diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.js
index 2613efdd35..dbd0100687 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.js
@@ -1901,10 +1901,10 @@ function createVMachineDialog(){
 	});
 
 	$('button#create_vm_form_manual').click(function(){
-		template = $('#vm_template').val();
+		template = $('#textarea_vm_template').val();
 
         //wrap it in the "vm" object
-        template = {vm: {vm_raw: template}};
+        template = {"vm": {"vm_raw": template}};
 
 		OpenNebula.VM.create({data: template,
 					success: addVMachineElement,
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.templates.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.templates.js
index a9dbe832eb..6a3a83873d 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.templates.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/one-ui_views.templates.js
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ var create_vm_tmpl =
 		<form>\
 		<h3 style="margin-bottom:10px;">Write the Virtual Machine template here</h3>\
 		  <fieldset style="border-top:none;">\
-			<textarea id="vm_template" style="width:100%; height:15em;"></textarea>\
+			<textarea id="textarea_vm_template" style="width:100%; height:15em;"></textarea>\
 			<div class="clear"></div>\
 		  </fieldset>\
 		  <fieldset>\