diff --git a/dumpNonStandardXML.go b/dumpNonStandardXML.go
index 3feba22..a7d620d 100644
--- a/dumpNonStandardXML.go
+++ b/dumpNonStandardXML.go
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ package virtigolib
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"libvirt.org/go/libvirtxml"
 )
 
 func DumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
+	var result string
 	// dump type
 	if domcfg.Type == "kvm" {
 		domcfg.Type = ""
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ func DumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 	if domcfg.Metadata != nil {
 		var s string
 		s = domcfg.Metadata.XML
+		result += fmt.Sprintln("Not saving Domain.Metadata.XML:", s)
 		log.Info("Not saving Domain.Metadata.XML:", s)
 		log.Info("todo: get this from disk image")
 		domcfg.Metadata = nil
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ func DumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 		if domcfg.Resource.Partition == "/machine" {
 			domcfg.Resource = nil
 		} else {
+			result += fmt.Sprintf("non-standard Domain.Resource: %+v\n", domcfg.Resource)
 			fmt.Printf("non-standard Domain.Resource: %+v\n", domcfg.Resource)
 		}
 	}
@@ -506,5 +510,52 @@ func DumpNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
 		domcfg.Devices.Watchdogs = nil
 	}
 
-	return finalEmptyCheck(domcfg)
+	end, err := finalEmptyCheck(domcfg)
+	if end != "" {
+		result += fmt.Sprintln(end)
+	}
+	return result, err
+}
+
+// this tries the final zero'ing out of the XML
+// todo: if this fails, put the remaining XML in the protobuf file?
+func finalEmptyCheck(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
+	// dumpLibvirtxmlDomainNames()
+	if libvirtxmlDomainDevicesEmpty(*domcfg.Devices) {
+		// fmt.Println("Domain Devices are empty")
+		domcfg.Devices = nil
+	} else {
+		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
+	}
+
+	if libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(*domcfg) {
+		domcfg = nil
+		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
+	}
+
+	final, err := warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("todo: improve this libvirtXML parsing. %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+	return final, nil
+}
+
+func warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
+	updatedXML, err := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Failed to marshal updated XML: %v\n", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	final := string(updatedXML)
+	if final == "" {
+		// everything seems to have been parsed pretty standard
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
+	fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
+	log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
+	log.Info("")
+	log.Info("This XML must be removed by hand. Put this in the protobuf?")
+	return string(updatedXML), nil
 }
diff --git a/libvirtxml.go b/libvirtxml.go
index d8a16cb..cd40375 100644
--- a/libvirtxml.go
+++ b/libvirtxml.go
@@ -224,30 +224,6 @@ func setRandomMacs(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) {
 	}
 }
 
-// this tries the final zero'ing out of the XML
-// todo: if this fails, put the remaining XML in the protobuf file?
-func finalEmptyCheck(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
-	// dumpLibvirtxmlDomainNames()
-	if libvirtxmlDomainDevicesEmpty(*domcfg.Devices) {
-		// fmt.Println("Domain Devices are empty")
-		domcfg.Devices = nil
-	} else {
-		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
-	}
-
-	if libvirtxmlDomainEmpty(*domcfg) {
-		domcfg = nil
-		return warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
-	}
-
-	final, err := warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("todo: improve this libvirtXML parsing. %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
-	return final, nil
-}
-
 func xmlAny(a any) (string, error) {
 	updatedXML, err := xml.MarshalIndent(a, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -265,25 +241,6 @@ func xmlAny(a any) (string, error) {
 	return final, nil
 }
 
-func warnUserOfNonStandardXML(domcfg *libvirtxml.Domain) (string, error) {
-	updatedXML, err := xml.MarshalIndent(domcfg, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Failed to marshal updated XML: %v\n", err)
-		return "", err
-	}
-	final := string(updatedXML)
-	if final == "" {
-		// everything seems to have been parsed pretty standard
-		return "", nil
-	}
-	log.Info("Non-Standard XML Start")
-	fmt.Println(string(updatedXML))
-	log.Info("Non-Standard XML End")
-	log.Info("")
-	log.Info("This XML must be removed by hand. Put this in the protobuf?")
-	return string(updatedXML), nil
-}
-
 // dump out all the fields in libvirtxml.DomainDeviceList
 func DumpLibvirtxmlDomainNames() {
 	var domain libvirtxml.Domain