diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 97eb39e4..f25b8d41 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@
         "qcow",
         "virtio"
     ],
+    "go.lintTool": "golangci-lint",
+    "go.lintFlags": [
+        "--fast",
+    ],
     "go.testEnvFile": "${workspaceFolder}/test.env",
 }
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
index 494b905d..f05d7ad2 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
@@ -2001,6 +2001,11 @@ func vmCreateClone(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) d
 		}
 	}
 
+	vmConfig, err := vmAPI.GetVM(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
 	if len(initialization) > 0 {
 		tflog.Trace(ctx, "Preparing the CloudInit configuration")
 
@@ -2008,11 +2013,6 @@ func vmCreateClone(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) d
 		initializationDatastoreID := initializationBlock[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationDatastoreID].(string)
 		initializationInterface := initializationBlock[mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMInitializationInterface].(string)
 
-		vmConfig, err := vmAPI.GetVM(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return diag.FromErr(err)
-		}
-
 		existingInterface := findExistingCloudInitDrive(vmConfig, vmID, "ide2")
 		if initializationInterface == "" {
 			initializationInterface = existingInterface
@@ -2131,9 +2131,11 @@ func vmCreateClone(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) d
 	}
 
 	hookScript := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMHookScriptFileID).(string)
+	currentHookScript := vmConfig.HookScript
+
 	if len(hookScript) > 0 {
 		updateBody.HookScript = &hookScript
-	} else {
+	} else if currentHookScript != nil {
 		del = append(del, "hookscript")
 	}
 
@@ -2147,7 +2149,7 @@ func vmCreateClone(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) d
 	disk := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMDisk).([]interface{})
 	efiDisk := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMEFIDisk).([]interface{})
 
-	vmConfig, e := vmAPI.GetVM(ctx)
+	vmConfig, e = vmAPI.GetVM(ctx)
 	if e != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(e.Error(), "HTTP 404") ||
 			(strings.Contains(e.Error(), "HTTP 500") && strings.Contains(e.Error(), "does not exist")) {