diff --git a/plugins/common/common.go b/plugins/common/common.go
index cd77dcf20..ab3488532 100644
--- a/plugins/common/common.go
+++ b/plugins/common/common.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	sh "github.com/codeskyblue/go-sh"
 )
 
-// DokkuCmd represents a shell command to be run for dokku
-type DokkuCmd struct {
+// ShellCmd represents a shell command to be run for dokku
+type ShellCmd struct {
 	Env           map[string]string
 	Command       *exec.Cmd
 	CommandString string
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ type DokkuCmd struct {
 	ShowOutput    bool
 }
 
-// NewDokkuCmd creates a new DokkuCmd
-func NewDokkuCmd(command string) *DokkuCmd {
+// NewShellCmd returns a new ShellCmd struct
+func NewShellCmd(command string) *ShellCmd {
 	items := strings.Split(command, " ")
 	cmd := items[0]
 	args := items[1:]
-	return &DokkuCmd{
+	return &ShellCmd{
 		Command:       exec.Command(cmd, args...),
 		CommandString: command,
 		Args:          args,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewDokkuCmd(command string) *DokkuCmd {
 }
 
 // Execute is a lightweight wrapper around exec.Command
-func (dc *DokkuCmd) Execute() bool {
+func (dc *ShellCmd) Execute() bool {
 	env := os.Environ()
 	for k, v := range dc.Env {
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func GetAppImageRepo(appName string) string {
 
 // VerifyImage returns true if docker image exists in local repo
 func VerifyImage(image string) bool {
-	imageCmd := NewDokkuCmd(fmt.Sprintf("docker inspect %s", image))
+	imageCmd := NewShellCmd(strings.Join([]string{"docker inspect", image}, " "))
 	imageCmd.ShowOutput = false
 	if imageCmd.Execute() {
 		return true
diff --git a/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/gc/gc.go b/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/gc/gc.go
index 873ed3e85..7787385b8 100644
--- a/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/gc/gc.go
+++ b/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/gc/gc.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func main() {
 	cmdEnv := map[string]string{
 		"GIT_DIR": appRoot,
 	}
-	gitGcCmd := common.NewDokkuCmd("git gc --aggressive")
+	gitGcCmd := common.NewShellCmd("git gc --aggressive")
 	gitGcCmd.Env = cmdEnv
 	gitGcCmd.Execute()
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/purge-cache/purge-cache.go b/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/purge-cache/purge-cache.go
index b4d4eb8b0..863d4d46c 100644
--- a/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/purge-cache/purge-cache.go
+++ b/plugins/repo/src/subcommands/purge-cache/purge-cache.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 	dokkuGlobalRunArgs := common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS")
 	image := common.GetDeployingAppImageName(appName, "", "")
 	if info, _ := os.Stat(cacheDir); info != nil && info.IsDir() {
-		purgeCacheCmd := common.NewDokkuCmd(strings.Join([]string{"docker run --rm", dokkuGlobalRunArgs,
+		purgeCacheCmd := common.NewShellCmd(strings.Join([]string{"docker run --rm", dokkuGlobalRunArgs,
 			"-v", strings.Join([]string{cacheDir, ":/cache"}, ""), image,
 			`find /cache -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -Rf {} ;`}, " "))
 		purgeCacheCmd.Execute()