diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xenguest/files/xenguest-init b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xenguest/files/xenguest-init
index 5862cb92..115b2d64 100755
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xenguest/files/xenguest-init
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xenguest/files/xenguest-init
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
         echo "Stopping xenguest"
         # update guest list
-        guestlist=$(xenguest-manager status | grep Running | cut -d ":" -f1)
+        guestlist=$(xenguest-manager status | grep Running | cut -d " " -f1)
         for f in ${guestlist}; do
             xenguest-manager shutdown "${f}" --kill
         done