diff --git a/capsulflask/shell_scripts/create.sh b/capsulflask/shell_scripts/create.sh
index edf60a1..dacee42 100755
--- a/capsulflask/shell_scripts/create.sh
+++ b/capsulflask/shell_scripts/create.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 # POSIX or die
 
 vmname="$1"
-template_file="/tank/img/$2"
+# resolve the .qcow2 symlink so backing images never change
+template_file="/tank/img/$(readlink /tank/img/$2)"
 vcpus="$3"
 memory="$4"
 pubkeys="$5"
-root_voume_size="25G"
+root_volume_size="25G"
 
 if echo "$vmname" | grep -vqE '^capsul-[a-z0-9]{10}$'; then
   echo "vmname $vmname must match "'"^capsul-[a-z0-9]{10}$"'
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ done
 
 cloud-localds "$cdrom" /tmp/cloudinit.yml
 
-qemu-img resize "$disk" "$root_voume_size"
+qemu-img resize "$disk" "$root_volume_size"
 virt-install \
     --memory "$memory" \
     --vcpus "$vcpus" \