diff --git a/src/QEMUVM.ts b/src/QEMUVM.ts
index ab0ce54..c5863e9 100644
--- a/src/QEMUVM.ts
+++ b/src/QEMUVM.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export default class QEMUVM extends EventEmitter {
             this.qmpSock = `${Config.vm.qmpSockDir}collab-vm-qmp-${Config.collabvm.node}.sock`;
         }
         this.vncPort = Config.vm.vncPort;
-        this.qemuCmd = `${Config.vm.qemuArgs} -snapshot -no-shutdown -vnc 127.0.0.1:${this.vncPort - 5900} -qmp ${this.qmpType}${this.qmpSock},server`;
+        this.qemuCmd = `${Config.vm.qemuArgs} -no-shutdown -vnc 127.0.0.1:${this.vncPort - 5900} -qmp ${this.qmpType}${this.qmpSock},server`;
+        if (Config.vm.snapshots) this.qemuCmd += " -snapshot"
         this.qmpErrorLevel = 0;
         this.vncErrorLevel = 0;
         this.vncOpen = true;
diff --git a/src/WSServer.ts b/src/WSServer.ts
index ea4b28a..211a855 100644
--- a/src/WSServer.ts
+++ b/src/WSServer.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export default class WSServer {
                     return;
                 }
                 client.connectedToNode = true;
-                client.sendMsg(guacutils.encode("connect", "1", "1", "1", "0"));
+                client.sendMsg(guacutils.encode("connect", "1", "1", this.Config.vm.snapshots ? "1" : "0", "0"));
                 if (this.ChatHistory.size !== 0) client.sendMsg(this.getChatHistoryMsg());
                 if (this.Config.collabvm.motd) client.sendMsg(guacutils.encode("chat", "", this.Config.collabvm.motd));
                 client.sendMsg(guacutils.encode("size", "0", this.VM.framebuffer.width.toString(), this.VM.framebuffer.height.toString()));
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export default class WSServer {
                 this.VM.vnc.keyEvent(keysym, down);
                 break;
             case "vote":
+                if (!this.Config.vm.snapshots) return;
                 if (!this.turnsAllowed) return;
                 if (!client.connectedToNode) return;
                 if (msgArr.length !== 2) return;