diff --git a/plugins/resource/functions.go b/plugins/resource/functions.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f2b9ef61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/resource/functions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package resource
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
+)
+
+func clearByResourceType(appName string, processType string, resourceType string) {
+	noun := "limits"
+	if resourceType == "reserve" {
+		noun = "reservation"
+	}
+
+	message := fmt.Sprintf("clearing %v %v", appName, noun)
+	if processType != "_default_" && processType != "" {
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
+	}
+	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
+
+	if processType == "" {
+		resources, err := common.PropertyGetAll("resource", appName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		for key := range resources {
+			common.PropertyDelete("resource", appName, key)
+		}
+	} else {
+		resources := []string{
+			"cpu",
+			"memory",
+			"memory-swap",
+			"network",
+			"network-ingress",
+			"network-egress",
+			"nvidia-gpu",
+		}
+
+		for _, key := range resources {
+			property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
+			common.PropertyDelete("resource", appName, property)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func setResourceType(appName string, processType string, r Resource, resourceType string) error {
+	if len(processType) == 0 {
+		processType = "_default_"
+	}
+
+	resources := map[string]string{
+		"cpu":             r.CPU,
+		"memory":          r.Memory,
+		"memory-swap":     r.MemorySwap,
+		"network":         r.Network,
+		"network-ingress": r.NetworkIngress,
+		"network-egress":  r.NetworkEgress,
+		"nvidia-gpu":      r.NvidiaGPU,
+	}
+
+	hasValues := false
+	for _, value := range resources {
+		if value != "" {
+			hasValues = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !hasValues {
+		reportResourceType(appName, processType, resourceType)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	noun := "limits"
+	if resourceType == "reserve" {
+		noun = "reservation"
+	}
+	message := fmt.Sprintf("Setting resource %v for %v", noun, appName)
+	if processType != "_default_" {
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
+	}
+	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
+
+	for key, value := range resources {
+		if value == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
+		property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
+		err := common.PropertyWrite("resource", appName, property, value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func reportResourceType(appName string, processType string, resourceType string) {
+	noun := "limits"
+	if resourceType == "reserve" {
+		noun = "reservation"
+	}
+
+	message := fmt.Sprintf("resource %v %v information", noun, appName)
+	if processType == "_default_" {
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v [defaults]", message)
+	} else {
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
+	}
+	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
+
+	resources := []string{
+		"cpu",
+		"memory",
+		"memory-swap",
+		"network",
+		"network-ingress",
+		"network-egress",
+		"nvidia-gpu",
+	}
+
+	for _, key := range resources {
+		property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
+		value := common.PropertyGet("resource", appName, property)
+		common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/plugins/resource/src/subcommands/subcommands.go b/plugins/resource/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
index 713fa04c9..b6fbf99ea 100644
--- a/plugins/resource/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/resource/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 		networkEgress := args.String("network-egress", "", "network-egress: The amount of egress network bandwidth to limit processes by")
 		nvidiaGpu := args.String("nvidia-gpu", "", "nvidia-gpu: The number of Nvidia GPUs to limit a process to")
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
 
 		resources := resource.Resource{
 			CPU:            *cpu,
@@ -39,17 +40,19 @@ func main() {
 			NvidiaGPU:      *nvidiaGpu,
 		}
 
-		err = resource.CommandLimit(args.Args(), *processType, resources)
+		err = resource.CommandLimit(appName, *processType, resources)
 	case "limit-clear":
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("resource:limit-clear", flag.ExitOnError)
 		processType := args.String("process-type", "", "process-type: A process type to clear")
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
-		err = resource.CommandLimitClear(args.Args(), *processType)
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
+		err = resource.CommandLimitClear(appName, *processType)
 	case "report":
-		flag.Parse()
-		appName := flag.Arg(1)
-		infoFlag := flag.Arg(2)
-		resource.CommandReport(appName, infoFlag)
+		args := flag.NewFlagSet("resource:report", flag.ExitOnError)
+		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
+		infoFlag := args.Arg(1)
+		err = resource.CommandReport(appName, infoFlag)
 	case "reserve":
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("resource:reserve", flag.ExitOnError)
 		processType := args.String("process-type", "", "process-type: A process type to manage")
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ func main() {
 		networkEgress := args.String("network-egress", "", "network-egress: The amount of egress network bandwidth to reserve for processes")
 		nvidiaGpu := args.String("nvidia-gpu", "", "nvidia-gpu: The number of Nvidia GPUs to resource for a process")
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
 
 		resources := resource.Resource{
 			CPU:            *cpu,
@@ -72,12 +76,13 @@ func main() {
 			NvidiaGPU:      *nvidiaGpu,
 		}
 
