diff --git a/env b/env
deleted file mode 100755
index f689726..0000000
--- a/env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-###########
-# ######
-export DEV_MEMORY_MB="4096"
-export DEV_CPU_COUNT="4"
-export DEV_WWW_MAC_ADDRESS="00:16:3E:AD:25:2C"
-export DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS="00:16:3E:AD:25:2D"
-
-LXD_DISK_TO_USE=
-
-if [ "$(lxc remote get-default)" = "antsle" ]; then
-    DEV_MACVLAN_INTERFACE="eno3"
-    LXD_DISK_TO_USE="/dev/sda"
-elif [ "$(lxc remote get-default)" = "local" ]; then
-    DEV_MACVLAN_INTERFACE="enp5s0"
-fi
-
-export DEV_MACVLAN_INTERFACE="$DEV_MACVLAN_INTERFACE"
-export DEV_WWW_MAC_ADDRESS="$DEV_WWW_MAC_ADDRESS"
-export DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS="$DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS"
-export LXD_DISK_TO_USE="$LXD_DISK_TO_USE"
-######
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/git b/git
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..0899c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go_www.sh b/go_www.sh
index aae080e..1355984 100755
--- a/go_www.sh
+++ b/go_www.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@ if [ "$RUN_SERVICES" = true ]; then
     fi
 
     if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
-        xdg-open "http://$GITTEA_FQDN"
+        xdg-open "http://$GITEA_FQDN"
     fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/provision_lxc.sh b/provision_lxc.sh
index 0fade87..fa95220 100755
--- a/provision_lxc.sh
+++ b/provision_lxc.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if ! lxc image list --format csv "$VM_NAME" | grep -q "$VM_NAME"; then
     fi
 
     lxc init \
-        --profile="sovereign-stack" \
+        --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" \
         "ubuntu-21-04" \
         "$VM_NAME" --vm
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if ! lxc image list --format csv "$VM_NAME" | grep -q "$VM_NAME"; then
 fi
 
 # now let's create a new VM to work with.
-lxc init --profile="sovereign-stack" "$VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
+lxc init --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
 
 # let's PIN the HW address for now so we don't exhaust IP
 # and so we can set DNS internally.
diff --git a/publish_tag.sh b/publish_tag.sh
index 54de3c3..c4ef1be 100755
--- a/publish_tag.sh
+++ b/publish_tag.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # this script will tag the repo then push it to origin
-TAG_NAME=v0.0.14
+TAG_NAME=v0.0.18
 COMIT_MESSAGE="Creating commit on $(date)."
 TAG_MESSAGE="Creating tag $TAG_NAME on $(date)."
 
diff --git a/refresh.sh b/refresh.sh
index 8d1af4b..a4b6a15 100755
--- a/refresh.sh
+++ b/refresh.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 set -exuo nounset
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-# the user can specify an env which sets some environment variables. See the default content of env.
-if [ -f "$(pwd)/env" ]; then
-    source "$(pwd)/env"
-fi
-
 USER_DELETE_MACHINE=false
 DOMAIN_NAME=
 VPS_HOSTING_TARGET=lxd
@@ -19,6 +14,8 @@ UPDATE_BTCPAY=false
 MIGRATE_BTCPAY_SERVER=false
 RECONFIGURE_BTCPAY_SERVER=false
 BTCPAY_ADDITIONAL_HOSTNAMES=
+LXD_DISK_TO_USE=
+DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS=
 
 for i in "$@"; do
     case $i in
@@ -75,6 +72,7 @@ done
 export DOMAIN_NAME="$DOMAIN_NAME"
 export VPS_HOSTING_TARGET="$VPS_HOSTING_TARGET"
 export LXD_DISK_TO_USE="$LXD_DISK_TO_USE"
+export DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS="$DEV_BTCPAY_MAC_ADDRESS"
 export RUN_CERT_RENEWAL="$RUN_CERT_RENEWAL"
 
 export BTC_CHAIN="$BTC_CHAIN"
diff --git a/shared.sh b/shared.sh
index 2d26ed7..24b251d 100755
--- a/shared.sh
+++ b/shared.sh
@@ -132,38 +132,51 @@ export WWW_INSTANCE_TYPE="$WWW_INSTANCE_TYPE"
 export REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH="$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
 export BTCPAY_ADDITIONAL_HOSTNAMES="$BTCPAY_ADDITIONAL_HOSTNAMES"
 
-if [ -z "$GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
+if [ "$DEPLOY_GHOST" = true ]; then
+    if [ -z "$GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "$GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
+if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
+    if [ -z "$GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
+if [ "$DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD" = true ]; then
+    if [ -z "$NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "$NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
-fi
+if [ "$DEPLOY_MATRIX" = true ]; then
+    if [ -z "$MATRIX_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure MATRIX_ADMIN_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
-if [ -z "$NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ -z "$MATRIX_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure MATRIX_ADMIN_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
+    if [ -z "$MATRIX_DB_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Ensure MATRIX_DB_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$DUPLICITY_BACKUP_PASSPHRASE" ]; then
@@ -191,11 +204,6 @@ if [ -z "$SITE_TITLE" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$MATRIX_DB_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ensure MATRIX_DB_PASSWORD is configured in your site_definition."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$DEPLOY_BTCPPAY_SERVER" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: Ensure DEPLOY_BTCPPAY_SERVER is configured in your site_definition."
     exit 1