diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e7748e480..41fe25837 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 version: 2
 jobs:
   build:
-    machine: true
+    machine:
+      image: ubuntu-1604:201903-01
     parallelism: 4
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run: |
+          if [[ "$(lsb_release -rs)" == "14.04" ]]; then
+            # dokku.me now resolves to 10.0.0.2. add 10.0.0.2/24 to eth0
+            sudo ip a a 10.0.0.2/24 broadcast 10.0.0.255 dev eth0
+          else
+            # dokku.me now resolves to 10.0.0.2. add 10.0.0.2/24 to ens4
+            sudo ip a a 10.0.0.2/24 broadcast 10.0.0.255 dev ens4
+          fi
       - run: |
           make ci-dependencies
       - run: |
           ./tests/ci/setup.sh
       - run: |
           echo 'export DOKKU_SKIP_CLEANUP=true' | sudo tee /home/dokku/.dokkurc/dokku_skip_cleanup
-      - run: |
-          # dokku.me now resolves to 10.0.0.2. add 10.0.0.2/24 to eth0
-          sudo ip a a 10.0.0.2/24 broadcast 10.0.0.255 dev eth0
       - run: |
           case $CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX in
             0) sudo -E make -e lint go-tests ci-go-coverage ;;
diff --git a/plugins/20_events/install b/plugins/20_events/install
index 7146f27cd..d4b7131e3 100755
--- a/plugins/20_events/install
+++ b/plugins/20_events/install
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -d "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER_DIR" && ! -f "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" ]]; then
   cat >"$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" <<EOF
-:syslogtag, contains, "dokku" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
+:syslogtag, contains, "dokku-event" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
+EOF
+  flag_rsyslog_needs_restart=y
+fi
+
+if [[ -f "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" ]] && ! grep -q "dokku-event" "$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER"; then
+  cat >"$DOKKU_RSYSLOG_FILTER" <<EOF
+:syslogtag, contains, "dokku-event" $DOKKU_EVENTS_LOGFILE
 EOF
   flag_rsyslog_needs_restart=y
 fi
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 10db6dcf8..e7a679cb0 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ dokku_log_fail() {
 
 dokku_log_event() {
   declare desc="log dokku events"
-  logger -t dokku -i -- "$@"
+  logger -t dokku-event -i -- "$@"
 }
 
 dokku_log_plugn_trigger_call() {
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/install b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/install
index 174853aa8..41e05975d 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/install
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/install
@@ -38,9 +38,15 @@ Description=Run dokku-retire.service every 5 minutes
 
 [Timer]
 OnCalendar=*:0/5
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
 EOF
     if command -v systemctl &>/dev/null; then
       systemctl --quiet reenable dokku-retire
+      systemctl --quiet enable dokku-retire.timer
+      systemctl --quiet start dokku-retire.timer
     fi
   else
     cat <<EOF >/etc/cron.d/dokku-retire
diff --git a/tests/ci/setup.sh b/tests/ci/setup.sh
index 77c61f0aa..190f2812e 100755
--- a/tests/ci/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/setup.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
 
   sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/stable
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get -qq -y install nginx
+  sudo apt-get -qq -y install cgroupfs-mount nginx
   sudo cp "${ROOT_DIR}/tests/dhparam.pem" /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem
 
   sudo dpkg -i "${ROOT_DIR}/build/$HEROKUISH_PACKAGE_NAME"
diff --git a/tests/unit/30_scheduler-docker-local.bats b/tests/unit/30_scheduler-docker-local.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a2b39336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/30_scheduler-docker-local.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load test_helper
+
+setup() {
+  global_setup
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  global_teardown
+}
+
+@test "(scheduler-docker-local) timer installed" {
+  run /bin/bash -c "systemctl list-timers | grep dokku-retire"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+}