diff --git a/common-functions b/common-functions
index 7948099..d770be5 100755
--- a/common-functions
+++ b/common-functions
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ docker_ports_options() {
 get_container_ip() {
   declare desc="Retrieves the ip address of a container"
   declare CONTAINER_ID="$1"
-  docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' "$CONTAINER_ID"
+  docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' "$CONTAINER_ID" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 get_database_name() {
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 3d5feed..65152dc 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ service_start() {
   local ID=$(docker ps -aq --no-trunc --filter "status=running" --filter "name=^/$SERVICE_NAME$" --format '{{ .ID }}') || true
   if [[ -n $ID ]]; then
     [[ -z $QUIET ]] && dokku_log_warn "Service is already started"
+    if [[ ! -f "$SERVICE_ROOT/ID" ]] || [[ "$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/ID")" != "$ID" ]]; then
+      [[ -z $QUIET ]] && dokku_log_warn "Updating local container ID"
+      echo "$ID" >"$SERVICE_ROOT/ID"
+    fi
     return 0
   fi