diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/strategy/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter.java b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/strategy/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter.java
index 3806a83989..005902b896 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/strategy/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter.java
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/strategy/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.CloudStackApi;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.AsyncCreateResponse;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.Capabilities;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.FirewallRule;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.IPForwardingRule;
+import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.NIC;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.Network;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.NetworkType;
 import org.jclouds.cloudstack.domain.Project;
@@ -273,24 +275,30 @@ public class CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter implements
             vm = client.getVirtualMachineApi().getVirtualMachine(vm.getId());
          }
          if (templateOptions.shouldSetupStaticNat()) {
-             Capabilities capabilities = client.getConfigurationApi().listCapabilities();
-             // TODO: possibly not all network ids, do we want to do this
-             for (String networkId : options.getNetworkIds()) {
-                logger.debug(">> creating static NAT for virtualMachine(%s) in network(%s)", vm.getId(), networkId);
-                PublicIPAddress ip = staticNATVMInNetwork.create(networks.get(networkId)).apply(vm);
-                logger.trace("<< static NATed IPAddress(%s) to virtualMachine(%s)", ip.getId(), vm.getId());
-                vm = client.getVirtualMachineApi().getVirtualMachine(vm.getId());
-                List<Integer> ports = Ints.asList(templateOptions.getInboundPorts());
-                if (capabilities.getCloudStackVersion().startsWith("2")) {
-                   logger.debug(">> setting up IP forwarding for IPAddress(%s) rules(%s)", ip.getId(), ports);
-                   Set<IPForwardingRule> rules = setupPortForwardingRulesForIP.apply(ip, ports);
-                   logger.trace("<< setup %d IP forwarding rules on IPAddress(%s)", rules.size(), ip.getId());
-                } else {
-                   logger.debug(">> setting up firewall rules for IPAddress(%s) rules(%s)", ip.getId(), ports);
-                   Set<FirewallRule> rules = setupFirewallRulesForIP.apply(ip, ports);
-                   logger.trace("<< setup %d firewall rules on IPAddress(%s)", rules.size(), ip.getId());
-                }
-             }
+            Capabilities capabilities = client.getConfigurationApi().listCapabilities();
+
+            NIC nic = Iterables.find(vm.getNICs(), new Predicate<NIC>() {
+               @Override
+               public boolean apply(NIC input) {
+                  return (input == null) ? false : input.isDefault();
+               }
+            });
+            String networkId = nic.getNetworkId();
+
+            logger.debug(">> creating static NAT for virtualMachine(%s) in network(%s)", vm.getId(), networkId);
+            PublicIPAddress ip = staticNATVMInNetwork.create(networks.get(networkId)).apply(vm);
+            logger.trace("<< static NATed IPAddress(%s) to virtualMachine(%s)", ip.getId(), vm.getId());
+            vm = client.getVirtualMachineApi().getVirtualMachine(vm.getId());
+            List<Integer> ports = Ints.asList(templateOptions.getInboundPorts());
+            if (capabilities.getCloudStackVersion().startsWith("2")) {
+               logger.debug(">> setting up IP forwarding for IPAddress(%s) rules(%s)", ip.getId(), ports);
+               Set<IPForwardingRule> rules = setupPortForwardingRulesForIP.apply(ip, ports);
+               logger.trace("<< setup %d IP forwarding rules on IPAddress(%s)", rules.size(), ip.getId());
+            } else {
+               logger.debug(">> setting up firewall rules for IPAddress(%s) rules(%s)", ip.getId(), ports);
+               Set<FirewallRule> rules = setupFirewallRulesForIP.apply(ip, ports);
+               logger.trace("<< setup %d firewall rules on IPAddress(%s)", rules.size(), ip.getId());
+            }
           }
       } catch (RuntimeException re) {
           logger.error("-- exception after node has been created, trying to destroy the created virtualMachine(%s)", vm.getId());