diff --git a/addDroplet.go b/addDroplet.go
index 898ebe5..1d95510 100644
--- a/addDroplet.go
+++ b/addDroplet.go
@@ -250,6 +250,17 @@ func updateNetwork(d *DropletT, domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+/* from vm3-with-nvme-1.5GB-sec.xml
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/nvme4n1'/>
+      <backingStore/>
+      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+      <alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+*/
+
 // returns false if something went wrong
 func updateDisk(d *DropletT, domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 	if (d == nil) || (domcfg == nil) {
diff --git a/xml.go b/xml.go
index 182fcc3..03aad82 100644
--- a/xml.go
+++ b/xml.go
@@ -354,13 +354,14 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 	}
 
 	// this will move elsewhere in the protobuf someday
-	if domcfg.OnPoweroff == "destroy" {
+	// ignore all these for now
+	if domcfg.OnPoweroff != "" { // normally "destroy"
 		domcfg.OnPoweroff = ""
 	}
-	if domcfg.OnCrash == "destroy" {
+	if domcfg.OnCrash != "" { // normally "restart", often "destroy"
 		domcfg.OnCrash = ""
 	}
-	if domcfg.OnReboot == "restart" {
+	if domcfg.OnReboot != "" { // normally "restart"
 		domcfg.OnReboot = ""
 	}
 	// same with PM. move to protobuf
@@ -480,32 +481,47 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 	var normalSpice bool = true
 	if domcfg.Devices.Graphics != nil {
 		for i, g := range domcfg.Devices.Graphics {
-			if g.Spice == nil {
-				// figure out what to do with non-spice stuff
-				fmt.Printf("Graphics: %d %+v\n", i, g)
-				normalSpice = false
+			if g.VNC != nil {
+				// ignore vnc settings
+				// fmt.Printf("Ignore Graphics VNC settings: %d %+v\n", i, g)
 				continue
 			}
-			// this is all moved to updateDroplet()
-			// this is a spice definition, just ignore it
-			// because port mappings and network access will be handled
-			// somewhere else someday
-			// fmt.Printf("Graphics: %d %+v\n", i, g)
-			var s *libvirtxml.DomainGraphicSpice
-			s = g.Spice
-			// fmt.Printf("Spice: %d %+v %s\n", i, s, s.AutoPort)
-			if s.AutoPort == "yes" {
-				// should ignore either way
-			} else {
-				// print out, but ignore the port number
-				// fmt.Printf("Spice Port = %d\n", s.Port)
+			if g.Spice != nil {
+				// this is all moved to updateDroplet()
+				// this is a spice definition, just ignore it
+				// because port mappings and network access will be handled
+				// somewhere else someday
+				// fmt.Printf("Graphics: %d %+v\n", i, g)
+				var s *libvirtxml.DomainGraphicSpice
+				s = g.Spice
+				// fmt.Printf("Spice: %d %+v %s\n", i, s, s.AutoPort)
+				if s.AutoPort == "yes" {
+					// should ignore either way
+				} else {
+					// print out, but ignore the port number
+					// fmt.Printf("Spice Port = %d\n", s.Port)
+				}
+				continue
 			}
+			// figure out what to do with non-spice stuff
+			fmt.Printf("Unknown Graphics: %d %+v\n", i, g)
+			normalSpice = false
 		}
 	}
 	if normalSpice {
 		domcfg.Devices.Graphics = nil
 	}
 
+	// blank out emulator. should be in dom0
+	switch domcfg.Devices.Emulator {
+	case "":
+		domcfg.Devices.Emulator = ""
+	case "/usr/bin/kvm":
+		domcfg.Devices.Emulator = ""
+	default:
+		fmt.Printf("Unknown Emulator: %s\n",  domcfg.Devices.Emulator)
+	}
+
 	// ignore Channels == SpiceVMC
 	normalSpice = true
 	if domcfg.Devices.Channels != nil {