diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/exec-app-json-scripts b/plugins/app-json/internal-functions
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/00_dokku-standard/exec-app-json-scripts
rename to plugins/app-json/internal-functions
diff --git a/plugins/app-json/plugin.toml b/plugins/app-json/plugin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9069903ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/app-json/plugin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[plugin]
+description = "dokku core app-json plugin"
+version = "0.13.4"
+[plugin.config]
diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/post-deploy b/plugins/app-json/post-deploy
similarity index 61%
rename from plugins/00_dokku-standard/post-deploy
rename to plugins/app-json/post-deploy
index 3cc3e2fba..2b78e2ee4 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/post-deploy
+++ b/plugins/app-json/post-deploy
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
-source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/00_dokku-standard/exec-app-json-scripts"
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/app-json/internal-functions"
 
-exec_app_json_scripts() {
-  declare desc="core app.json scripts execution"
-  local trigger="post-deploy app_json_scripts"
+app_json_post_deploy() {
+  declare desc="app-json scripts execution"
+  local trigger="app_json_post_deploy"
   local APP="$1"
   local IMAGE_TAG="$4"
   local PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY="postdeploy"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ exec_app_json_scripts() {
   execute_script "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG" "$PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY"
 }
 
-exec_app_json_scripts "$@"
+app_json_post_deploy "$@"
diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/pre-deploy b/plugins/app-json/pre-deploy
similarity index 61%
rename from plugins/00_dokku-standard/pre-deploy
rename to plugins/app-json/pre-deploy
index 4c9d369af..43d58b895 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/pre-deploy
+++ b/plugins/app-json/pre-deploy
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
-source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/00_dokku-standard/exec-app-json-scripts"
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/app-json/internal-functions"
 
-exec_app_json_scripts() {
-  declare desc="core app.json scripts execution"
-  local trigger="pre-deploy app_json_scripts"
+app_json_pre_deploy() {
+  declare desc="app-json scripts execution"
+  local trigger="app_json_pre_deploy"
   local APP="$1"
   local IMAGE_TAG="$2"
   local PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY="predeploy"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ exec_app_json_scripts() {
   execute_script "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG" "$PHASE_SCRIPT_KEY"
 }
 
-exec_app_json_scripts "$@"
+app_json_pre_deploy "$@"
diff --git a/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats b/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
index ef72aecdd..edb22b6ce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
@@ -180,24 +180,3 @@ EOF
   echo "status: $status"
   assert_output "3001/udp 3000/tcp 3003"
 }
-
-@test "(core) app.json scripts" {
-  deploy_app
-
-  run /bin/bash -c "dokku run $TEST_APP ls /app/prebuild.test"
-  echo "output: $output"
-  echo "status: $status"
-  assert_failure
-
-  run /bin/bash -c "dokku run $TEST_APP ls /app/predeploy.test"
-  echo "output: $output"
-  echo "status: $status"
-  assert_success
-
-  CID=$(docker ps -a -q  -f "ancestor=dokku/${TEST_APP}" -f "label=dokku_phase_script=postdeploy")
-  IMAGE_ID=$(docker commit $CID dokku-test/${TEST_APP})
-  run /bin/bash -c "docker run -ti $IMAGE_ID ls /app/postdeploy.test"
-  echo "output: $output"
-  echo "status: $status"
-  assert_success
-}
diff --git a/tests/unit/40_app-json.bats b/tests/unit/40_app-json.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b540daabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/40_app-json.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load test_helper
+
+setup() {
+  global_setup
+  create_app
+  DOCKERFILE="$BATS_TMPDIR/Dockerfile"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  rm -rf /home/dokku/$TEST_APP/tls
+  destroy_app
+  dokku config:unset --global DOKKU_RM_CONTAINER
+  rm -f "$DOCKERFILE"
+  global_teardown
+}
+
+@test "(app-json) app.json scripts" {
+  deploy_app
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku run $TEST_APP ls /app/prebuild.test"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_failure
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku run $TEST_APP ls /app/predeploy.test"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  CID=$(docker ps -a -q  -f "ancestor=dokku/${TEST_APP}" -f "label=dokku_phase_script=postdeploy")
+  IMAGE_ID=$(docker commit $CID dokku-test/${TEST_APP})
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker run -ti $IMAGE_ID ls /app/postdeploy.test"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+}