diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
index d8355137a..889509c05 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
@@ -235,3 +235,13 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-register-retired() {
     echo "${APP} ${DOCKER_ID} ${DEAD_TIME}" >>"${DEAD_FILE}"
   fi
 }
+
+fn-scheduler-docker-local-start-app-container() {
+  declare desc="starts a single app container"
+  declare APP="$1" DOCKER_ARGS="$2"
+
+  declare -a __DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY
+  eval "__DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY=($DOCKER_ARGS)"
+  eval "$(config_export app "$APP" --merged)"
+  "$DOCKER_BIN" container create "${__DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY[@]}"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
index 1a878faad..50c51f04d 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-deploy
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy() {
       DOCKER_ARGS+=" $IMAGE "
       DOCKER_ARGS+=" $START_CMD "
 
-      cid=$(fn-start-app-container "$DOCKER_ARGS")
+      cid=$(fn-scheduler-docker-local-start-app-container "$APP" "$DOCKER_ARGS")
 
       plugn trigger post-container-create "app" "$cid" "$APP" "deploy" "$PROC_TYPE"
       "$DOCKER_BIN" container start "$cid" >/dev/null || true
@@ -222,14 +222,4 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-extract-start-cmd() {
   echo "$START_CMD"
 }
 
-fn-start-app-container() {
-  declare desc="starts a single app container"
-  declare DOCKER_ARGS="$1"
-
-  declare -a __DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY
-  eval "__DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY=($DOCKER_ARGS)"
-  eval "$(config_export app "$APP" --merged)"
-  "$DOCKER_BIN" container create "${__DOKKU_DOCKER_ARG_ARRAY[@]}"
-}
-
 trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-deploy "$@"