109,28 @@ func CommandVectorStart(vectorImage string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !common.ContainerExists(vectorContainerName) {
-		return startVectorContainer(vectorImage)
+	if common.ContainerExists(vectorContainerName) {
+		if common.ContainerIsRunning(vectorContainerName) {
+			common.LogVerbose("Vector container is running")
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		common.LogVerbose("Starting vector container")
+		if !common.ContainerStart(vectorContainerName) {
+			return errors.New("Unable to start vector container")
+		}
+	} else {
+		if err := startVectorContainer(vectorImage); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
-	if common.ContainerIsRunning(vectorContainerName) {
-		common.LogVerbose("Container already running")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if !common.ContainerStart(vectorContainerName) {
-		return errors.New("Unable to start vector container")
+	common.LogVerbose("Waiting for 10 seconds")
+	if err := common.ContainerWaitTilReady(vectorContainerName, 10*time.Second); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("Vector container did not start properly, run logs:vector-logs for more details")
 	}
 
+	common.LogVerbose("Vector container is running")
 	return nil
 }