diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 9693e85..4240132 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "files.exclude": {
     "docs/_build": true
-  }
+  },
+  "cSpell.words": [
+    "appdata"
+  ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/commands/env.cmd b/commands/env.cmd
index 7926f9f..6ac85cf 100644
--- a/commands/env.cmd
+++ b/commands/env.cmd
@@ -15,12 +15,21 @@ fi
 ## simply allow the return code from docker-compose to bubble up per normal
 trap '' ERR
 
+## configure environment type defaults
+if [[ ${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE} =~ ^magento ]]; then
+    export WARDEN_SVC_PHP_VARIANT=-${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}
+fi
+
 ## configure docker-compose files
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_ARGS=()
 
 appendEnvPartialIfExists "base"
 appendEnvPartialIfExists "${WARDEN_ENV_SUBT}"
 
+[[ ${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE} != local ]] \
+    && appendEnvPartialIfExists "php-fpm.base" \
+    && appendEnvPartialIfExists "php-fpm.${WARDEN_ENV_SUBT}"
+
 [[ ${WARDEN_TEST_DB} -eq 1 ]] \
     && appendEnvPartialIfExists "tests"
 
diff --git a/environments/laravel/laravel.base.yml b/environments/laravel/laravel.base.yml
index 5f241e6..94b1133 100644
--- a/environments/laravel/laravel.base.yml
+++ b/environments/laravel/laravel.base.yml
@@ -25,40 +25,11 @@ services:
       - traefik.http.services.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-nginx.loadbalancer.server.port=80
 
   php-fpm:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-fpm"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.2}
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - db
     volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
 
   php-debug:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-debug"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.2}-debug
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-      - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-docker
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - php-fpm
     volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
 
   db:
diff --git a/environments/magento1/magento1.base.yml b/environments/magento1/magento1.base.yml
index 95c36ef..0f16fa5 100644
--- a/environments/magento1/magento1.base.yml
+++ b/environments/magento1/magento1.base.yml
@@ -24,40 +24,11 @@ services:
       - traefik.http.services.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-nginx.loadbalancer.server.port=80
 
   php-fpm:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-fpm"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.2}-magento1
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - db
     volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
 
   php-debug:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-debug"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.2}-magento1-debug
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-      - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-docker
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - php-fpm
     volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
 
   db:
diff --git a/environments/magento1/magento1.darwin.yml b/environments/magento1/magento1.darwin.yml
index 6327a35..1ca1f35 100644
--- a/environments/magento1/magento1.darwin.yml
+++ b/environments/magento1/magento1.darwin.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ services:
 
   php-fpm:
     volumes:
+      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
+      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - /run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
 
   php-debug:
     volumes:
+      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
+      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
       - /run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html:delegated
diff --git a/environments/magento1/magento1.linux-gnu.yml b/environments/magento1/magento1.linux-gnu.yml
index 64a7dc0..4bc355a 100644
--- a/environments/magento1/magento1.linux-gnu.yml
+++ b/environments/magento1/magento1.linux-gnu.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ version: "3.5"
 services:
   php-fpm:
     volumes:
+      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
+      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer
       - ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-/dev/null}:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
 
   php-debug:
     volumes:
+      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
+      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer
       - ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-/dev/null}:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
diff --git a/environments/magento2/magento2.base.yml b/environments/magento2/magento2.base.yml
index 5ed7a48..41de4bd 100644
--- a/environments/magento2/magento2.base.yml
+++ b/environments/magento2/magento2.base.yml
@@ -36,42 +36,15 @@ services:
       - traefik.http.services.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-varnish.loadbalancer.server.port=80
 
   php-fpm:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-fpm"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.3}-magento2
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - db
     labels:
-      - traefik.enable=true
-      - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.tls=true
-      - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.priority=2
-      - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.rule=
-          (HostRegexp(`{subdomain:.+}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}`) || Host(`${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}`))
-            && (Path(`/livereload.js`) || Path(`/livereload`))
-      - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.service=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload
-      - traefik.http.services.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.loadbalancer.server.port=35729
-
-  php-debug:
-    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-debug"
-    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.3}-magento2-debug
-    environment:
-      - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
-      - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
-      - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
-      - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
-      - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-docker
-    extra_hosts:
-      - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-      - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
-    depends_on:
-      - php-fpm
+    - traefik.enable=true
+    - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.tls=true
+    - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.priority=2
+    - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.rule=
+        (HostRegexp(`{subdomain:.+}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}`) || Host(`${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}`))
+          && (Path(`/livereload.js`) || Path(`/livereload`))
+    - traefik.http.routers.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.service=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload
+    - traefik.http.services.${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-livereload.loadbalancer.server.port=35729
 
