diff --git a/pkg/vm/create_custom.go b/pkg/vm/create_custom.go
index 676c552e3..536c623a1 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/create_custom.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/create_custom.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func CreateCustomSidecar(
 	customVMBuildScript string,
 	vmPath string,
 	tokenSymbol string,
-	nonSov bool,
+	sovereign bool,
 ) (*models.Sidecar, error) {
 	ux.Logger.PrintToUser("creating custom VM subnet %s", subnetName)
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func CreateCustomSidecar(
 	}
 
 	sc.RPCVersion = rpcVersion
-	sc.Sovereign = nonSov
+	sc.Sovereign = sovereign
 	return sc, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/vm/create_evm.go b/pkg/vm/create_evm.go
index 585a95b37..417de5f53 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/create_evm.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/create_evm.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func CreateEvmSidecar(
 	subnetEVMVersion string,
 	tokenSymbol string,
 	getRPCVersionFromBinary bool,
-	notSov bool,
+	sovereign bool,
 ) (*models.Sidecar, error) {
 	var (
 		err        error
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func CreateEvmSidecar(
 	sc.Subnet = subnetName
 	sc.TokenSymbol = tokenSymbol
 	sc.TokenName = tokenSymbol + " Token"
-	sc.Sovereign = notSov
+	sc.Sovereign = sovereign
 	return sc, nil
 }