diff --git a/lib/Ravada/VM.pm b/lib/Ravada/VM.pm
index 55bd39066..319039ba7 100644
--- a/lib/Ravada/VM.pm
+++ b/lib/Ravada/VM.pm
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ sub _around_ping($orig, $self, $option=undef, $cache=1) {
 }
 
 sub _insert_network($self, $net) {
-    confess if $net->{id};
+    delete $net->{id};
     $net->{id_owner} = Ravada::Utils::user_daemon->id
     if !exists $net->{id_owner};
 
diff --git a/t/30_request.t b/t/30_request.t
index f531ad5e3..9297b5248 100644
--- a/t/30_request.t
+++ b/t/30_request.t
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ sub test_force() {
     my $req = Ravada::Request->refresh_vms(uid => user_admin->id);
     ok($req);
     wait_request( debug => 0);
+    is($req->error, '') or exit;
 
     my $req3 = Ravada::Request->refresh_vms(uid => user_admin->id);
     ok($req3);