diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index 95579eda2..2a285cf18 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_zone_identifier"); ok && v.(*schema.Set).Len() > 0 {
 		exp := expandStringList(v.(*schema.Set).List())
-		log.Printf("\n\nexp:\n\t%#v\n\n", exp)
-		el := strings.Join(exp, ",")
-		autoScalingGroupOpts.VPCZoneIdentifier = aws.String(el)
+		autoScalingGroupOpts.VPCZoneIdentifier = aws.String(strings.Join(exp, ","))
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("termination_policies"); ok && v.(*schema.Set).Len() > 0 {
@@ -185,15 +183,15 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	}
 
 	d.Set("availability_zones", g.AvailabilityZones)
-	d.Set("default_cooldown", g.DefaultCooldown)
-	d.Set("desired_capacity", g.DesiredCapacity)
-	d.Set("health_check_grace_period", g.HealthCheckGracePeriod)
-	d.Set("health_check_type", g.HealthCheckType)
-	d.Set("launch_configuration", g.LaunchConfigurationName)
+	d.Set("default_cooldown", *g.DefaultCooldown)
+	d.Set("desired_capacity", *g.DesiredCapacity)
+	d.Set("health_check_grace_period", *g.HealthCheckGracePeriod)
+	d.Set("health_check_type", *g.HealthCheckType)
+	d.Set("launch_configuration", *g.LaunchConfigurationName)
 	d.Set("load_balancers", g.LoadBalancerNames)
-	d.Set("min_size", g.MinSize)
-	d.Set("max_size", g.MaxSize)
-	d.Set("name", g.AutoScalingGroupName)
+	d.Set("min_size", *g.MinSize)
+	d.Set("max_size", *g.MaxSize)
+	d.Set("name", *g.AutoScalingGroupName)
 	d.Set("vpc_zone_identifier", strings.Split(*g.VPCZoneIdentifier, ","))
 	d.Set("termination_policies", g.TerminationPolicies)