diff --git a/plugins/ps/commands b/plugins/ps/commands
index 271816ee8..d9614c623 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/commands
+++ b/plugins/ps/commands
@@ -90,10 +90,17 @@ case "$1" in
     DOKKU_SCALE_FILE="$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/DOKKU_SCALE"
     shift 2
 
-    generate_scale_file "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG"
-    if [[ -z "$@" ]]; then
-      dokku_log_info1 "Scaling for $APP"
-      dokku_log_info2 "$(< $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE)"
+    [[ ! -e $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE ]] && generate_scale_file "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG"
+    if [[ -z "$@" ]];then
+      dokku_log_info1_quiet "Scaling for $APP"
+      dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "proctype" "qty"
+      dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "--------" "---"
+      while read line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
+        [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
+        PROC_NAME=${line%%=*}
+        PROC_COUNT=${line#*=}
+        dokku_col_log_info1 "$PROC_NAME" "$PROC_COUNT"
+      done < "$DOKKU_SCALE_FILE"
     else
       set_scale "$APP" "$@"
       release_and_deploy "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG"
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ case "$1" in
   help | ps:help)
     cat<<EOF
     ps <app>, List processes running in app container(s)
-    ps:scale <app> <proc>=<count> [<proc>=<count>], Set how many instances of a given process to run
+    ps:scale [<app> <proc>=<count> [<proc>=<count>]], Get/Set how many instances of a given process to run
     ps:start <app>, Start app container(s)
     ps:stop <app>, Stop app container(s)
     ps:rebuild <app>, Rebuild an app
diff --git a/plugins/ps/functions b/plugins/ps/functions
index 47961de76..eafc19916 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/functions
+++ b/plugins/ps/functions
@@ -15,15 +15,29 @@ generate_scale_file() {
 
   copy_from_image "$IMAGE" "/app/DOKKU_SCALE" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP" 2>/dev/null || true
   if [[ ! -f $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE ]]; then
-    dokku_log_info1_quiet "DOKKU_SCALE file not found in app image. Defaulting to a single web process"
-    echo "web=1" >> $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE
+    dokku_log_info1_quiet "DOKKU_SCALE file not found in app image. Generating one based on Procfile..."
 
+    TMP_WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+    trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_WORK_DIR" > /dev/null' RETURN
+
+    copy_from_image "$IMAGE" "/app/Procfile" "$TMP_WORK_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+    local PROCFILE="$TMP_WORK_DIR/Procfile"
+    if [[ ! -e "$PROCFILE" ]]; then
+      echo "web=1" >> $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE
+    else
+      while read line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
+        [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
+        NAME=${line%%:*}
+        NUM_PROCS=0
+        [[ "$NAME" == "web" ]] && NUM_PROCS=1
+        echo "$NAME=$NUM_PROCS" >> $DOKKU_SCALE_FILE
+      done < "$PROCFILE"
+    fi
     dokku_log_info1_quiet "New DOKKU_SCALE file generated"
-
   else
     dokku_log_info1_quiet "DOKKU_SCALE file found"
-    print_dokku_scale_file $APP
   fi
+  print_dokku_scale_file $APP
 }
 
 set_scale() {