diff --git a/kvirt/baseconfig.py b/kvirt/baseconfig.py
index a01233d23..5a39014d1 100644
--- a/kvirt/baseconfig.py
+++ b/kvirt/baseconfig.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def __init__(self, client=None, containerclient=None, debug=False, quiet=False,
         self.rhnserver = options.get('rhnserver')
         self.rhnuser = options.get('rhnuser')
         self.rhnpassword = options.get('rhnpassword')
-        self.rhnak = options.get('rhnactivationkey')
+        self.rhnactivationkey = options.get('rhnactivationkey')
         self.rhnorg = options.get('rhnorg')
         self.rhnpool = options.get('rhnpool')
         self.tags = options.get('tags')
diff --git a/kvirt/cluster/microshift/__init__.py b/kvirt/cluster/microshift/__init__.py
index fa5a60887..1e4555c19 100644
--- a/kvirt/cluster/microshift/__init__.py
+++ b/kvirt/cluster/microshift/__init__.py
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@
 def valid_rhn_credentials(config, overrides):
     rhnuser = config.rhnuser or overrides.get('rhnuser')
     rhnpassword = config.rhnpassword or overrides.get('rhnpassword')
-    if rhnuser is not None and rhnpassword is not None:
-        return True
-    rhnak = config.rhnak or overrides.get('rhnactivationkey')
+    rhnactivationkey = config.rhnactivationkey or overrides.get('rhnactivationkey')
     rhnorg = config.rhnorg or overrides.get('rhnorg')
-    if rhnak is not None and rhnorg is not None:
-        return True
-    return False
+    return (rhnuser is not None and rhnpassword is not None) or (rhnactivationkey is not None and rhnorg is not None)
 
 
 def create(config, plandir, cluster, overrides, dnsconfig=None):
diff --git a/kvirt/cluster/microshift/kcli_plan_default.yml b/kvirt/cluster/microshift/kcli_plan_default.yml
index 462f86795..fa0c092f6 100644
--- a/kvirt/cluster/microshift/kcli_plan_default.yml
+++ b/kvirt/cluster/microshift/kcli_plan_default.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 info: |
   Deploy kubernetes using microshift on $nodes vms
-  Image defaults to rhel8, which requires valid credentials (rhnuser/rhnpassword or rhnak/rhnorg)
+  Image defaults to rhel8, which requires valid credentials (rhnuser/rhnpassword or rhnorg/rhnactivationkey)
   The nodes can also be registered to an ACM instance by stting register_acm to true and providing kubeconfig_acm 
 nodes: 1
 cluster: mymicroshift
diff --git a/kvirt/config.py b/kvirt/config.py
index 024fed20a..ea220f848 100644
--- a/kvirt/config.py
+++ b/kvirt/config.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def create_vm(self, name, profile=None, overrides={}, customprofile={}, k=None,
         default_rhnserver = father.get('rhnserver', self.rhnserver)
         default_rhnuser = father.get('rhnuser', self.rhnuser)
         default_rhnpassword = father.get('rhnpassword', self.rhnpassword)
-        default_rhnak = father.get('rhnactivationkey', self.rhnak)
+        default_rhnactivationkey = father.get('rhnactivationkey', self.rhnactivationkey)
         default_rhnorg = father.get('rhnorg', self.rhnorg)
         default_rhnpool = father.get('rhnpool', self.rhnpool)
         default_tags = father.get('tags', self.tags)
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def create_vm(self, name, profile=None, overrides={}, customprofile={}, k=None,
         rhnserver = profile.get('rhnserver', default_rhnserver)
         rhnuser = profile.get('rhnuser', default_rhnuser)
         rhnpassword = profile.get('rhnpassword', default_rhnpassword)
-        rhnak = profile.get('rhnactivationkey', default_rhnak)
+        rhnactivationkey = profile.get('rhnactivationkey', default_rhnactivationkey)
         rhnorg = profile.get('rhnorg', default_rhnorg)
         rhnpool = profile.get('rhnpool', default_rhnpool)
         flavor = profile.get('flavor', default_flavor)
@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@ def create_vm(self, name, profile=None, overrides={}, customprofile={}, k=None,
                 if rhnuser is not None and rhnpassword is not None:
                     overrides['rhnuser'] = rhnuser
                     overrides['rhnpassword'] = rhnpassword
-                elif rhnak is not None and rhnorg is not None:
-                    overrides['rhnactivationkey'] = rhnak
+                elif rhnactivationkey is not None and rhnorg is not None:
+                    overrides['rhnactivationkey'] = rhnactivationkey
                     overrides['rhnorg'] = rhnorg
                 else:
                     msg = "Rhn registration required but missing credentials. "
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ def create_vm(self, name, profile=None, overrides={}, customprofile={}, k=None,
             if rhnserver != "https://subscription.rhsm.redhat.com" and not valid_ip(rhnserver):
                 fqdn = os.path.basename(rhnserver)
                 rhncommands.append(f'rpm -Uvh http://{fqdn}/pub/katello-ca-consumer-latest.noarch.rpm')
-            if rhnak is not None and rhnorg is not None:
+            if rhnactivationkey is not None and rhnorg is not None:
                 rhncommands.append('subscription-manager register --serverurl=%s --force --activationkey=%s --org=%s'
-                                   % (rhnserver, rhnak, rhnorg))
+                                   % (rhnserver, rhnactivationkey, rhnorg))
                 if image.startswith('rhel-8') or image == 'rhel8':
                     rhncommands.append('subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms')
                 elif image.startswith('rhel-server-7') or image == 'rhel7':
diff --git a/kvirt/providers/ovirt/__init__.py b/kvirt/providers/ovirt/__init__.py
index fb76cda45..cf364819c 100644
--- a/kvirt/providers/ovirt/__init__.py
+++ b/kvirt/providers/ovirt/__init__.py
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ def create(self, name, virttype=None, profile='', flavor=None, plan='kvirt',
         if cloudinit and not custom_properties and initialization is None:
             custom_script = ''
             if storemetadata and overrides:
-                storeoverrides = {k: overrides[k] for k in overrides if k not in ['password', 'rhnpassword', 'rhnak']}
+                storeoverrides = {k: overrides[k] for k in overrides if k not in ['password', 'rhnpassword',
+                                                                                  'rhnactivationkey']}
                 storedata = {'path': '/root/.metadata',
                              'content': yaml.dump(storeoverrides, default_flow_style=False, indent=2)}
                 if files: