diff --git a/dev/create-vm-pool.py b/dev/create-vm-pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f550140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/create-vm-pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import sys
+import os
+from time import sleep
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'helpers')))
+
+import cudo_api
+
+from cudo_compute import Disk, CreateVMBody
+from cudo_compute.rest import ApiException
+
+
+vm_name = 'launch-lot'
+id = 1
+ids = []
+api = cudo_api.virtual_machines()
+try:
+    for i in range(12):
+        vm_id = vm_name + str(id)
+        disk = Disk(storage_class="STORAGE_CLASS_NETWORK", size_gib=100,
+                    id="my-disk-id-" + vm_id)
+
+        request = CreateVMBody(vm_id=vm_id, machine_type="intel-broadwell",
+                               data_center_id="gb-bournemouth-1", boot_disk_image_id='ubuntu-nvidia-docker',
+                               memory_gib=4, vcpus=2, gpus=0, gpu_model="", boot_disk=disk)
+
+        vm = api.create_vm(cudo_api.project_id_throwable(), request)
+        print(vm)
+        ids.append(vm_id)
+        id += 1
+
+except ApiException as e:
+    print(e)
+
+sleep(80)
+for del_id in ids:
+    res = api.terminate_vm(cudo_api.project_id_throwable(), del_id)
+    print(res)
+
+print("done")
diff --git a/helpers/cudo_api.py b/helpers/cudo_api.py
index 9572d56..c11b51c 100644
--- a/helpers/cudo_api.py
+++ b/helpers/cudo_api.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def project_id_throwable():
 if err:
     raise Exception(err)
 
+
 def api_keys():
     return cudo.APIKeysApi(c)
 
@@ -116,10 +117,14 @@ def user():
     return cudo.UserApi(c)
 
 
+def legacy_virtual_machines():
+    return cudo.VirtualMachinesApi(c)
+
+
 class PooledVirtualMachinesApi(cudo.VirtualMachinesApi):
     def __init__(self, api_client=None):
         self.task_queue = None
-        self.max_workers = 2
+        self.max_workers = 5
         self.shutdown_event = threading.Event()
         self.workers_active = False
         self.executor = None
@@ -137,12 +142,19 @@ def worker(self):
             if not self.task_queue:
                 break
             req = self.task_queue.get(timeout=1)
-            print(req)
             create_vm_body = None
             try:
                 project, create_vm_body = req
                 vm = super().create_vm(project, create_vm_body)
                 print(f"Created VM: {vm.to_dict()}")
+                wait = True
+                while wait:
+                    res = self.get_vm(project, create_vm_body.vm_id)
+                    if (res.vm.state == 'ACTIVE' or res.vm.state == 'FAILED' or res.vm.state == 'STOPPED'
+                            or res.vm.state == 'SUSPENDED' or res.vm.state == 'DELETED'):
+                        wait = False
+                    else:
+                        sleep(5)
             except Exception as e:
                 if create_vm_body:
                     print(f"Error creating VM: {create_vm_body.vm_id} {e}")
@@ -174,8 +186,6 @@ def stop_workers(self):
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error shutting down: {e}")
 
-
-
 pool = PooledVirtualMachinesApi(c)
 
 def virtual_machines():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff69b37..a188310 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "cudo-compute"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = [
     { name = "Cudo Ventures", email = "dev@cudoventures.com" },
 ]