diff --git a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
index b763e693a..6ca5be82a 100755
--- a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ cmd-caddy-start() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.started"
   rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.stopped"
   fn-caddy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p caddy up -d --quiet-pull
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ cmd-caddy-stop() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.started"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/caddy/caddy.stopped"
   fn-caddy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p caddy down --remove-orphans
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/command-functions
index 56bddc344..fdb73927f 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ cmd-nginx-start() {
   declare cmd="nginx:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/nginx-vhosts/nginx.started"
   rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/nginx-vhosts/nginx.stopped"
   fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "enable"
   fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "start"
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ cmd-nginx-stop() {
   declare cmd="nginx:stop"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/nginx-vhosts/nginx.started"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/nginx-vhosts/nginx.stopped"
   fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "stop"
   fn-nginx-vhosts-nginx-init-cmd "disable"
diff --git a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
index 44c38ce3f..43f814a95 100755
--- a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ cmd-traefik-start() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.started"
   rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.stopped"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   chmod 600 "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ cmd-traefik-stop() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  rm -f "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.started"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik.stopped"
   touch "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"
   chmod 600 "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/traefik/traefik-acme.json"