diff --git a/common-functions b/common-functions
index 21c89e7..f2a9716 100755
--- a/common-functions
+++ b/common-functions
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ service_container_rm() {
   [[ -z "$ID" ]] && return 0
 
   dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Removing container"
+  docker update --restart=no "$SERVICE_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1
   if ! docker rm "$SERVICE_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     dokku_log_fail "Unable to remove container for service $SERVICE"
   fi
diff --git a/subcommands/upgrade b/subcommands/upgrade
index 37cd4c6..76f1a9b 100755
--- a/subcommands/upgrade
+++ b/subcommands/upgrade
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ service-upgrade-cmd() {
   verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
 
   local SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
-  local ID="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/ID")"
-  is_container_status "$ID" "Running" || dokku_log_fail "Service ${SERVICE} container is not running"
 
   service_parse_args "${@:2}"
 
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ service-upgrade-cmd() {
   if [[ "$SERVICE_RESTART_APPS" == "true" ]]; then
     dokku_log_info2 "Stopping all linked services"
     for app in $(service_linked_apps "$SERVICE"); do
+      [[ "$app" == "-" ]] && continue
       ps_stop "$app"
     done
   fi
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ service-upgrade-cmd() {
   if [[ "$SERVICE_RESTART_APPS" == "true" ]]; then
     dokku_log_info2 "Starting all linked services"
     for app in $(service_linked_apps "$SERVICE"); do
+      [[ "$app" == "-" ]] && continue
       ps_start "$app"
     done
   fi
diff --git a/tests/test_helper.bash b/tests/test_helper.bash
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9aa1026..39b6092
--- a/tests/test_helper.bash
+++ b/tests/test_helper.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-export DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT=1
 export DOKKU_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/dokku"
 export DOKKU_VERSION=${DOKKU_VERSION:-"master"}
 export PATH="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/bin:$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/dokku:$PATH"