diff --git a/datacenterlight/templates/datacenterlight/index.html b/datacenterlight/templates/datacenterlight/index.html
index 2efe15cb..12d5fd47 100755
--- a/datacenterlight/templates/datacenterlight/index.html
+++ b/datacenterlight/templates/datacenterlight/index.html
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
                       <p>2 GiB RAM, </p>
                       <p>{% trans "15 GiB storage(SSD)" %}</p>
                         <p>
-                        <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary btn-buynow">{% trans "Buy Now!" %}</a> <a href="#" class="btn btn-default">{% trans "More Info" %}</a> </p>
+                        <a href="{% url 'hosting:login' %}" class="btn btn-primary btn-buynow">{% trans "Buy Now!" %}</a></p>
                   </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/dynamicweb/urls.py b/dynamicweb/urls.py
index adbe0242..0b1a0844 100644
--- a/dynamicweb/urls.py
+++ b/dynamicweb/urls.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from hosting.views import RailsHostingView, DjangoHostingView, NodeJSHostingView
 from membership import urls as membership_urls
 from ungleich_page.views import LandingView
+from django.views.generic import RedirectView
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
 import debug_toolbar
 
 urlpatterns = [   url(r'^index.html$', LandingView.as_view()),
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ urlpatterns += i18n_patterns('',
                              url(r'^/?$', LandingView.as_view()),
                              url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
                              url(r'^datacenterlight', include('datacenterlight.urls', namespace="datacenterlight")),
+                             url(r'^hosting/', RedirectView.as_view(url=reverse_lazy('hosting:login')), name='redirect_hosting_login'),
                              url(r'^alplora', include('alplora.urls', namespace="alplora")),
                              url(r'^membership/', include(membership_urls)),
                              url(r'^digitalglarus/', include('digitalglarus.urls',
diff --git a/hosting/models.py b/hosting/models.py
index f8f180a5..25f852f1 100644
--- a/hosting/models.py
+++ b/hosting/models.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class HostingPlan(models.Model):
                 for cfg in cls.objects.all()]
 
     def price(self):
-        price = self.disk_size * 0.2
+        price = self.disk_size * 0.6
         price += self.cpu_cores * 5
         price += self.memory * 2
         return price
diff --git a/hosting/templates/hosting/create_virtual_machine.html b/hosting/templates/hosting/create_virtual_machine.html
index 67a61ead..af618740 100644
--- a/hosting/templates/hosting/create_virtual_machine.html
+++ b/hosting/templates/hosting/create_virtual_machine.html
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@
     <div class="container dashboard-container">
         <div class="row">
             <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
+                <div class="col-md-12">
+                    <br/>
+                    {% if messages %}
+                        <div class="alert alert-warning">
+                            {% for message in messages %}
+                            <span>{{ message }}</span>
+                            {% endfor %}
+                        </div>
+                    {% endif %}
+                </div>
+                {% if not error %}
                 <h3><i class="fa fa-server" aria-hidden="true"></i> {% trans "New Virtual Machine"%} </h3>
                 <hr/>
-                
                 <form  method="POST" action="">
                     {% csrf_token %}
                     <div class="form-group">
@@ -34,6 +44,7 @@
                         <button class="btn btn-success" >{% trans "Start VM"%} </button>                         
                     </div>
                 </form>
+                {% endif %}
 
             </div>
 
diff --git a/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machine_detail.html b/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machine_detail.html
index e2f38d60..0b17878d 100644
--- a/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machine_detail.html
+++ b/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machine_detail.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 								</div><!--/row-->
 								<div class="row">
 									<div class="col-md-12">
-										{% trans "Configuration"%}: {{virtual_machine.get_configuration_display}}
+										{% trans "Configuration"%}: {{virtual_machine.configuration}}
 									</div>
 								</div>
 
diff --git a/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machines.html b/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machines.html
index 2387f89d..e7dee999 100644
--- a/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machines.html
+++ b/hosting/templates/hosting/virtual_machines.html
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 			<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2" style="margin-top: 35px;">
 				<table class="table borderless table-hover"> 
 				<h3 class="pull-left"><i class="fa fa-server" aria-hidden="true"></i> {% trans "Virtual Machines"%} </h3>
-                <p class="pull-right">
-                    <a class="btn btn-success" href="{% url 'hosting:create-virtual-machine' %}" >{% trans "Create VM"%} </a>                    
-                </p>
-				<br/>
                 <div class="col-md-12">
                     <br/>
                     {% if messages %}
@@ -21,6 +17,12 @@
                         </div>
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
+                {% if not error %}
+                <p class="pull-right">
+                    <a class="btn btn-success" href="{% url 'hosting:create-virtual-machine' %}" >{% trans "Create VM"%} </a>                    
+                </p>
+				<br/>
+                
 				<thead> 
 				<tr> 
 					<th>{% trans "ID"%}</th>
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@
 					{% endfor %}
 				</tbody> 
 				</table>
+                {% endif %}
 
