diff --git a/code/ddns-lambda.py b/code/ddns-lambda.py
index 064c1b3..ed5f84b 100755
--- a/code/ddns-lambda.py
+++ b/code/ddns-lambda.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger()
 ACCOUNT = None
 REGION = None
-VERSION = '0.1.16'
+VERSION = '0.1.17'
 
 # Adjust the logging level [logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG, logging.WARNING, etc]
 LOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ def lambda_handler(
         except BaseException as err:
             LOGGER.info("unexpected error. %s\n", str(err) + lineno())
 
-#    else:  # not running so delete the records
-    elif state == 'terminated':
+#    elif state == 'terminated':
+    else:  # not running so delete the records
         try:
 
             # pause 1 before deleting to avoid API limit
diff --git a/code/ddns-lambda.zip b/code/ddns-lambda.zip
index 7f7d87e..7f01144 100644
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