diff --git a/proxlb/models/guests.py b/proxlb/models/guests.py
index fd61d89..2e143b3 100644
--- a/proxlb/models/guests.py
+++ b/proxlb/models/guests.py
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ class Guests:
             # resource metrics for rebalancing to ensure that we do not overprovisiong the node.
             for guest in proxmox_api.nodes(node).qemu.get():
                 if guest['status'] == 'running':
-                    while guest['cpu'] == 0:
+                    retry_counter = 1
+                    while guest['cpu'] == 0 and retry_counter < 10:
                         guest = proxmox_api.nodes(node).qemu(guest['vmid']).status.current.get()
                         logger.debug(f"guest {guest['name']} is reporting {
-guest['cpu']} cpu usage.")
+guest['cpu']} cpu usage on retry {retry_counter}.")
                         time.sleep(1)
+                        retry_counter += 1
                     guests['guests'][guest['name']] = {}
                     guests['guests'][guest['name']]['name'] = guest['name']
                     guests['guests'][guest['name']]['cpu_total'] = guest['cpus']