diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/prepare_volatile_img.sh b/dom0/aux-tools/prepare_volatile_img.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ab716d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/prepare_volatile_img.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "`id -u`" != "0" ]; then
+	exec sudo $0 $*
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+FILENAME=$1
+ROOT_SIZE=$2
+SWAP_SIZE=$[ 1024 ]
+
+if [ -z "$ROOT_SIZE" -o -z "$FILENAME" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $0 <filename> <root.img size in MB>"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -e "$FILENAME" ]; then
+	echo "$FILENAME already exists, not overriding"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TOTAL_SIZE=$[ $ROOT_SIZE + $SWAP_SIZE + 512 ]
+truncate -s ${TOTAL_SIZE}M "$FILENAME"
+sfdisk --no-reread -u M "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null <<EOF
+0,${SWAP_SIZE},S
+,${ROOT_SIZE},L
+EOF
+
+kpartx -s -a "$FILENAME"
+loopdev=`losetup -j "$FILENAME"|tail -n 1 |cut -d: -f1`
+looppart=`echo $loopdev|sed 's:dev:dev/mapper:'`
+mkswap -f ${looppart}p1 > /dev/null
+kpartx -s -d ${loopdev}
+losetup -d ${loopdev} || :
+chown --reference `dirname "$FILENAME"` "$FILENAME"
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 89294449..03cd601e 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ dom0_vm = None
 qubes_appmenu_create_cmd = "/usr/lib/qubes/create_apps_for_appvm.sh"
 qubes_appmenu_remove_cmd = "/usr/lib/qubes/remove_appvm_appmenus.sh"
 qubes_pciback_cmd = '/usr/lib/qubes/unbind_pci_device.sh'
+prepare_volatile_img_cmd = '/usr/lib/qubes/prepare_volatile_img.sh'
 
 yum_proxy_ip = '10.137.255.254'
 yum_proxy_port = '8082'
@@ -1238,6 +1239,15 @@ class QubesVm(object):
 
         # Only makes sense on template based VM
         if source_template is None:
+            # For StandaloneVM create it only if not already exists (eg after backup-restore)
+            if not os.path.exists(self.volatile_img):
+                if verbose:
+                    print >> sys.stderr, "--> Creating volatile image: {0}...".format (self.volatile_img)
+                f_root = open (self.root_img, "r")
+                f_root.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
+                root_size = f_root.tell()
+                f_root.close()
+                subprocess.check_call([prepare_volatile_img_cmd, self.volatile_img, str(root_size / 1024 / 1024)])
             return
 
         if verbose:
@@ -1400,7 +1410,7 @@ class QubesVm(object):
                     notify_function ("info", "Starting the '{0}' VM...".format(self.name))
                 elif verbose:
                     print >> sys.stderr, "Starting the VM '{0}'...".format(self.name)
-                xid = self.start(verbose=verbose, notify_function=notify_function)
+                xid = self.start(verbose=verbose, start_guid = gui, notify_function=notify_function)
 
             except (IOError, OSError, QubesException) as err:
                 raise QubesException("Error while starting the '{0}' VM: {1}".format(self.name, err))
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
index 660348c7..2fb63aa9 100644
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubesutils.py
@@ -1364,5 +1364,8 @@ def backup_restore_do(backup_dir, restore_info, host_collection = None, print_ca
             retcode = subprocess.call (["cp", "-nrp", backup_dom0_home_dir + '/' + f, home_file])
             if retcode != 0:
                 error_callback("*** Error while copying file {0} to {1}".format(backup_dom0_home_dir + '/' + f, home_file))
+        retcode = subprocess.call(['sudo', 'chown', '-R', local_user, home_dir])
+        if retcode != 0:
+            error_callback("*** Error while setting home directory owner")
 
 # vim:sw=4:et:
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-tools/qubes-dom0-update b/dom0/qvm-tools/qubes-dom0-update
index ae46a78d..ff1d39e0 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-tools/qubes-dom0-update
+++ b/dom0/qvm-tools/qubes-dom0-update
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ YUM_OPTS=
 GUI=
 CHECK_ONLY=
 ALL_OPTS=$*
+QVMRUN_OPTS=
 # Filter out some yum options and collect packages list
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ if [ "$GUI" == "1" -a -n "$PKGS" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ "$GUI" != "1" ]; then
+    QVMRUN_OPTS=--nogui
+fi
+
 # Do not start VM automaticaly when running from cron (only checking for updates)
 if [ "$CHECK_ONLY" == "1" ] && ! xl domid $UPDATEVM > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "ERROR: UpdateVM not running, not starting it in non-interactive mode" >&2
@@ -73,11 +78,11 @@ qvm-sync-clock
 echo "Checking for dom0 updates" >&2
 
 # Start VM if not running already
-qvm-run -a $UPDATEVM true || exit 1
+qvm-run $QVMRUN_OPTS -a $UPDATEVM true || exit 1
 
 /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client -d "$UPDATEVM" -l 'tar c /var/lib/rpm /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/yum.conf 2>/dev/null' 'user:tar x -C /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates' 2> /dev/null
 
-qvm-run --pass-io $UPDATEVM "/usr/lib/qubes/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh --doit --nogui $ALL_OPTS"
+qvm-run $QVMRUN_OPTS --pass-io $UPDATEVM "/usr/lib/qubes/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh --doit --nogui $ALL_OPTS"
 RETCODE=$?
 if [ "$CHECK_ONLY" == "1" ]; then
     exit $RETCODE
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
index 94be4404..873e9ec9 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ cp aux-tools/remove_appvm_appmenus.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp aux-tools/cleanup_dispvms $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp aux-tools/startup-dvm.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp aux-tools/startup-misc.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
+cp aux-tools/prepare_volatile_img.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp qmemman/server.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes/qmemman_daemon.py
 cp ../misc/meminfo-writer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes/
 cp ../qrexec/qrexec_daemon $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes/
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ fi
 /usr/lib/qubes/fix_dir_perms.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/startup-dvm.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/startup-misc.sh
+/usr/lib/qubes/prepare_volatile_img.sh
 %attr(4750,root,qubes) /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-dom0-unpacker
 %if %{use_systemd}
 %{_unitdir}/qubes-block-cleaner.service