diff --git a/plugins/ps/functions.go b/plugins/ps/functions.go
index a4ddd52fa..d276d8437 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/functions.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func canScaleApp(appName string) bool {
-	return !common.FileExists(getScalefilePath(appName))
+	return !common.FileExists(getScalefileExtractedPath(appName))
 }
 
 func extractProcfile(appName, image string, procfilePath string) error {