diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/deploy b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/deploy
index 15b135b01..ae7ed612c 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/deploy
+++ b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/deploy
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ dokku_deploy_cmd() {
   local DOKKU_DEFAULT_DOCKER_ARGS=$(: | plugn trigger docker-args-deploy "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG")
   local DOKKU_IS_APP_PROXY_ENABLED="$(is_app_proxy_enabled "$APP")"
 
-  local line
+  local line; local PROC_TYPE; local PROC_COUNT; local CONTAINER_INDEX
   while read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
     [[ "$line" =~ ^#.* ]] && continue
-    local TRIM=${line%#*}
-    local PROC_TYPE=${TRIM%%=*}
-    local PROC_COUNT=${TRIM#*=}
-    local CONTAINER_INDEX=1
+    line="$(strip_inline_comments "$line")"
+    PROC_TYPE=${line%%=*}
+    PROC_COUNT=${line#*=}
+    CONTAINER_INDEX=1
 
     while [[ $CONTAINER_INDEX -le $PROC_COUNT ]]; do
       local id=""; local port=""; local ipaddr=""
diff --git a/plugins/checks/check-deploy b/plugins/checks/check-deploy
index d954b073f..c41034e47 100755
--- a/plugins/checks/check-deploy
+++ b/plugins/checks/check-deploy
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ checks_check_deploy() {
 
   # Reads name/value pairs, sets the WAIT and TIMEOUT variables
   exec < "$FILENAME"
-  local LINE
-  while read -r LINE; do
+  local line; local NAME; local VALUE
+  while read -r line; do
+    line=$(strip_inline_comments "$line")
     # Name/value pair
-    if [[ "$LINE" =~ ^.+= ]]; then
-      local TRIM=${LINE%#*}
-      local NAME=${TRIM%=*}
-      local VALUE=${TRIM#*=}
+    if [[ "$line" =~ ^.+= ]]; then
+      NAME=${TRIM%=*}
+      VALUE=${TRIM#*=}
       [[ "$NAME" = "WAIT" ]] && local WAIT=$VALUE
       [[ "$NAME" = "TIMEOUT" ]] && local TIMEOUT=$VALUE
       [[ "$NAME" = "ATTEMPTS" ]] && local ATTEMPTS=$VALUE
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 6288f5718..a997eb815 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -311,16 +311,17 @@ get_app_running_container_ids() {
 get_cmd_from_procfile() {
   declare desc="parse cmd from app Procfile"
   local APP=$1; local PROC_TYPE=$2; local DOKKU_PROCFILE="$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/DOKKU_PROCFILE"
-  local name; local command;
   verify_app_name "$APP"
 
   if [[ -f $DOKKU_PROCFILE ]]; then
+    local line; local name; local command
     while read line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
       if [[ -z "$line" ]] || [[ "$line" == "#"* ]]; then
         continue
       fi
-      local name="${line%%:*}"
-      local command="${line#*:[[:space:]]}"
+      line=$(strip_inline_comments "$line")
+      name="${line%%:*}"
+      command="${line#*:[[:space:]]}"
       [[ "$name" == "$PROC_TYPE" ]] && echo "$command" && break
     done < "$DOKKU_PROCFILE"
   fi
@@ -689,3 +690,11 @@ get_json_keys() {
     cat | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print " ".join(obj'"${JSON_NODE}"'.keys())';
   fi
 }
+
+strip_inline_comments() {
+  declare desc="removes bash-style comment from input line"
+  local line="$1"
+  local stripped_line="${line%[[:space:]]#*}"
+
+  echo "$stripped_line"
+}
diff --git a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/CHECKS b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/CHECKS
index 1f4f0eb05..67d14794a 100644
--- a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/CHECKS
+++ b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/CHECKS
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+WAIT=2 # wait 2 seconds
+TIMEOUT=5 # set timeout to 5 seconds
+ATTEMPTS=2 # try 2 times
+
 / nodejs/express
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
index 312461ac9..7ab33747b 100644
--- a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
+++ b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Procfile for development using the new threaded worker (scheduler, twitter stream and delayed job)
 cron: node worker.js
-web: node web.js
+web: node web.js # testing inline comment
 worker: node worker.js