diff --git a/cloudcontrol/cli/commands/vm.py b/cloudcontrol/cli/commands/vm.py
index 630483772f9838a8942b7b732325da5fe21974e2..23289fa4bc3ffbb903d64cb0a437b5eced976735 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/cli/commands/vm.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/cli/commands/vm.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class Command_rescue(TqlCommand):
 
     def __init__(self, cli, argv0):
         TqlCommand.__init__(self, cli, argv0)
-        self.tql_filter += "&r=vm&status=stopped"
+        self.tql_filter += "&r=vm&status=stopped&rescue=no"
 
     def __call__(self, argv):
         # arg parse
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class Command_unrescue(TqlCommand):
 
     def __init__(self, cli, argv0):
         TqlCommand.__init__(self, cli, argv0)
-        self.tql_filter += "&r=vm&status=stopped"
+        self.tql_filter += "&r=vm&status=stopped&rescue=yes"
 
     def __call__(self, argv):
         # arg parse