 			    {% if is_paginated %}
 			        <div class="pagination">
diff --git a/hosting/views.py b/hosting/views.py
index 9f978b41..10116079 100644
--- a/hosting/views.py
+++ b/hosting/views.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ from opennebula_api.serializers import VirtualMachineSerializer,\
 from oca.exceptions import OpenNebulaException
 from oca.pool import WrongNameError
 
+CONNECTION_ERROR = "Your VMs cannot be displayed at the moment due to a backend \
+                    connection error. please try again in a few minutes."
 
 class DjangoHostingView(ProcessVMSelectionMixin, View):
     template_name = "hosting/django.html"
@@ -528,8 +530,13 @@ class OrdersHostingDetailView(PermissionRequiredMixin, LoginRequiredMixin, Detai
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        vm = manager.get_vm(obj.vm_id)
-        context['vm'] = VirtualMachineSerializer(vm).data
+        try:
+            vm = manager.get_vm(obj.vm_id)
+            context['vm'] = VirtualMachineSerializer(vm).data
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            messages.error( request,
+                'In order to create a VM, you need to create/upload your SSH KEY first.'
+                )
         return context
 
 
@@ -564,9 +571,28 @@ class VirtualMachinesPlanListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        queryset = manager.get_vms()
-        serializer = VirtualMachineSerializer(queryset, many=True)
-        return serializer.data
+        try:
+            queryset = manager.get_vms()
+            serializer = VirtualMachineSerializer(queryset, many=True)
+            return serializer.data
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            messages.error( self.request,
+                'We could not load your VMs due to a backend connection \
+                error. Please try again in a few minutes'
+                )
+
+            self.kwargs['error'] = 'connection'
+            return []
+
+    
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        error = self.kwargs.get('error')
+        if error is not None:
+            print(error)
+            context = { 'error' : 'connection' }
+        else:
+            context = super(ListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        return context
 
 
 class CreateVirtualMachinesView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
@@ -586,14 +612,24 @@ class CreateVirtualMachinesView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
             )
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('hosting:key_pair'))
 
-        manager = OpenNebulaManager()
-        templates = manager.get_templates()
-        configuration_options = HostingPlan.get_serialized_configs()
+        try:
+            manager = OpenNebulaManager()
+            templates = manager.get_templates()
+            configuration_options = HostingPlan.get_serialized_configs()
+
+            context = {
+                'templates': VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer(templates, many=True).data,
+                'configuration_options' : configuration_options,
+            }
+        except:
+            messages.error( request,
+                'We could not load the VM templates due to a backend connection \
+                error. Please try again in a few minutes'
+                )
+            context = {
+                'error' : 'connection'
+                    }
 
-        context = {
-            'templates': VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer(templates, many=True).data,
-            'configuration_options' : configuration_options,
-        }
         return render(request, self.template_name, context)
 
     def post(self, request):
@@ -622,10 +658,16 @@ class VirtualMachineView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
         vm_id = self.kwargs.get('pk')
         try:
             vm = manager.get_vm(vm_id)
+            return vm
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            messages.error( self.request,
+                'We could not load your VM due to a backend connection \
+                error. Please try again in a few minutes'
+                )
+            return None
         except Exception as error:
             print(error)
             raise Http404()
-        return vm
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         final_url = reverse('hosting:virtual_machines')
@@ -633,10 +675,14 @@ class VirtualMachineView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         vm = self.get_object()
-        serializer = VirtualMachineSerializer(vm)
-        context = {
-            'virtual_machine': serializer.data,
-        }
+        try: 
+            serializer = VirtualMachineSerializer(vm)
+            context = {
+                'virtual_machine': serializer.data,
+            }
+        except:
+            pass
+
         return render(request, self.template_name, context)
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/opennebula_api/models.py b/opennebula_api/models.py
index eb6d64a2..bf5b036e 100644
--- a/opennebula_api/models.py
+++ b/opennebula_api/models.py
@@ -84,8 +84,12 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
             vm_pool.info()
         except AttributeError:
             logger.info('Could not connect via client, using oneadmin instead') 
-            vm_pool = oca.VirtualMachinePool(self.oneadmin_client)
-            vm_pool.info(filter=-2)
+            try:
+                vm_pool = oca.VirtualMachinePool(self.oneadmin_client)
+                vm_pool.info(filter=-2)
+                return vm_pool
+            except:
+                raise ConnectionRefusedError
 
