diff --git a/vm_control.sh b/vm_control.sh
index f4df55e..21aa454 100644
--- a/vm_control.sh
+++ b/vm_control.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ inotify_start() {
                 done <<<"$web_state"
 
                 for vm in "${vms[@]}"; do
+                    vm_host_status=$(synowebapi --exec api=SYNO.Virtualization.API.Guest version=1 method=get runner=admin guest_name="$vm" 2>/dev/null | jq -r .data.status )
+
                     if [ "${vm_states[$vm]}" = "${vm_states_saved[$vm]}" ]; then
                         echo "keine Änderung für $vm (web_state online: ${vm_states[$vm]} / web_state saved: ${vm_states_saved[$vm]})"
                         continue
@@ -71,14 +73,20 @@ inotify_start() {
                     # wenn Änderung gefunden wurde:
                     case "${vm_states[$vm]}" in
                         on)
-                            echo "starte $vm ..."
-                            synowebapi --exec api=SYNO.Virtualization.API.Guest.Action version=1 method=poweron runner=admin guest_name="$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1
-                            continue
+                            if [ "$vm_host_status" = "shutdown" ]; then
+                                echo "starte $vm ..."
+                                synowebapi --exec api=SYNO.Virtualization.API.Guest.Action version=1 method=poweron runner=admin guest_name="$vm" 2>/dev/null 
+                            else
+                                echo "VM $vm hat folgenden Status und kann nicht gestartet werden: $vm_host_status"
+                            fi
                             ;;
                         off)
-                            echo "beende $vm ..."
-                            synowebapi --exec api=SYNO.Virtualization.API.Guest.Action version=1 method=shutdown runner=admin guest_name="$vm" >/dev/null 2>&1
-                            continue
+                            if [ "$vm_host_status" = "running" ]; then
+                                echo "beende $vm ..."
+                                synowebapi --exec api=SYNO.Virtualization.API.Guest.Action version=1 method=shutdown runner=admin guest_name="$vm" 2>/dev/null 
+                            else
+                                echo "VM $vm hat folgenden Status und kann nicht beendet werden: $vm_host_status"
+                            fi
                             ;;
                     esac
                 done