diff --git a/library/decort_kvmvm.py b/library/decort_kvmvm.py
index 980e2ab..f19aa2f 100644
--- a/library/decort_kvmvm.py
+++ b/library/decort_kvmvm.py
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ class decort_kvmvm(DecortController):
             'techStatus': "STOPPED",
             'interfaces': [], # new compute instance is created network-less
             'disks': [], # new compute instance is created without any data disks attached
+            'tags': {},
+            'affinityLabel': "",
+            'affinityRules': [],
+            'antiAffinityRules': [],
         }
 
         #