- Ensure that empty regex isn't processed for deletes.

- Set the hook for deletion to run prior to machine deletion so that the id is retrieveable.

lib/vagrant-hostmanager/action/delete_guests.rb

@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           return @app.call(env) unless @machine.config.hostmanager.enabled?
           @logger.info 'Updating /etc/hosts file automatically'
 
+          # update /etc/hosts file on each active machine
+          delete_guests(@machine,@machine.provider_name)
+
           # continue the action stack so the machine will be created
           @app.call(env)
 
-          # update /etc/hosts file on each active machine
-          delete_guests(@machine,@machine.provider_name)
         end
       end
     end

lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file.rb

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def delete_entry(machine,file_name,sudo=false)
           host = machine.config.vm.hostname || name
           temp_file_name = Dir::Tmpname.make_tmpname(File.join(machine.env.tmp_path,'hostmanager'), nil) 
+          if not machine.id.nil?
               tempfile = File.open(temp_file_name,'w') do |f| 
                 File.open(file_name,'r').each_line do |line|
                   if line.match(/#{machine.id}$/).nil?
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                   machine.env.ui.info I18n.t('vagrant_hostmanager.action.run_sudo')
                   @logger.info `sudo cp -v #{temp_file_name} #{file_name}`
               end
+          else
+              @logger.warn "Machine id to delete was empty, skipping..."
+          end
       end
 
       def update_local(machine)

lib/vagrant-hostmanager/plugin.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
       action_hook(:hostmanager, :machine_action_destroy) do |hook|
         hook.prepend(Action::DeleteLocalEntry)
-        hook.append(Action::DeleteGuests)
+        hook.prepend(Action::DeleteGuests)
       end
 
       provisioner(:hostmanager) do