   db:
     hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-mariadb"
diff --git a/environments/magento2/magento2.darwin.yml b/environments/magento2/magento2.darwin.yml
index 2e5f7a8..3570b1f 100644
--- a/environments/magento2/magento2.darwin.yml
+++ b/environments/magento2/magento2.darwin.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 version: "3.5"
+
+x-volumes: &volumes
+  - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/pub/media:/var/www/html/pub/media:delegated
+  - appdata:/var/www/html
+
 services:
   nginx:
     environment:
       - XDEBUG_CONNECT_BACK_HOST=${XDEBUG_CONNECT_BACK_HOST:-host.docker.internal}
-    volumes:
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/pub/media:/var/www/html/pub/media:delegated
-      - appdata:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
 
   php-fpm:
-    volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
-      - /run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/pub/media:/var/www/html/pub/media:delegated
-      - appdata:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
 
   php-debug:
-    volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
-      - /run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/pub/media:/var/www/html/pub/media:delegated
-      - appdata:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
 
 volumes:
   appdata:
diff --git a/environments/magento2/magento2.linux-gnu.yml b/environments/magento2/magento2.linux-gnu.yml
index 7839361..a0031f0 100644
--- a/environments/magento2/magento2.linux-gnu.yml
+++ b/environments/magento2/magento2.linux-gnu.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 version: "3.5"
+
+x-volumes: &volumes
+  - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
+
 services:
   nginx:
-    volumes:
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
 
   php-fpm:
-    volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer
-      - ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-/dev/null}:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
 
   php-debug:
-    volumes:
-      - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
-      - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer
-      - ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-/dev/null}:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
-      - .${WARDEN_WEB_ROOT:-}/:/var/www/html
+    volumes: *volumes
diff --git a/environments/services/php-fpm.base.yml b/environments/services/php-fpm.base.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1263786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/services/php-fpm.base.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: "3.5"
+
+x-defaults: &defaults
+  environment:
+    - TRAEFIK_DOMAIN
+    - TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN
+    - SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-auth.sock
+    - NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-10}
+    - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-docker
+  extra_hosts:
+    - ${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
+    - ${TRAEFIK_SUBDOMAIN:-app}.${TRAEFIK_DOMAIN}:${TRAEFIK_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}
+  volumes:
+    - ${WARDEN_SSL_DIR}/rootca/certs:/etc/ssl/warden-rootca-cert:ro
+    - ${WARDEN_COMPOSER_DIR}:/home/www-data/.composer:delegated
+
+services:
+  php-fpm:
+    <<: *defaults
+    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-fpm"
+    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.3}${WARDEN_SVC_PHP_VARIANT:-}
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  php-debug:
+    <<: *defaults
+    hostname: "${WARDEN_ENV_NAME}-php-debug"
+    image: quay.io/warden/php-fpm:${PHP_VERSION:-7.3}${WARDEN_SVC_PHP_VARIANT:-}-debug
+    depends_on:
+      - php-fpm
diff --git a/environments/services/php-fpm.darwin.yml b/environments/services/php-fpm.darwin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a9f8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/services/php-fpm.darwin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: "3.5"
+
+x-volumes: &volumes
+  - /run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+
+services:
+  php-fpm: { volumes: *volumes }
+  php-debug: { volumes: *volumes }
diff --git a/environments/services/php-fpm.linux-gnu.yml b/environments/services/php-fpm.linux-gnu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a5ab3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/services/php-fpm.linux-gnu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: "3.5"
+
+x-volumes: &volumes
+  - ${SSH_AUTH_SOCK:-/dev/null}:/run/host-services/ssh-auth.sock
+
+services:
+  php-fpm: { volumes: *volumes }
+  php-debug: { volumes: *volumes }
diff --git a/utils/env.sh b/utils/env.sh
index 91960c8..1e846d8 100644
--- a/utils/env.sh
+++ b/utils/env.sh
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ function assertValidEnvType () {
 
 function appendEnvPartialIfExists () {
     local PARTIAL_NAME="${1}"
-    local PARTIAL_PATH="${WARDEN_DIR}/environments/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}.${PARTIAL_NAME}.yml"
+    local PARTIAL_PATH="${WARDEN_DIR}/environments"
 
-    if [[ -f "${PARTIAL_PATH}" ]]; then
-        DOCKER_COMPOSE_ARGS+=("-f" "${PARTIAL_PATH}")
+    if [[ -f "${PARTIAL_PATH}/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}.${PARTIAL_NAME}.yml" ]]; then
+        DOCKER_COMPOSE_ARGS+=("-f" "${PARTIAL_PATH}/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}/${WARDEN_ENV_TYPE}.${PARTIAL_NAME}.yml")
+    elif [[ -f "${PARTIAL_PATH}/services/${PARTIAL_NAME}.yml" ]]; then
+        DOCKER_COMPOSE_ARGS+=("-f" "${PARTIAL_PATH}/services/${PARTIAL_NAME}.yml")
     fi
 }