diff --git a/proxmox_tools_pve1.py b/proxmox_tools_pve1.py
index 27e9857..4d58c13 100644
--- a/proxmox_tools_pve1.py
+++ b/proxmox_tools_pve1.py
@@ -429,10 +429,10 @@ def pve1_vm_action(vmid, action, node=DEFAULT_NODE):
         return "ERR " + str(e)
 
 
-def pve1_vm_create_from_template(vmid, name, template_vmid=1000, full=True, memory=None,
+def pve1_vm_create_from_template(vmid, name, template_vmid=999, full=True, memory=None,
                                   cores=None, storage=None, target_node=None, pool=None,
                                   start_now=True, ciuser="", cipassword="", sshkeys="", node=DEFAULT_NODE):
-    """Create a new VM by cloning from template. Default: VM #1000 (cloud-init)."""
+    """Create a new VM by cloning from template. Default: VM #999 (cloud-init)."""
     try:
         if not vmid:
             return "Error: vmid required"
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def pve1_vm_create_from_template(vmid, name, template_vmid=1000, full=True, memo
         return "ERR " + str(e)
 
 
-def pve1_vm_create(vmid, name, template_vmid=1000, memory=4096, cores=2,
+def pve1_vm_create(vmid, name, template_vmid=999, memory=4096, cores=2,
                    disk_size="32G", disk_storage="local-lvm", iso="",
                    bridge=DEFAULT_BRIDGE, ip="dhcp", netmask=24, gw="",
                    ostype="l26", agent=1, ciuser="", cipassword="", sshkeys="",