diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh b/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
index 0b6e53dd..80fdf491 100755
--- a/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/create_apps_for_appvm.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if [ "$SRCDIR" != "none" ]; then
     else
         find $SRCDIR -name "*.desktop" $CHECK_WHITELISTED -exec /usr/lib/qubes/convert_apptemplate2vm.sh {} $APPSDIR $VMNAME $VMDIR \;
     fi
-    /usr/lib/qubes/convert_apptemplate2vm.sh /usr/share/qubes/qubes-appmenu-select.desktop $APPSDIR $VMNAME $VMDIR
 
     if [ "$VMTYPE" = "vm-templates" ]; then
         /usr/lib/qubes/convert_dirtemplate2vm.sh /usr/share/qubes/qubes-templatevm.directory.template $APPSDIR/$VMNAME-vm.directory $VMNAME $VMDIR
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 2e7dde93..4127d084 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class QubesVm(object):
         retcode = 0
         if self.is_running():
             # find loop device
-            p = subprocess.Popen (["losetup", "--associated", vm.private_img],
+            p = subprocess.Popen (["sudo", "losetup", "--associated", self.private_img],
                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
             result = p.communicate()
             m = re.match(r"^(/dev/loop\d+):\s", result[0])
@@ -684,10 +684,10 @@ class QubesVm(object):
             # resize loop device
             subprocess.check_call(["sudo", "losetup", "--set-capacity", loop_dev])
 
-            retcode = self.run("root:while [ \"`blockdev --getsize64 /dev/xvdb`\" -lt {0} ]; do " +
-                "head /dev/xvdb > /dev/null; sleep 0.2; done; resize2fs /dev/xvdb".format(size_bytes), wait=True)
+            retcode = self.run("root:while [ \"`blockdev --getsize64 /dev/xvdb`\" -lt {0} ]; do ".format(size) +
+                "head /dev/xvdb > /dev/null; sleep 0.2; done; resize2fs /dev/xvdb", wait=True)
         else:
-            retcode = subprocess.check_call(["sudo", "resize2fs", "-f", vm.private_img])
+            retcode = subprocess.check_call(["sudo", "resize2fs", "-f", self.private_img])
         if retcode != 0:
             raise QubesException("resize2fs failed")
 
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
index e95b299d..06039ae0 100644
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ def backup_restore_do(backup_dir, restore_info, host_collection = None, print_ca
         backup_info = restore_info['dom0']
         local_user = grp.getgrnam('qubes').gr_mem[0]
         home_dir = pwd.getpwnam(local_user).pw_dir
-        backup_dom0_home_dir = backup_dir + '/dom0-home/' + restore_info['username']
+        backup_dom0_home_dir = backup_dir + '/dom0-home/' + backup_info['username']
         restore_home_backupdir = "home-pre-restore-{0}".format (time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S"))
 
         print_callback("-> Restoring home of user '{0}'...".format(local_user))
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-grow-private b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-grow-private
index 77182938..c144adab 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-grow-private
+++ b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-grow-private
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 from qubes.qubes import QubesVmCollection
 from qubes.qubes import QubesException
-from qubesutils import parse_size
+from qubes.qubesutils import parse_size
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import subprocess
 import os