diff --git a/roles/Node/tasks/main.yml b/roles/Node/tasks/main.yml
index d266b9c..26a4bb0 100644
--- a/roles/Node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/Node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -61,3 +61,11 @@
    when: qemubr.changed or br0.changed
    debug:
      msg: You may need to restart VMs on the Node.
+
+ - name: Enable VMs
+   become: yes
+   with_items: "{{ active_vms }}"
+   service:
+     name: "{{ item }}-vm.service"
+     state: started
+     enabled: yes
diff --git a/roles/patching/tasks/main.yml b/roles/patching/tasks/main.yml
index a1b4a88..c048282 100644
--- a/roles/patching/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/patching/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
     - name: Check /var free percentage
-      command: /bin/bash -c "df -m /var | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5; }' | sed 's/%//' "
+      command: /bin/bash -c "df -m /var | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print \$5; }' | sed 's/%//'"
       become: no
       register: df_output
 
     - name: Verify /var space
       assert:
         that:
-          - 90 > {{ df_output.stdout }}
+          - 90 > df_output.stdout|int
         fail_msg: "Not enough free space"
 
     - name: Update Archlinux Keyring
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@
       when: '"linux" in updates.stdout or "kernel" in updates.stdout'
       reboot:
           reboot_timeout: 2
-