diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64c86a5f3..d0241287d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DOKKU_VERSION ?= master
 
 SSHCOMMAND_URL ?= https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dokku/sshcommand/v0.6.0/sshcommand
-PLUGN_URL ?= https://github.com/dokku/plugn/releases/download/v0.2.2/plugn_0.2.2_linux_x86_64.tgz
+PLUGN_URL ?= https://github.com/dokku/plugn/releases/download/v0.3.0/plugn_0.3.0_linux_x86_64.tgz
 SIGIL_URL ?= https://github.com/gliderlabs/sigil/releases/download/v0.4.0/sigil_0.4.0_Linux_x86_64.tgz
 STACK_URL ?= https://github.com/gliderlabs/herokuish.git
 PREBUILT_STACK_URL ?= gliderlabs/herokuish:latest
diff --git a/deb.mk b/deb.mk
index 7e5d4dfb5..20b3b31f3 100644
--- a/deb.mk
+++ b/deb.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You can use any language you want, so long as the script is
 executable and has the proper language requirements installed
 endef
 PLUGN_REPO_NAME ?= dokku/plugn
-PLUGN_VERSION ?= 0.2.2
+PLUGN_VERSION ?= 0.3.0
 PLUGN_ARCHITECTURE = amd64
 PLUGN_PACKAGE_NAME = plugn_$(PLUGN_VERSION)_$(PLUGN_ARCHITECTURE).deb
 PLUGN_URL = https://github.com/dokku/plugn/releases/download/v$(PLUGN_VERSION)/plugn_$(PLUGN_VERSION)_linux_x86_64.tgz
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 225607c8c..5a3ae2d61 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
 Depends: locales, git, make, curl, gcc, man-db, sshcommand (>= 0.6.0), gliderlabs-sigil, docker-engine-cs (>= 1.9.1) | docker-engine (>= 1.9.1) | docker-ce | docker-ee, software-properties-common, python-software-properties
 Recommends: herokuish (>= 0.3.4), parallel
-Pre-Depends: nginx, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.2.2), sudo, python2.7, debconf
+Pre-Depends: nginx, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python2.7, debconf
 Maintainer: Jose Diaz-Gonzalez <dokku@josediazgonzalez.com>
 Description: Docker-powered PaaS that helps build and manage the lifecycle of applications
  Dokku is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service
diff --git a/plugins/plugin/subcommands/install b/plugins/plugin/subcommands/install
index 1ad4143f1..7ff991f3a 100755
--- a/plugins/plugin/subcommands/install
+++ b/plugins/plugin/subcommands/install
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugin_install_cmd() {
       [[ "$#" -gt 2 ]] && dokku_log_info1_quiet "Cannot install additional core plugins, running core plugin install trigger"
       PLUGIN_PATH="$PLUGIN_CORE_PATH" plugn trigger install
       ;;
-    https:*|git*|ssh:*)
+    https:*|git*|ssh:*|*.tar.gz|*.tgz)
       shift
       download_and_enable_plugin "$@"
       plugn trigger install