diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
index 07e59068..1ccdf0e6 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd/Daemon.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ def zk_listener(state):
         logger.out('Connection to Zookeeper lost; retrying', state='w')
 
         while True:
-            time.sleep(0.5)
+            time.sleep(1)
 
             _zk_conn = kazoo.client.KazooClient(hosts=config['coordinators'])
             try:
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ zk_conn.add_listener(zk_listener)
 
 # Cleanup function
 def cleanup():
-    global zk_conn, update_timer, d_domains
+    global zk_conn, update_timer, d_domain
 
     logger.out('Performing final keepalive update', state='s')
     update_zookeeper()
@@ -830,6 +830,12 @@ if enable_networking:
             d_node[node].update_network_list(d_network)
 
 if enable_hypervisor:
+    # VM command pipeline key
+    @zk_conn.DataWatch('/cmd/domains')
+    def cmd(data, stat, event=''):
+        if data:
+            VMInstance.run_command(zk_conn, logger, this_node, data.decode('ascii'))
+
     # VM domain objects
     @zk_conn.ChildrenWatch('/domains')
     def update_domains(new_domain_list):
@@ -855,7 +861,7 @@ if enable_hypervisor:
             d_node[node].update_domain_list(d_domain)
 
 if enable_storage:
-    # Ceph OSD provisioning key
+    # Ceph command pipeline key
     @zk_conn.DataWatch('/ceph/cmd')
     def cmd(data, stat, event=''):
         if data:
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd/VMInstance.py b/node-daemon/pvcd/VMInstance.py
index 6b385165..887412d1 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcd/VMInstance.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd/VMInstance.py
@@ -64,6 +64,31 @@ def flush_locks(zk_conn, logger, dom_uuid):
                     continue
                 logger.out('Freed RBD lock "{}" on volume "{}"'.format(lock, rbd), state='o')
 
+# Primary command function
+def run_command(zk_conn, logger, this_node, data):
+    # Get the command and args
+    command, args = data.split()
+
+    # Flushing VM RBD locks
+    if command == 'flush_locks':
+        dom_uuid = args
+        if this_node.router_state == 'primary':
+            # Lock the command queue
+            zk_lock = zkhandler.writelock(zk_conn, '/cmd/domains')
+            with zk_lock:
+                # Add the OSD
+                result = flush_locks(zk_conn, logger, dom_uuid)
+                # Command succeeded
+                if result:
+                    # Update the command queue
+                    zkhandler.writedata(zk_conn, {'/cmd/domains': 'success-{}'.format(data)})
+                # Command failed
+                else:
+                    # Update the command queue
+                    zkhandler.writedata(zk_conn, {'/cmd/domains': 'failure-{}'.format(data)})
+                # Wait 1 seconds before we free the lock, to ensure the client hits the lock
+                time.sleep(1)
+
 class VMInstance(object):
     # Initialization function
     def __init__(self, domuuid, zk_conn, config, logger, this_node):