diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
index c7fd882..7860a75 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def state
-          if @name && run(:info, '--name', @name, retryable: true) =~ /^state:[^A-Z]+([A-Z]+)$/
+          if @name && run(:info, '--name', @name, retryable: true) =~ /^[Ss]tate: *[^A-Z]+([A-Z]+)$/
             $1.downcase.to_sym
           elsif @name
             :unknown
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def stop
+          attach '/sbin/halt'
           run :stop, '--name', @name
         end