Merge branch 'snapshot_support', closes #54
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 7b17ece..ed6e009 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 History
 =======
 
+0.6.1 (7-08-2014)
+_________________
+
+* Fix bug in VPC creation when ec2stack is configured with a basic zone
+
 0.6.0 (20-07-2014)
 __________________
 
diff --git a/ec2stack/providers/cloudstack/vpcs.py b/ec2stack/providers/cloudstack/vpcs.py
index 55c81d8..9591d54 100644
--- a/ec2stack/providers/cloudstack/vpcs.py
+++ b/ec2stack/providers/cloudstack/vpcs.py
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@
     args['displaytext'] = name
     args['zoneid'] = zones.get_zone(
         current_app.config['CLOUDSTACK_DEFAULT_ZONE'])['id']
-    args['vpcofferingid'] = current_app.config['VPC_OFFERING_ID']
+
+    if 'VPC_OFFERING_ID' in current_app.config:
+        args['vpcofferingid'] = current_app.config['VPC_OFFERING_ID']
+    else:
+        errors.invalid_request(
+            str('VPC_OFFERING_ID') + " not found in configuration, " +
+            "please run ec2stack-configure -a True")
+
     args['cidr'] = helpers.get('CidrBlock')
 
     response = requester.make_request_async(args)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c4a7f8..a24d436 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 PROJECT = 'ec2stack'
-VERSION = '0.6'
+VERSION = '0.6.1'
 URL = 'http://github.com/imduffy15/ec2stack'
 AUTHOR = 'Darren Brogan, Ian Duffy'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'brogand2@mail.dcu.ie, duffyi3@mail.dcu.ie'