diff --git a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
index d7409da1e..b763e693a 100755
--- a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ cmd-caddy-start() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.stopped"
   fn-caddy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p caddy up -d --quiet-pull
 }
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ cmd-caddy-stop() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.stopped"
   fn-caddy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p caddy down --remove-orphans
 }
diff --git a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
index af59aaaef..44c38ce3f 100755
--- a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ cmd-traefik-start() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.stopped"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   chmod 600 "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   fn-traefik-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ cmd-traefik-stop() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.stopped"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   chmod 600 "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   fn-traefik-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"