diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 85ca7e5ae..1ab124c6a 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ is_container_status() {
 
 is_app_running() {
   declare desc="return 0 if given app has a running container"
+  dokku_log_warn "Deprecated: ps#fn-is-app-running"
   local APP="$1"
   verify_app_name "$APP"
 
diff --git a/plugins/ps/functions b/plugins/ps/functions
index b65d4cba4..9da0b8ab7 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/functions
+++ b/plugins/ps/functions
@@ -171,3 +171,34 @@ get_restart_policies() {
   local -r phase_file_path=$1
   get_raw_restart_policies "$phase_file_path" | sed -e 's/^--restart=//g'
 }
+
+fn-ps-app-status() {
+  declare APP="$1"
+  local PROCS=0 RUNNING=""
+  local APP_CIDS=$(get_app_container_ids "$APP");
+
+  for CID in $APP_CIDS; do
+    if (is_container_status "$CID" "Running"); then
+      RUNNING+="0"
+    else
+      RUNNING+="1"
+    fi
+    PROCS=$((PROCS + 1))
+  done
+
+  if [[ "${#RUNNING}" -eq 0 ]] || [[ "${#RUNNING}" -ne 0 ]] && [[ "$RUNNING" != *"0"* ]]; then
+    RUNNING="false"
+  elif [[ "$RUNNING" != *"1"* ]] && [[ "${#RUNNING}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    RUNNING="true"
+  else
+    RUNNING="mixed"
+  fi
+
+  echo "$PROCS $RUNNING"
+}
+
+fn-ps-is-app-running() {
+  declare APP="$1"
+  APP_STATUS=$(fn-ps-app-status "$APP")
+  echo "$APP_STATUS" | cut -d ' ' -f 2
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/ps/internal-functions b/plugins/ps/internal-functions
index 763e2f1b2..dfa8639a0 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/ps/internal-functions
@@ -33,27 +33,12 @@ cmd-ps-report-single() {
   local APP_DIR="$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP"
   [[ "$INFO_FLAG" == "true" ]] && INFO_FLAG=""
 
-  local passed_phases="deploy"
-  local APP_CIDS=$(get_app_container_ids "$APP"); local PROCS=0; local RUNNING=""
-
-  for CID in $APP_CIDS; do
-    if (is_container_status "$CID" "Running"); then
-      RUNNING+="0"
-    else
-      RUNNING+="1"
-    fi
-    PROCS=$((PROCS + 1))
-  done
-
-  if [[ "${#RUNNING}" -eq 0 ]] || [[ "${#RUNNING}" -ne 0 ]] && [[ "$RUNNING" != *"0"* ]]; then
-    RUNNING="false"
-  elif [[ "$RUNNING" != *"1"* ]] && [[ "${#RUNNING}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-    RUNNING="true";
-  else
-    RUNNING="mixed"
-  fi
+  local APP_RUNNING="$(fn-ps-app-status "$APP")"
+  local PROCS=$(echo "$APP_RUNNING" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+  local RUNNING=$(echo "$APP_RUNNING" | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
 
   if (is_deployed "$APP"); then DEPLOYED="true"; else DEPLOYED="false"; fi
+  local passed_phases="deploy"
   RESTARTPOLICY=$(get_restart_policies "$(get_phase_file_path "$passed_phases")" || true)
 
   local CONTAINER_FILES="$(find "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP" -maxdepth 1 -name "CONTAINER.*" -printf "%f\n" 2>/dev/null | sort -t . -k 2 -n | xargs)"