diff --git a/cli/app/ps.go b/cli/app/ps.go
index 1c2172d8..55ff4efb 100644
--- a/cli/app/ps.go
+++ b/cli/app/ps.go
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ func showPSOutput(c *cli.Context) {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	isDeployed, _, err := stack.IsDeployed(c.Context, cl, app.StackName())
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !isDeployed {
+		logrus.Fatalf("%s is not deployed?", app.Name)
+	}
+
 	filters := filters.NewArgs()
 	filters.Add("name", app.StackName())