diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process
index d70154f89..32f86f263 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ main() {
   fi
 
   PARALLEL_DEPLOY_COUNT="$(plugn trigger "app-json-process-deploy-parallelism" "$APP" "$PROC_TYPE")"
-  DOKKU_CHECKS_DISABLED="$DOKKU_CHECKS_DISABLED" parallel --will-cite --halt soon,fail=1 --jobs "$PARALLEL_DEPLOY_COUNT" --ungroup <"$PROCESS_TMP_FILE"
+  DOKKU_CHECKS_DISABLED="$DOKKU_CHECKS_DISABLED" INJECT_INIT_FLAG="$INJECT_INIT_FLAG" parallel --will-cite --halt soon,fail=1 --jobs "$PARALLEL_DEPLOY_COUNT" --ungroup <"$PROCESS_TMP_FILE"
 
   # cleanup when we scale down
   if [[ "$PROC_COUNT" == 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process-container b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process-container
index bfa442dc6..772ee88c5 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process-container
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/bin/scheduler-deploy-process-container
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ main() {
   DOCKER_ARGS+=" --label=com.dokku.process-type=$PROC_TYPE --label=com.dokku.dyno=$DYNO"
   DOCKER_ARGS+=" --env=DYNO=$DYNO"
   DOCKER_ARGS+=" --name=$APP.$DYNO.upcoming-$RANDOM"
-  if [[ "$INJECT_INIT_FLAG" == "false" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$INJECT_INIT_FLAG" == "true" ]]; then
     DOCKER_ARGS+=" --init"
   fi
   DOCKER_ARGS+=" $DOCKER_RUN_LABEL_ARGS $DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS "
diff --git a/tests/unit/scheduler-docker-local.bats b/tests/unit/scheduler-docker-local.bats
index 0fbba8dc1..42c906634 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scheduler-docker-local.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/scheduler-docker-local.bats
@@ -55,3 +55,49 @@ teardown() {
   assert_output "Host(\`$TEST_APP.dokku.me\`)"
   assert_success
 }
+
+@test "(scheduler-docker-local) init-process" {
+  run create_app
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run deploy_app
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.Init}}' $TEST_APP.web.1"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output "true"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker exec $TEST_APP.web.1 ps auxf"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output_contains "docker-init"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku scheduler-docker-local:set $TEST_APP init-process false"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku ps:rebuild $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.Init}}' $TEST_APP.web.1"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output "<nil>"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker exec $TEST_APP.web.1 ps auxf"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output_contains "docker-init" 0
+}