diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/deploy b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/deploy
index c48816a0be..36d7738f94 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/deploy
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/deploy
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ output=`$XM_CREATE $domain`
 
 error_exit $? "Unable to create domain"
 
-domain_name=`echo $output | grep 'Started domain' | sed 's/^.*Started domain //' | tr -d '\n'`
+domain_name=`echo $output | grep 'Started domain' | cut -d' ' -f3`
 
 out=`grep -e '^\#O CPU_CREDITS =' < $domain`