diff --git a/emuvim/dcemulator/node.py b/emuvim/dcemulator/node.py
index 551ebaf..d506930 100644
--- a/emuvim/dcemulator/node.py
+++ b/emuvim/dcemulator/node.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         # do bookkeeping
         self.containers[name] = d
         d.datacenter = self
-        return name  # we might use UUIDs for naming later on
+        return d  # we might use UUIDs for naming later on
 
     def stopCompute(self, name):
         """