diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
index 54bc763cc..ef5372bb4 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
@@ -2169,14 +2169,14 @@ CONTAINER_ID="$2";
 
 - Description: Allows you to run scheduler commands when containers should be force retired from the system
 - Invoked by: `dokku run`
-- Arguments: `$DOKKU_SCHEDULER`
+- Arguments: `$DOKKU_SCHEDULER $APP`
 - Example:
 
 ```shell
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
-DOKKU_SCHEDULER="$1";
+DOKKU_SCHEDULER="$1"; APP="$2";
 
 # TODO
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/ps/src/subcommands/subcommands.go b/plugins/ps/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
index b77b0d7ba..306daea8a 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ func main() {
 	case "retire":
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("ps:retire", flag.ExitOnError)
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
-		err = ps.CommandRetire()
+		appName := args.Arg(0)
+		err = ps.CommandRetire(appName)
 	case "scale":
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("ps:scale", flag.ExitOnError)
 		skipDeploy := args.Bool("skip-deploy", false, "--skip-deploy: skip deploy of the app")
diff --git a/plugins/ps/subcommands.go b/plugins/ps/subcommands.go
index 1ba4703d2..e34698733 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/subcommands.go
@@ -93,9 +93,14 @@ func CommandRestore(appName string, allApps bool, parallelCount int) error {
 }
 
 // CommandRetire ensures old containers are retired
-func CommandRetire() error {
+func CommandRetire(appName string) error {
 	lockFile := filepath.Join(common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_LIB_ROOT"), "data", "ps", "retire")
-	scheduler := common.GetGlobalScheduler()
+	scheduler := ""
+	if appName == "" {
+		scheduler = common.GetGlobalScheduler()
+	} else {
+		scheduler = common.GetAppScheduler(appName)
+	}
 
 	fileLock := flock.New(lockFile)
 	locked, err := fileLock.TryLock()
@@ -108,7 +113,8 @@ func CommandRetire() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to acquire ps:retire lock")
 	}
 
-	if err := common.PlugnTrigger("scheduler-retire", []string{scheduler}...); err != nil {
+	common.LogInfo1("Retiring old containers and images")
+	if err := common.PlugnTrigger("scheduler-retire", []string{scheduler, appName}...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
index d11e966fb..d8355137a 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ cmd-scheduler-docker-local-report-single() {
 }
 
 fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container() {
-  declare APP="$1" CID="$2" DEAD_TIME="$3"
+  declare APP="$1" CID="$2"
   local STATE
 
-  dokku_log_info1_quiet "Attempting to retire $APP container $CID"
+  dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Attempting to retire $APP container $CID"
   STATE="$("$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect --format "{{ .State.Status }}" "$CID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
   if [[ -z "$STATE" ]]; then
     return
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container() {
 fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers() {
   local DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-containers"
   local APP CID CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME STATE
+  declare SCHEDULER="$1" APP="$2"
 
   if [[ ! -f "$DEAD_CONTAINER_FILE" ]]; then
     return
@@ -117,15 +118,19 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers() {
   while read line; do
     [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
     CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
-    APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
+    RETIRE_APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
     CID="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
     DEAD_TIME="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f3)"
 
+    if [[ -n "$APP" ]] && [[ "$APP" != "$RETIRE_APP" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
     if [[ "$CURRENT_TIME" -le "$DEAD_TIME" ]]; then
       continue
     fi
 
-    fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container "$APP" "$CID" "$DEAD_TIME"
+    fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-container "$RETIRE_APP" "$CID"
     STATE="$("$DOCKER_BIN" container inspect --format "{{ .State.Status }}" "$CID" 2>/dev/null || true)"
     if [[ -z "$STATE" ]]; then
       DEAD_CONTAINERS+=("$CID")
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers() {
 fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images() {
   local DEAD_IMAGE_FILE="${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/scheduler-docker-local/dead-images"
   local APP IMAGE_ID CURRENT_TIME DEAD_TIME STATE RM_OUTPUT
+  declare SCHEDULER="$1" APP="$2"
 
   if [[ ! -f "$DEAD_IMAGE_FILE" ]]; then
     return
@@ -163,10 +169,14 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images() {
   while read line; do
     [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
     CURRENT_TIME="$(date +%s)"
-    APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
+    RETIRE_APP="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
     IMAGE_ID="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f2)"
     DEAD_TIME="$(echo "$line" | cut -d ' ' -f3)"
 
+    if [[ -n "$APP" ]] && [[ "$APP" != "$RETIRE_APP" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
     if [[ "$CURRENT_TIME" -le "$DEAD_TIME" ]]; then
       continue
     fi
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images() {
       continue
     fi
 
-    dokku_log_info1_quiet "Attempting to retire $APP image $IMAGE_ID"
+    dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Attempting to retire $RETIRE_APP image $IMAGE_ID"
     if RM_OUTPUT="$("$DOCKER_BIN" image rm "$IMAGE_ID" 2>&1)"; then
       DEAD_IMAGES+=("$IMAGE_ID")
       continue
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
index cf469956b..8f4b274dd 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-retire
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/scheduler-docker-local/internal-functions"
 trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-retire() {
   declare desc="retires all old containers once they have aged out"
   declare trigger="scheduler-retire"
+  declare SCHEDULER="$1" APP="$2"
 
-  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers
-  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-containers "$SCHEDULER" "$APP"
+  fn-scheduler-docker-local-retire-images "$SCHEDULER" "$APP"
 }
 
 trigger-scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-retire "$@"