diff --git a/gns3server/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py b/gns3server/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py
index 910430a9..dcfaac80 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/dynamips/nodes/router.py
@@ -1495,10 +1495,10 @@ class Router(BaseVM):
 
         try:
             reply = yield from self._hypervisor.send("vm extract_config {}".format(self._name))
-            reply = reply[0].rsplit(' ', 2)[-2:]
-        except IOError:
+        except DynamipsError:
             #for some reason Dynamips gets frozen when it does not find the magic number in the NVRAM file.
             return None, None
+        reply = reply[0].rsplit(' ', 2)[-2:]
         startup_config = reply[0][1:-1]  # get statup-config and remove single quotes
         private_config = reply[1][1:-1]  # get private-config and remove single quotes
         return startup_config, private_config
diff --git a/gns3server/web/route.py b/gns3server/web/route.py
index 4bf5679b..1fee37c7 100644
--- a/gns3server/web/route.py
+++ b/gns3server/web/route.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class Route(object):
                 except VMError as e:
                     log.error("VM error detected: {type}".format(type=type(e)), exc_info=1)
                     response = Response(route=route)
-                    response.set_status(500)
-                    response.json({"message": str(e), "status": 500})
+                    response.set_status(409)
+                    response.json({"message": str(e), "status": 409})
                 except Exception as e:
                     log.error("Uncaught exception detected: {type}".format(type=type(e)), exc_info=1)
                     response = Response(route=route)