diff --git a/src/docker.js b/src/docker.js
index 0734630b1..b42359eaf 100644
--- a/src/docker.js
+++ b/src/docker.js
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ async function getVolumeMounts(app) {
 
     for (const mount of app.mounts) {
         const volume = volumesById[mount.volumeId];
+        const status = await volumes.getStatus(volume);
+        if (status.state !== 'active') throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, `Volume "${volume.name}" is not active. ${status.message}`);
 
         mounts.push({
             Source: volume.hostPath,
@@ -208,6 +210,11 @@ async function getAddonMounts(app) {
     for (const addon of Object.keys(addons)) {
         switch (addon) {
         case 'localstorage': {
+            if (app.storageVolumeId) {
+                const volume = await volumes.get(app.storageVolumeId);
+                const status = await volumes.getStatus(volume);
+                if (status.state !== 'active') throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, `Storage volume "${volume.name}" is not active. ${status.message}`);
+            }
             const storageDir = await apps.getStorageDir(app);
             mounts.push({
                 Target: '/app/data',