diff --git a/circle/dashboard/migrations/0003_auto__add_field_profile_instance_limit.py b/circle/dashboard/migrations/0003_auto__add_field_profile_instance_limit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..493da01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circle/dashboard/migrations/0003_auto__add_field_profile_instance_limit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'Profile.instance_limit'
+        db.add_column(u'dashboard_profile', 'instance_limit',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField')(default=5),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'Profile.instance_limit'
+        db.delete_column(u'dashboard_profile', 'instance_limit')
+
+
+    models = {
+        u'acl.level': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Level'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'weight': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'acl.objectlevel': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'object_id', 'level'),)", 'object_name': 'ObjectLevel'},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['acl.Level']"}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'})
+        },
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'dashboard.favourite': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Favourite'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'instance': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Instance']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        u'dashboard.profile': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Profile'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'instance_limit': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'}),
+            'org_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '64', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'preferred_language': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'en-us'", 'max_length': '32'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.domain': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Domain'},
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'ttl': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '600'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'firewall.host': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('hostname', 'vlan'),)", 'object_name': 'Host'},
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['firewall.Group']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'hostname': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ipv4': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'ipv6': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'mac': ('firewall.fields.MACAddressField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '17'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'pub_ipv4': ('firewall.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reverse': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'shared_ip': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'vlan': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']"})
+        },
+        u'firewall.vlan': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Vlan'},
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'dhcp_pool': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'domain': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Domain']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ipv6_template': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'2001:738:2001:4031:%(b)d:%(c)d:%(d)d:0'"}),
+            'managed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'network4': ('firewall.fields.IPNetworkField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'network6': ('firewall.fields.IPNetworkField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'network_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reverse_domain': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'%(d)d.%(c)d.%(b)d.%(a)d.in-addr.arpa'"}),
+            'snat_ip': ('django.db.models.fields.GenericIPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '39', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'snat_to': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['firewall.Vlan']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'vid': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'storage.datastore': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['name']", 'object_name': 'DataStore'},
+            'hostname': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '40'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '200'})
+        },
+        u'storage.disk': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['name']", 'object_name': 'Disk'},
+            'base': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'derivatives'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'datastore': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['storage.DataStore']"}),
+            'destroyed': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'dev_num': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'a'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '256'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'ready': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'size': ('sizefield.models.FileSizeField', [], {}),
+            'type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'})
+        },
+        u'taggit.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Tag'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'taggit.taggeditem': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'TaggedItem'},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'taggit_taggeditem_tagged_items'", 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'taggit_taggeditem_items'", 'to': u"orm['taggit.Tag']"})
+        },
+        u'vm.instance': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'pk']", 'object_name': 'Instance'},
+            'access_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'active_since': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'arch': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'boot_menu': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'destroyed': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'disks': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'lease': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Lease']"}),
+            'max_ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'node': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.Node']"}),
+            'num_cores': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'pw': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'raw_data': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'req_traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'state': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u'NOSTATE'", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'template': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'instance_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceTemplate']"}),
+            'time_of_delete': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'time_of_suspend': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'vnc_port': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': 'None', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.instancetemplate': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'name']", 'object_name': 'InstanceTemplate'},
+            'access_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'arch': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            'boot_menu': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'disks': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "u'template_set'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['storage.Disk']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'lease': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Lease']"}),
+            'max_ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'num_cores': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.InstanceTemplate']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'ram_size': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'raw_data': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'req_traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'state': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u'NEW'", 'max_length': '10'}),
+            'system': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.lease': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "[u'name']", 'object_name': 'Lease'},
+            'delete_interval_seconds': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'suspend_interval_seconds': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.node': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Node'},
+            'created': ('model_utils.fields.AutoCreatedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'host': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['firewall.Host']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified': ('model_utils.fields.AutoLastModifiedField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '50'}),
+            'overcommit': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
+            'priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'traits': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['vm.Trait']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'vm.trait': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Trait'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['dashboard']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/circle/dashboard/models.py b/circle/dashboard/models.py
index 636d72a..661fddc 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/models.py
+++ b/circle/dashboard/models.py
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ from logging import getLogger
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.db.models import Model, ForeignKey, OneToOneField, CharField
+from django.db.models import (
+    Model, ForeignKey, OneToOneField, CharField, IntegerField
+)
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from vm.models import Instance
 
-
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 class Favourite(Model):
     instance = ForeignKey(Instance)
     user = ForeignKey(User)
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class Profile(Model):
     org_id = CharField(  # may be populated from eduPersonOrgId field
         unique=True, blank=True, null=True, max_length=64,
         help_text=_('Unique identifier of the person, e.g. a student number.'))
+    instance_limit = IntegerField(default=5)
 
 
 if hasattr(settings, 'SAML_ORG_ID_ATTRIBUTE'):
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ if hasattr(settings, 'SAML_ORG_ID_ATTRIBUTE'):
                          value, sender.username)
         return False
 
-
     pre_user_save.connect(save_org_id, weak=False)
 else:
     logger.debug("Do not register save_org_id to djangosaml2 pre_user_save")
diff --git a/circle/dashboard/views.py b/circle/dashboard/views.py
index c291a67..48318c5 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/views.py
+++ b/circle/dashboard/views.py
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@ class VmCreate(LoginRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
         })
         return self.render_to_response(context)
 
-    # TODO handle not ajax posts
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         form = self.form_class(request.POST)
         if not form.is_valid():
@@ -691,6 +690,22 @@ class VmCreate(LoginRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
         post = form.cleaned_data
         user = request.user
 
+        try:
+            limit = user.profile.instance_limit
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug('No profile or instance limit: %s', e)
+        else:
+            current = Instance.active.filter(owner=user).count()
+            logger.debug('current use: %d, limit: %d', current, limit)
+            if limit < current:
+                messages.error(request,
+                               _('Instance limit (%d) exceeded.') % limit)
+                if request.is_ajax():
+                    return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'redirect': '/'}),
+                                        content_type="application/json")
+                else:
+                    return redirect('/')
+
         template = post['template']
         if not template.has_level(request.user, 'user'):
             raise PermissionDenied()