diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
index 33a55fa..ad2f033 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ module Vmpooler
         jdata.each do |key, val|
           result[key] ||= {}
 
+          result[key]['ok'] = true ##
+
           val.to_i.times do |_i|
             vm = backend.spop('vmpooler__ready__' + key)
 
@@ -318,6 +320,8 @@ module Vmpooler
 
               result[key] ||= {}
 
+              result[key]['ok'] = true ##
+
               if result[key]['hostname']
                 result[key]['hostname'] = [result[key]['hostname']] unless result[key]['hostname'].is_a?(Array)
                 result[key]['hostname'].push(vm)
@@ -325,6 +329,8 @@ module Vmpooler
                 result[key]['hostname'] = vm
               end
             else
+              result[key]['ok'] = false ##
+
               status 503
               result['ok'] = false
             end
@@ -367,6 +373,8 @@ module Vmpooler
         params[:template].split('+').each do |template|
           result[template] ||= {}
 
+          result[template]['ok'] = true ##
+
           vm = backend.spop('vmpooler__ready__' + template)
 
           unless vm.nil?
@@ -396,6 +404,8 @@ module Vmpooler
               result[template]['hostname'] = vm
             end
           else
+            result[template]['ok'] = false ##
+
             status 503
             result['ok'] = false
           end
diff --git a/spec/vmpooler/api/v1_spec.rb b/spec/vmpooler/api/v1_spec.rb
index 5f7643a..4e6240d 100644
--- a/spec/vmpooler/api/v1_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/vmpooler/api/v1_spec.rb
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
         expected = {
           ok: true,
           pool1: {
+            ok: true,
             hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop'
           }
         }
@@ -228,9 +229,11 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
         expected = {
           ok: true,
           pool1: {
+            ok: true,
             hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop'
           },
           pool2: {
+            ok: true,
             hostname: 'qrstuvwxyz012345'
           }
         }
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
           expected = {
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
+              ok: true,
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop'
             }
           }
@@ -276,6 +280,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
           expected = {
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
+              ok: true,
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop'
             }
           }
@@ -293,6 +298,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
           expected = {
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
+              ok: true,
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop'
             }
           }