diff --git a/vmcreate.sh b/vmcreate.sh
index 005f4cc..21c4b3f 100644
--- a/vmcreate.sh
+++ b/vmcreate.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ cat ./hosts | while read line
 do
     ip=$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
     hostname=$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    vmnum=$(echo $ip | cut -d '.' -f 3)(echo $ip | cut -d '.' -f 3)
+    vmnum=$(echo $ip | cut -d '.' -f 3,4 | sed 's/.// ')
+    echo "VMNUM=$vmnum"
     qm clone 5000 $vmnum --name $hostname --full 
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] 
         then echo "clone OK"