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
             logger.info('Could not connect to host: {host} via protocol {protocol}'.format(
@@ -93,13 +97,16 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
                     protocol=settings.OPENNEBULA_PROTOCOL)
                 )
             raise ConnectionRefusedError
-        return vm_pool
+        # For now we'll just handle all other errors as connection errors
+        except:
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
 
     def get_vms(self):
         try:
             return self._get_vm_pool()
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
-            return []
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
+            
    
     def get_vm(self, vm_id):
         vm_id = int(vm_id)
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
             vm_pool = self._get_vm_pool()
             return vm_pool.get_by_id(vm_id)
         except:
-            return None
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
 
     def create_template(self, name, cores, memory, disk_size, core_price, memory_price,
                         disk_size_price, ssh='' ):
@@ -146,26 +153,56 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
                                  <MEMORY>{memory}</MEMORY>
                                  <VCPU>{vcpu}</VCPU>
                                  <CPU>{cpu}</CPU>
-                                 <DISK>
+                                 <CONTEXT>
+                                  <SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>{ssh}</SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>
+                                 </CONTEXT>
+                           """
+        try:
+            disk = template.template.disks[0]
+            image_id = disk.image_id
+            vm_specs = vm_specs_formatter.format(
+                                        vcpu=int(specs['cpu']),
+                                        cpu=0.1* int(specs['cpu']),
+                                        memory=1024 * int(specs['memory']),
+                                        ssh=ssh_key
+                    
+                    )
+            vm_specs += """<DISK>
                                   <TYPE>fs</TYPE>
                                   <SIZE>{size}</SIZE>
                                   <DEV_PREFIX>vd</DEV_PREFIX>
-                                 </DISK>
-                                 <CONTEXT>
-                                 <SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>{ssh}</SSH_PUBLIC_KEY>
-                                 </CONTEXT>
-                                </TEMPLATE>
-                           """
-        vm_id = template.instantiate(name ='',
-                                    pending=False,
-                                    extra_template=vm_specs_formatter.format(
+                                  <IMAGE_ID>{image_id}</IMAGE_ID>
+                           </DISK>
+                          </TEMPLATE>
+                        """.format(size=1024 * int(specs['disk_size']),
+                                   image_id=image_id)
+
+        except:
+            disk = template.template.disks[0]
+            image = disk.image
+            image_uname = disk.image_uname
+
+            vm_specs = vm_specs_formatter.format(
                                         vcpu=int(specs['cpu']),
                                         cpu=0.1* int(specs['cpu']),
-                                        size=1024 * int(specs['disk_size']),
                                         memory=1024 * int(specs['memory']),
                                         ssh=ssh_key
-                                        )
-                                    )
+                    
+                    )
+            vm_specs += """<DISK>
+                                  <TYPE>fs</TYPE>
+                                  <SIZE>{size}</SIZE>
+                                  <DEV_PREFIX>vd</DEV_PREFIX>
+                                  <IMAGE>{image}</IMAGE>
+                                  <IMAGE_UNAME>{image_uname}</IMAGE_UNAME>
+                           </DISK>
+                          </TEMPLATE>
+                        """.format(size=1024 * int(specs['disk_size']),
+                                   image=image,
+                                   image_uname=image_uname)
+        vm_id = template.instantiate(name ='',
+                                    pending=False,
+                                    extra_template=vm_specs,                                    )
 
         try:
             self.oneadmin_client.call(
@@ -203,13 +240,16 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
         try:
            template_pool = oca.VmTemplatePool(self.oneadmin_client)
            template_pool.info()
+           return template_pool
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
             logger.info('Could not connect to host: {host} via protocol {protocol}'.format(
                     host=settings.OPENNEBULA_DOMAIN,
                     protocol=settings.OPENNEBULA_PROTOCOL)
                 )
             raise ConnectionRefusedError
-        return template_pool
+        except:
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
+        
 
     def get_templates(self):
         try:
@@ -220,6 +260,14 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
                     ]
             return public_templates 
         except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
+        except:
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
+
+    def try_get_templates(self):
+        try:
+            return self.get_templates()
+        except:
             return []
 
     def get_template(self, template_id):
@@ -228,7 +276,7 @@ class OpenNebulaManager():
             template_pool = self._get_template_pool()
             return template_pool.get_by_id(template_id)
         except:
-            return None
+            raise ConnectionRefusedError
 
