diff --git a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
index f2f90a71d..554d1481e 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ func TriggerPostCreate(appName string) error {
 	return common.CreateAppDataDirectory("app-json", appName)
 }
 
+// TriggerPostCreate ensures the app-json directory for the app is created
+func TriggerPostCreate(appName string) error {
+	directory := filepath.Join(common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_LIB_ROOT"), "data", "app-json", appName)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(directory, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return common.SetPermissions(directory, 0755)
+}
+
 // TriggerPostDelete destroys the app-json data for a given app container
 func TriggerPostDelete(appName string) error {
 	dataErr := os.RemoveAll(common.GetAppDataDirectory("app-json", appName))