diff --git a/VMInstance.py b/VMInstance.py
index cb366545..e43239a9 100644
--- a/VMInstance.py
+++ b/VMInstance.py
@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ class VMInstance:
     
         try:
             dom = conn.createXML(xmlconfig, 0)
+            if not self.domuuid in self.thishypervisor.domain_list:
+                self.thishypervisor.domain_list.append(self.domuuid)
+
+            ansiiprint.echo('Successfully started VM', '{}:'.format(self.domuuid), 'o')
+            self.dom = dom
         except libvirt.libvirtError as e:
             ansiiprint.echo('Failed to create VM', '{}:'.format(self.domuuid), 'e')
             self.zk.set('/domains/{}/state'.format(self.domuuid), 'stop'.encode('ascii'))
-            return
-
-        if not self.domuuid in self.thishypervisor.domain_list:
-            self.thishypervisor.domain_list.append(self.domuuid)
+            self.dom = None
 
         conn.close()
-        ansiiprint.echo('Successfully started VM', '{}:'.format(self.domuuid), 'o')
-        self.dom = dom
         self.instart = False
    
     # Stop the VM forcibly without updating state