diff --git a/Functions/Virtualization/Virtualization.ps1 b/Functions/Virtualization/Virtualization.ps1
index abb6dc2..d7241c3 100644
--- a/Functions/Virtualization/Virtualization.ps1
+++ b/Functions/Virtualization/Virtualization.ps1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		Virtualization object functions
 #>
 
-function VerifyVirtualizationChoices {
+function ValidateVirtualizationChoices {
 <#
     .SYNOPSIS
         Internal function to verify provided values for static choices
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function Get-NetboxVirtualMachine {
     )
     
     if ($null -ne $Status) {
-        $PSBoundParameters.Status = VerifyVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
+        $PSBoundParameters.Status = ValidateVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
     }
     
     $Segments = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new(@('virtualization', 'virtual-machines'))
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ function New-NetboxVirtualMachine {
         [string]$Comments
     )
     
-    $PSBoundParameters.Status = VerifyVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
+    $PSBoundParameters.Status = ValidateVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
     
     $Segments = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new(@('virtualization', 'virtual-machines'))
     
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ function Set-NetboxVirtualMachine {
     )
     
     if ($null -ne $Status) {
-        $PSBoundParameters.Status = VerifyVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
+        $PSBoundParameters.Status = ValidateVirtualizationChoices -ProvidedValue $Status -VirtualMachineStatus
     }
     
     $Segments = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new(@('virtualization', 'virtual-machines', $Id))
diff --git a/Tests/Virtualization.Tests.ps1 b/Tests/Virtualization.Tests.ps1
index 4d214ff..2dcb9cd 100644
--- a/Tests/Virtualization.Tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Virtualization.Tests.ps1
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ Describe -Name "Virtualization tests" -Tag 'Virtualization' -Fixture {
                 $Result.Headers.Keys.Count | Should -BeExactly 1
                 $Result.Body | Should -Be '{"tenant":11,"comments":"these are comments","disk":50,"memory":4096,"name":"testvm","cluster":1,"status":1,"vcpus":4}'
             }
+            
+            It "Should throw because of an invalid status" {
+                { New-NetboxVirtualMachine -Name 'testvm' -Status 1123 -Cluster 1 } | Should -Throw
+            }
         }
         
         Context -Name "Add-NetboxVirtualInterface" -Fixture {