This is a strange behavior, i think you have made a mistake in your conf files on VPS & local wallet.
in desire.conf on local computer do you get that :

rpcuser=anyuser
rpcpassword=anypassword
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=0
server=1
daemon=1
logtimestamps=1
staking=1
maxconnections=256

still on local computer in masternode.conf
DSRMN1 IP:9919 privatekey txoutput idtxtouput