diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index 34efcb35..917be351 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ const (
 	DriverName    = "libvirt"
 	DriverVersion = "0.12.6"
 
-	connectionString = "qemu:///system"
+	sessionConnectionString = "qemu:///session"
+	systemConnectionString  = "qemu:///system"
+
 	dnsmasqLeases    = "/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/%s.leases"
 	dnsmasqStatus    = "/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/%s.status"
 	DefaultMemory    = 8096
@@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ const (
     <graphics type='vnc' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
       <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
     </graphics>
-    <interface type='network'>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='52:fd:fc:07:21:82'/>
-      <source network='{{.Network}}'/>
+      <source bridge='{{.Network}}'/>
       <model type='virtio'/>
     </interface>
     <console type='pty'></console>
@@ -58,4 +60,3 @@ const (
   </devices>
 </domain>`
 )
-
diff --git a/libvirt.go b/libvirt.go
index e84c1d44..df8f498e 100644
--- a/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirt.go
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ type Driver struct {
 
 	// Libvirt connection and state
 	connectionString string
-	conn             *libvirt.Connect
+	sessionConn      *libvirt.Connect
+	systemConn       *libvirt.Connect
 	VM               *libvirt.Domain
 	vmLoaded         bool
 }
@@ -146,22 +147,36 @@ func (d *Driver) GetURL() (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) getConn() (*libvirt.Connect, error) {
-	if d.conn == nil {
-		conn, err := libvirt.NewConnect(connectionString)
+func (d *Driver) getSessionConn() (*libvirt.Connect, error) {
+	log.Debugf("Connecting to session")
+	if d.sessionConn == nil {
+		conn, err := libvirt.NewConnect(sessionConnectionString)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Failed to connect to libvirt: %s", err)
+			return &libvirt.Connect{}, errors.New("Unable to connect to kvm driver")
+		}
+		d.sessionConn = conn
+	}
+	return d.sessionConn, nil
+}
+
+func (d *Driver) getSystemConn() (*libvirt.Connect, error) {
+	log.Debugf("Connecting to system")
+	if d.systemConn == nil {
+		conn, err := libvirt.NewConnectReadOnly(systemConnectionString)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Failed to connect to libvirt: %s", err)
 			return &libvirt.Connect{}, errors.New("Unable to connect to kvm driver, did you add yourself to the libvirtd group?")
 		}
-		d.conn = conn
+		d.systemConn = conn
 	}
-	return d.conn, nil
+	return d.systemConn, nil
 }
 
 // Create, or verify the private network is properly configured
 func (d *Driver) validateNetwork() error {
 	log.Debug("Validating network")
-	conn, err := d.getConn()
+	conn, err := d.getSystemConn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -211,7 +226,7 @@ func (d *Driver) validateNetwork() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) PreCreateCheck() error {
-	conn, err := d.getConn()
+	conn, err := d.getSessionConn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -282,7 +297,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	conn, err := d.getConn()
+	conn, err := d.getSessionConn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -430,7 +445,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetState() (state.State, error) {
 func (d *Driver) validateVMRef() error {
 	if !d.vmLoaded {
 		log.Debugf("Fetching VM...")
-		conn, err := d.getConn()
+		conn, err := d.getSessionConn()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -461,7 +476,7 @@ func (d *Driver) getMAC() (string, error) {
 	    ...
 	    <devices>
 	        ...
-	        <interface type='network'>
+	        <interface type='bridge'>
 	            ...
 	            <mac address='52:54:00:d2:3f:ba'/>
 	            ...
@@ -472,7 +487,7 @@ func (d *Driver) getMAC() (string, error) {
 		Address string `xml:"address,attr"`
 	}
 	type Source struct {
-		Network string `xml:"network,attr"`
+		Network string `xml:"bridge,attr"`
 	}
 	type Interface struct {
 		Type   string `xml:"type,attr"`
@@ -496,7 +511,7 @@ func (d *Driver) getMAC() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) getIPByMacFromSettings(mac string) (string, error) {
-	conn, err := d.getConn()
+	conn, err := d.getSystemConn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}