diff --git a/qubesadmin/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py b/qubesadmin/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py
index d9419e0..b88a7fb 100644
--- a/qubesadmin/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py
+++ b/qubesadmin/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
 #
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class TC_00_qvm_kill(qubesadmin.tests.QubesTestCase):
         self.assertAllCalled()
 
     def test_003_not_running(self):
-        # TODO: some option to ignore this error?
         self.app.expected_calls[
             ('some-vm', 'admin.vm.Kill', None, None)] = \
             b'2\x00QubesVMNotStartedError\x00\x00Domain is powered off: ' \
@@ -62,6 +61,6 @@ class TC_00_qvm_kill(qubesadmin.tests.QubesTestCase):
             b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Halted\n'
         self.assertEqual(
             qubesadmin.tools.qvm_kill.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app),
-            1)
+            0)
         self.assertAllCalled()
 
diff --git a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_kill.py b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_kill.py
index 9bba46d..c1e5bd7 100644
--- a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_kill.py
+++ b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_kill.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import qubesadmin.tools
 parser = qubesadmin.tools.QubesArgumentParser(
     description='forceful shutdown of a domain', vmname_nargs='+')
 
-
 def main(args=None, app=None):
     '''Main routine of :program:`qvm-kill`.
 
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ def main(args=None, app=None):
     for domain in args.domains:
         try:
             domain.kill()
+        except qubesadmin.exc.QubesVMNotStartedError:
+            pass
         except (IOError, OSError, qubesadmin.exc.QubesException) as e:
             exit_code = 1
             parser.print_error(str(e))