diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 0cf8037..8efa4d7 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import "go.wit.com/log"
 var argv args
 
 type args struct {
-	Xml    []string `arg:"--libvirt"                      help:"import qemu xml files: --libvirt /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml"`
-	Save   bool     `arg:"--save"     default:"false"     help:"save protobuf config after import"`
-	Config string   `arg:"env:VIRTIGO_HOME"               help:"defaults to ~/.config/virtigo/"`
-	Port   int      `arg:"--port"     default:"8080"      help:"allow droplet events via http"`
-	Daemon bool     `arg:"--daemon"                       help:"run in daemon mode"`
+	Xml       []string `arg:"--libvirt"                        help:"import qemu xml files: --libvirt /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml"`
+	IgnoreCpu bool     `arg:"--xml-ignore-cpu" default:"true"  help:"ignore non-standard libvirt xml cpus"`
+	Save      bool     `arg:"--save"     default:"false"       help:"save protobuf config after import"`
+	Config    string   `arg:"env:VIRTIGO_HOME"                 help:"defaults to ~/.config/virtigo/"`
+	Port      int      `arg:"--port"     default:"8080"        help:"allow droplet events via http"`
+	Daemon    bool     `arg:"--daemon"                         help:"run in daemon mode"`
 }
 
 //	Uptime bool     `arg:"--uptime"   default:"true"    help:"allow uptime checks for things like Kuma"`
diff --git a/libvirtxml.go b/libvirtxml.go
index b873583..64b6814 100644
--- a/libvirtxml.go
+++ b/libvirtxml.go
@@ -330,13 +330,14 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 		case "host-model":
 			domcfg.CPU = nil
 		case "custom":
-			fmt.Printf("custom CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
-			fmt.Printf("custom CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
-			// domcfg.CPU = nil
 			updatedXML, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg.CPU, "", "  ")
-			log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
+			log.Info("Ignore custom CPU Start")
 			fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
-			log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
+			log.Info("Ignore custom CPU End")
+			log.Info("Add --xml-ignore-cpu to ignore this")
+			if argv.IgnoreCpu {
+				domcfg.CPU = nil
+			}
 		default:
 			fmt.Printf("unknown CPU: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU)
 			fmt.Printf("unknown CPU Model: %+v\n", domcfg.CPU.Model)
@@ -348,10 +349,6 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// this goes away if SecLabel is zero'd out?
-	//if domcfg.Metadata != nil {
-	//	fmt.Printf("? Metadata: %+v\n", domcfg.Metadata)
-	//}
 	var secnormal bool = true
 	if len(domcfg.SecLabel) != 0 {
 		for _, sec := range domcfg.SecLabel {
@@ -367,6 +364,7 @@ func dumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	if secnormal {
 		domcfg.SecLabel = nil
 	}
+
 	// ignore Metadata
 	// this is probably something about what kind of OS you might be running
 	// todo: get this directly from the disk image