     
     
diff --git a/opennebula_api/serializers.py b/opennebula_api/serializers.py
index 600f6fc3..c8878120 100644
--- a/opennebula_api/serializers.py
+++ b/opennebula_api/serializers.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ class VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     disk_size   = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     set_memory      = serializers.IntegerField(write_only=True, label='Memory')
     memory      = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    core_price  = serializers.FloatField(source='template.cpu_cost')
-    disk_size_price  = serializers.FloatField(source='template.disk_cost')
-    memory_price  = serializers.FloatField(source='template.memory_cost')
     price       = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
@@ -30,9 +27,6 @@ class VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         name    = data.pop('name')
         disk_size = data.pop('disk') 
         memory  = template.pop('memory')
-        core_price = template.pop('cpu_cost') 
-        memory_price = template.pop('memory_cost') 
-        disk_size_price = template.pop('disk_cost')
         manager = OpenNebulaManager()
         
         try:
@@ -50,16 +44,23 @@ class VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     def get_disk_size(self, obj):
         template = obj.template
         disk_size = 0
-        for disk in template.disks:
-            disk_size += int(disk.size)
-        return disk_size / 1024 
+        try:
+            for disk in template.disks:
+                disk_size += int(disk.size)
+            return disk_size / 1024 
+        except:
+            return 0
+
 
     def get_price(self, obj):
         template = obj.template
-        price = float(template.cpu) * float(template.cpu_cost)
-        price += (int(template.memory)/1024 * float(template.memory_cost))
-        for disk in template.disks:
-            price += int(disk.size)/1024 * float(template.disk_cost)
+        price = float(template.cpu) * 5.0
+        price += (int(template.memory)/1024 * 2.0)
+        try:
+            for disk in template.disks:
+                price += int(disk.size)/1024 * 0.6
+        except:
+            pass
         return price
 
     def get_memory(self, obj):
@@ -87,12 +88,15 @@ class VirtualMachineSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     state       = serializers.CharField(read_only=True, source='str_state')
     price       = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     ssh_key     = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
+    configuration = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
     template_id = serializers.ChoiceField(
                 choices=[(key.id, key.name) for key in
-                    OpenNebulaManager().get_templates()],
+                        OpenNebulaManager().try_get_templates()
+                        ],
                 source='template.template_id',
-                write_only=True
+                write_only=True,
+                default=[]
             )
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
@@ -134,8 +138,12 @@ class VirtualMachineSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
     def get_price(self, obj):
         template = obj.template
-        price = float(template.cpu) * float(template.cpu_cost)
-        price += (int(template.memory)/1024 * float(template.memory_cost))
+        price = float(template.vcpu) * 5.0
+        price += (int(template.memory)/1024 * 2.0)
         for disk in template.disks:
-            price += int(disk.size)/1024 * float(template.disk_cost)
+            price += int(disk.size)/1024 * 0.6
         return price
+    def get_configuration(self, obj):
+        template_id = obj.template.template_id
+        template = OpenNebulaManager().get_template(template_id)
+        return template.name
diff --git a/opennebula_api/views.py b/opennebula_api/views.py
index 170c9716..d982f7bb 100644
--- a/opennebula_api/views.py
+++ b/opennebula_api/views.py
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ from guardian.mixins import PermissionRequiredMixin
 from .serializers import VirtualMachineTemplateSerializer, \
                          VirtualMachineSerializer
 from .models import OpenNebulaManager
+from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException
+
+class ServiceUnavailable(APIException):
+    status_code = 503
+    default_detail = 'Service temporarily unavailable, try again later.'
+    default_code = 'service_unavailable'
 
 
 class TemplateCreateView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
@@ -37,7 +43,14 @@ class TemplateDetailsView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         manager = OpenNebulaManager()
-        return manager.get_templates()
+        # We may have ConnectionRefusedError if we don't have a 
+        # connection to OpenNebula. For now, we raise ServiceUnavailable
+        try:
+            templates = manager.get_templates()
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ServiceUnavailable            
+        
+        return templates
 
 class VmCreateView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     """This class handles the GET and POST requests."""
@@ -48,7 +61,13 @@ class VmCreateView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        return manager.get_vms()
+        # We may have ConnectionRefusedError if we don't have a 
+        # connection to OpenNebula. For now, we raise ServiceUnavailable
+        try:
+            vms = manager.get_vms()
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ServiceUnavailable
+        return vms
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         """Save the post data when creating a new template."""
@@ -64,17 +83,34 @@ class VmDetailsView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        return manager.get_vms()
+        # We may have ConnectionRefusedError if we don't have a 
+        # connection to OpenNebula. For now, we raise ServiceUnavailable
+        try:
+            vms = manager.get_vms()
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ServiceUnavailable
+        return vms
 
     def get_object(self):
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        return manager.get_vm(self.kwargs.get('pk'))
+        # We may have ConnectionRefusedError if we don't have a 
+        # connection to OpenNebula. For now, we raise ServiceUnavailable
+        try:
+            vm = manager.get_vm(self.kwargs.get('pk'))
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ServiceUnavailable
+        return vm                                    
 
     def perform_destroy(self, instance):
         owner = self.request.user
         manager = OpenNebulaManager(email=owner.email,
                                     password=owner.password)
-        manager.delete_vm(instance.id)
+        # We may have ConnectionRefusedError if we don't have a 
+        # connection to OpenNebula. For now, we raise ServiceUnavailable
+        try:
+            manager.delete_vm(instance.id)
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            raise ServiceUnavailable