-		err = resource.CommandReserve(args.Args(), *processType, resources)
+		err = resource.CommandReserve(appName, *processType, resources)
 	case "reserve-clear":
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("resource:reserve-clear", flag.ExitOnError)
 		processType := args.String("process-type", "", "process-type: A process type to clear")
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
-		err = resource.CommandReserveClear(args.Args(), *processType)
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
+		err = resource.CommandReserveClear(appName, *processType)
 	default:
 		common.LogFail(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid plugin subcommand call: %s", subcommand))
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/resource/subcommands.go b/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
index 8107dceaf..32cc9e055 100644
--- a/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/resource/subcommands.go
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 package resource
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
 )
 
 // CommandLimit implements resource:limit
-func CommandLimit(args []string, processType string, r Resource) error {
-	appName, err := getAppName(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+func CommandLimit(appName string, processType string, r Resource) error {
+	if appName == "" {
+		return errors.New("Please specify an app to run the command on")
 	}
 
 	return setResourceType(appName, processType, r, "limit")
 }
 
 // CommandLimitClear implements resource:limit-clear
-func CommandLimitClear(args []string, processType string) error {
-	appName, err := getAppName(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+func CommandLimitClear(appName string, processType string) error {
+	if appName == "" {
+		return errors.New("Please specify an app to run the command on")
 	}
 
 	clearByResourceType(appName, processType, "limit")
@@ -52,145 +50,20 @@ func CommandReport(appName string, infoFlag string) error {
 }
 
 // CommandReserve implements resource:reserve
-func CommandReserve(args []string, processType string, r Resource) error {
-	appName, err := getAppName(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+func CommandReserve(appName string, processType string, r Resource) error {
+	if appName == "" {
+		return errors.New("Please specify an app to run the command on")
 	}
 
 	return setResourceType(appName, processType, r, "reserve")
 }
 
 // CommandReserveClear implements resource:reserve-clear
-func CommandReserveClear(args []string, processType string) error {
-	appName, err := getAppName(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+func CommandReserveClear(appName string, processType string) error {
+	if appName == "" {
+		return errors.New("Please specify an app to run the command on")
 	}
 
 	clearByResourceType(appName, processType, "reserve")
 	return nil
 }
-
-func clearByResourceType(appName string, processType string, resourceType string) {
-	noun := "limits"
-	if resourceType == "reserve" {
-		noun = "reservation"
-	}
-
-	message := fmt.Sprintf("clearing %v %v", appName, noun)
-	if processType != "_default_" && processType != "" {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
-	}
-	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
-
-	if processType == "" {
-		resources, err := common.PropertyGetAll("resource", appName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		for key := range resources {
-			common.PropertyDelete("resource", appName, key)
-		}
-	} else {
-		resources := []string{
-			"cpu",
-			"memory",
-			"memory-swap",
-			"network",
-			"network-ingress",
-			"network-egress",
-			"nvidia-gpu",
-		}
-
-		for _, key := range resources {
-			property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
-			common.PropertyDelete("resource", appName, property)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func setResourceType(appName string, processType string, r Resource, resourceType string) error {
-	if len(processType) == 0 {
-		processType = "_default_"
-	}
-
-	resources := map[string]string{
-		"cpu":             r.CPU,
-		"memory":          r.Memory,
-		"memory-swap":     r.MemorySwap,
-		"network":         r.Network,
-		"network-ingress": r.NetworkIngress,
-		"network-egress":  r.NetworkEgress,
-		"nvidia-gpu":      r.NvidiaGPU,
-	}
-
-	hasValues := false
-	for _, value := range resources {
-		if value != "" {
-			hasValues = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	if !hasValues {
-		reportResourceType(appName, processType, resourceType)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	noun := "limits"
-	if resourceType == "reserve" {
-		noun = "reservation"
-	}
-	message := fmt.Sprintf("Setting resource %v for %v", noun, appName)
-	if processType != "_default_" {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
-	}
-	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
-
-	for key, value := range resources {
-		if value == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
-		property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
-		err := common.PropertyWrite("resource", appName, property, value)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func reportResourceType(appName string, processType string, resourceType string) {
-	noun := "limits"
-	if resourceType == "reserve" {
-		noun = "reservation"
-	}
-
-	message := fmt.Sprintf("resource %v %v information", noun, appName)
-	if processType == "_default_" {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v [defaults]", message)
-	} else {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf("%v (%v)", message, processType)
-	}
-	common.LogInfo2Quiet(message)
-
-	resources := []string{
-		"cpu",
-		"memory",
-		"memory-swap",
-		"network",
-		"network-ingress",
-		"network-egress",
-		"nvidia-gpu",
-	}
-
-	for _, key := range resources {
-		property := propertyKey(processType, resourceType, key)
-		value := common.PropertyGet("resource", appName, property)
-		common.LogVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", key, value))
-	}
-	return
-}