diff --git a/inotify-triggered-vm-route-creation.sh b/inotify-triggered-vm-route-creation.sh
index ef39974..8f83cbc 100755
--- a/inotify-triggered-vm-route-creation.sh
+++ b/inotify-triggered-vm-route-creation.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 inotifywait -q -m --format '%f' /run/qemu-server/ | while read -r vm; do
 	# Only act if the line is not empty
-	if [ ${vm} ]; then
+	if [ ${vm} ] && [ "$(echo ${vm} | sed -E 's/[0-9]{3}(\..*)/\1/')" = ".qmp" ]; then
 		# The sed transforms 100.pid (or .whatever) to 100
 		creationRoutesVM $(echo ${vm} | sed -E 's/([0-9]{3})\..*/\1/')
 	fi