diff --git a/libvirtxml.go b/libvirtxml.go
index 519ceba..b873583 100644
--- a/libvirtxml.go
+++ b/libvirtxml.go
@@ -367,6 +367,21 @@ 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
+	if domcfg.Metadata != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Not saving Domain.Metadata: %+v\n", domcfg.Metadata)
+		domcfg.Metadata = nil
+	}
+	// ignore Resource
+	if domcfg.Resource != nil {
+		if domcfg.Resource.Partition == "/machine" {
+			domcfg.Resource = nil
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("non-standard Domain.Resource: %+v\n", domcfg.Resource)
+		}
+	}
 
 	// this will move elsewhere in the protobuf someday
 	// ignore all these for now
@@ -650,10 +665,6 @@ func finalEmptyCheck(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(*domcfg) {
-		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
-		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
-		log.Info("CPU THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
-		// fmt.Println("Domain Devices are empty")
 		domcfg = nil
 		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
 	}
@@ -785,7 +796,7 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 
 	// Ensure that we are working with a struct
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-		fmt.Println("Fields and values in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList:")
+		// fmt.Println("Fields and values in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList:")
 
 		// Loop through each field in the struct
 		for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
@@ -796,15 +807,14 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 			value := v.Field(i)
 
 			if !value.IsValid() {
-				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is nil or invalid\n", field)
-				continue
-			}
-			if (field == "IOThreads") || (field == "XMLName") {
-				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is nil or invalid\n", field)
-				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is nil or invalid\n", field)
-				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is a String with value: %s\n", field, value.String())
+				fmt.Printf("Field: %s is invalid\n", field)
 				continue
 			}
+			// processed as Domain.Metadata & Domain.Resource
+			// if (field == "IOThreads") || (field == "XMLName") {
+			// 	fmt.Printf("Field: %s is: %s\n", field, value.String())
+			// 	continue
+			// }
 
 			// Check if the field is a string, array, or slice
 			switch value.Kind() {
@@ -823,6 +833,15 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 					fmt.Printf("Field: %s is an Array with length: %d\n", field, value.Len())
 					empty = false
 				}
+			case reflect.Struct:
+				if IsStructEmptyOrNil(value) {
+					fmt.Printf("XML Field ignore empty Struct %s\n", field)
+				} else {
+					fmt.Printf("Field Struct is not empty %s is %+v\n", field, value)
+					empty = false
+				}
+			case reflect.Uint:
+				// probably ignore ints. when has that ever gone wrong?
 			case reflect.Ptr:
 				if value.IsValid() {
 					if value.IsNil() {
@@ -850,3 +869,35 @@ func libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(mydom libvirtxml.Domain) bool {
 	}
 	return empty
 }
+
+// IsStructEmptyOrNil checks if a struct or pointer to struct is empty, blank, or nil
+func IsStructEmptyOrNil(value interface{}) bool {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(value)
+
+	// If the value is a pointer, check if it's nil and dereference it if not
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if val.IsNil() {
+			return true
+		}
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+
+	// Ensure we're dealing with a struct after potential dereferencing
+	if val.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return false // Not a struct
+	}
+
+	// Check each field in the struct for its zero value
+	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := val.Field(i)
+		// Skip unexported fields as we can't access them
+		if !field.CanInterface() {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(field.Interface(), reflect.Zero(field.Type()).Interface()) {
+			return false // Found a non-zero field
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true // All fields are zero values
+}