diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c344989..85be7cf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -44,18 +44,23 @@
           devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell { packages = [ inputs'.nixops4.packages.default ]; };
         };
 
-      flake.allVmIds = [
-        "101"
-        "102"
-        "103"
-        "104"
-        "105"
-        "106"
-        "107"
-        "108"
-        "109"
-        "110"
-      ];
+      flake.vmIdTo03d =
+        id:
+        let
+          sid = toString id;
+        in
+        if id >= 0 && id <= 9 then
+          "00${sid}"
+        else if id >= 10 && id <= 99 then
+          "0${sid}"
+        else
+          sid;
+
+      flake.allVmIds = # 100 -- 255
+        let
+          allVmIdsFrom = x: if x > 255 then [ ] else [ x ] ++ allVmIdsFrom (x + 1);
+        in
+        allVmIdsFrom 100;
 
       flake.nixosConfigurations.provisioning =
         let
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@
         in
         listToAttrs (
           map (vmid: {
-            name = "fedi${vmid}";
+            name = "fedi${self.vmIdTo03d vmid}";
             value = makeProvisioningConfiguration vmid;
           }) self.allVmIds
         );
@@ -108,8 +113,8 @@
             type = providers.local.exec;
             imports = [ inputs.nixops4-nixos.modules.nixops4Resource.nixos ];
             ssh.opts = "";
-            ssh.host = "95.215.187.${vmid}";
-            ssh.hostPublicKey = readFile ./hostKeys/fedi${vmid}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub;
+            ssh.host = "95.215.187.${self.vmIdTo03d vmid}";
+            ssh.hostPublicKey = readFile ./hostKeys/fedi${self.vmIdTo03d vmid}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub;
 
             nixpkgs = inputs.nixpkgs;
             nixos.module =
diff --git a/procolixVm.nix b/procolixVm.nix
index 38ebc7a..76efeb1 100644
--- a/procolixVm.nix
+++ b/procolixVm.nix
@@ -9,17 +9,28 @@ let
   inherit (lib) mkOption;
   inherit (lib.types) types;
 
+  vmIdTo03d =
+    id:
+    let
+      sid = toString id;
+    in
+    if id >= 0 && id <= 9 then
+      "00${sid}"
+    else if id >= 10 && id <= 99 then
+      "0${sid}"
+    else
+      sid;
 in
+
 {
   imports = [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix") ];
 
   options = {
     procolix = {
       vmid = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
+        type = types.int;
         description = ''
-          Identifier of the machine. This is a number between 10 and 255, padded
-          with zeroes to always be three characters.
+          Identifier of the machine. This is a number between 10 and 255.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -32,7 +43,7 @@ in
     services.openssh.enable = true;
 
     networking = {
-      hostName = "fedi${config.procolix.vmid}";
+      hostName = "fedi${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
       domain = "procolix.com";
 
       interfaces = {
@@ -40,7 +51,7 @@ in
           ipv4 = {
             addresses = [
               {
-                address = "95.215.187.${config.procolix.vmid}";
+                address = "95.215.187.${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
                 prefixLength = 24;
               }
             ];
@@ -48,7 +59,7 @@ in
           ipv6 = {
             addresses = [
               {
-                address = "2a00:51c0:13:1305::${config.procolix.vmid}";
+                address = "2a00:51c0:13:1305::${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
                 prefixLength = 64;
               }
             ];
diff --git a/provision-vm.sh b/provision-vm.sh
index 38420f4..c624fd7 100755
--- a/provision-vm.sh
+++ b/provision-vm.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ printf 'Creating VM...'
 http_ --form POST $apiurl/nodes/$node/qemu \
   \
   vmid==$vmid \
-  name==fedi$vmid \
+  name==$(printf 'fedi%03d' $vmid) \
   pool==Fediversity \
   \
   ide2=="local:iso/$isoname,media=cdrom" \