diff --git a/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/domain/internal/TasksListImpl.java b/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/domain/internal/TasksListImpl.java
index 0cb22fad21..382d2a2dc3 100644
--- a/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/domain/internal/TasksListImpl.java
+++ b/vcloud/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/domain/internal/TasksListImpl.java
@@ -68,13 +68,17 @@ public class TasksListImpl implements TasksList {
          }
 
       });
-      this.tasksByOwner = Multimaps.index(tasks, new Function<Task, URI>() {
+      this.tasksByOwner = Multimaps.index(Iterables.filter(tasks, new Predicate<Task>() {
 
-         public URI apply(Task in) {
-
-            return in.getOwner().getLocation();
+         @Override
+         public boolean apply(Task input) {
+            return input.getOwner() != null;
          }
 
+      }), new Function<Task, URI>() {
+         public URI apply(Task in) {
+            return in.getOwner().getLocation();
+         }
       });
    }
 
diff --git a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/hostingdotcom/HostingDotComVCloudClientLiveTest.java b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/hostingdotcom/HostingDotComVCloudClientLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73013e3d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/hostingdotcom/HostingDotComVCloudClientLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+package org.jclouds.vcloud.hostingdotcom;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.vcloud.VCloudClientLiveTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code HostingDotComVCloudClient}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "live", sequential = true, testName = "vcloud.HostingDotComVCloudClientLiveTest")
+public class HostingDotComVCloudClientLiveTest extends VCloudClientLiveTest {
+
+   @BeforeGroups(groups = { "live" })
+   @Override
+   public void setupClient() {
+      account = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("jclouds.test.user"), "jclouds.test.user");
+      String key = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("jclouds.test.key"), "jclouds.test.key");
+      Injector injector = new HostingDotComVCloudContextBuilder(
+               new HostingDotComVCloudPropertiesBuilder(account, key).relaxSSLHostname().build())
+               .withModules(new Log4JLoggingModule(), new JschSshClientModule()).buildInjector();
+
+      connection = injector.getInstance(HostingDotComVCloudClient.class);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
index e6caf35848..91713b73f9 100755
--- a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     
     
     
-    <category name="org.jclouds.vcloud.hostingdotcom.HostingDotComVCloudComputeClient">
+    <category name="org.jclouds.vcloud.hostingdotcom.compute.HostingDotComVCloudComputeClient">
         <priority value="TRACE" />
         <appender-ref ref="ASYNCVCLOUD" />
     </category>