diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2b9328..95f4323 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ language: ruby
 bundler_args: --without development integration
 script: "bundle exec gem list && bundle exec rake spec"
 rvm:
-- 1.9.3
 - 2.0.0
 env:
   matrix:
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/bmcuser/ipmitool.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/bmcuser/ipmitool.rb
index 405b612..bfb194c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/bmcuser/ipmitool.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/bmcuser/ipmitool.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def create
   # get the user id supplied by the resource or find out the current user id
   # if a user id cannot be found, try and create a new user id by looking for empty slots
   def id
-   @id ||= @property_hash[:id] || user_id(resource[:username])
+   @id ||= @property_hash[:id] || @resource[:id] || user_id(resource[:username])
   end
 
   def destroy
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def self.instances
       # skip the header
       next if line.match(/^ID/)
       next if line.match(/Empty/i)
+      next if line.match(/^1/)
       id, name, callin, linkauth, enabled, priv = line.chomp.split(' ', 6)
       # create the resource
       users << new(:name => name, :username => name, :id => id, :ensure => :present,