diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b47a5d2..96dfb73 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func main() {
 			//vm := getVM(event.Vm.Name)
 
 			// If we couldn't find the vm then skip this event
-			if len(vm.Reference().String()) == 0 {
+			if len(vm.ExtensibleManagedObject.Self.Value) == 0 {
 				log.Printf("No VM matching string '%s' found in cluster '%s'\n", event.Vm.Name, cluster.Reference())
 				continue
 			}