diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68e8663..8559cea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ To get the most out of Terraform workspaces it is recommended that the AWS provi
 provider "aws" {
     region = "${var.region}"
     profile = "${var.workspace}"
+    shared_credentials_file = ${var.shared_credentials_file}
 }
 ```
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ This will make Terraform lookup AWS credentials from the `~/.aws/credentials` fi
 
 ## atmos -e
 
-Adding the `-e` flag to atmos will make it generate a new `~/.aws/credentials` file from environment variables. You must first include the `default` access key ID & secret access key like this:
+Adding the `-e` flag to atmos will make it generate a new `~/.aws/credentials-atmos` file from environment variables. You must first include the `default` access key ID & secret access key like this:
 
 ```
 DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY_ID=id
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ QA_ACCESS_KEY_ID=id
 QA_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=key
 ```
 
-Note: Atmos will override your default credentials file as this functionality is for use in a docker container or in situations where you would rather use variables.
+This requires a `shared_credentials_file` variable on the top level. To support standard Terraform workflows its recommened to default this to the default shared credentials file location `$HOME/.aws/credentials`. Atmos will then handle the overriding safely in the background
 
 # atmos -m
 
diff --git a/atmos.py b/atmos.py
index dc75837..765fc30 100755
--- a/atmos.py
+++ b/atmos.py
@@ -8,27 +8,40 @@ def main(argv):
     g.add_argument("command", help="Send commands to terraform with workspace variable context", nargs='?', default=False)
     parser.add_argument("-e", help="Gather shared-creds from environment variables (Dont use this flag if you dont want your ~/.aws/credentials replaced. This is for CI/CD", action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_argument("-m", help="Prevents workspace from changing with git branches automatically", action='store_true', default=False)
+    parser.add_argument("-n", help="Atmos will not add -var-file or -var args to terraform", action='store_true', default=False)
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--project", help="Add a project prefix for env vars", nargs='?', default="")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", help="Debug mode", action="store_true", default=False)
     args, params = parser.parse_known_args()
     if args.command:
         determine_actions(args, params)
 
 def determine_actions(args, params):
+    aws_creds_file = "$HOME/.aws/credentials"
     if (is_git_directory()) and not (args.m):
+        if (args.e):
+            aws_creds_file = aws_creds_file + "-atmos"
         workspace_manager()
 
+    if (args.project) and (args.verbose):
+        print("Project: " + args.project)
+
     workspace = get_env()
     env_actions = ["plan", "apply", "destroy"] # Commands that require env context
     cmd = 'terraform {args}'.format(args=args.command)
 
+    if (args.command in env_actions) and not (args.n): # Append with env context
+        cmd = cmd + ' -var-file=vars/{env}.tfvars -var "workspace={env}"'.format(env=workspace)
+        cmd = cmd + ' -var "shared_credentials_file={aws_creds_file}"'.format(aws_creds_file=aws_creds_file)
+
     for param in params: # Pass terraform params directly through
         cmd = cmd + ' ' + param
 
-    if (args.command in env_actions): # Append with env context
-        cmd = cmd + ' -var-file=vars/{env}.tfvars -var "workspace={env}"'.format(env=workspace)
-
     if (args.e):
-        generate_creds()
-    
+        generate_creds(args)
+
+    if (args.verbose):
+        print("Atmos will run: " + cmd)
+
     print('Terraform {args} using env vars in {env}'.format(args=args.command, env=workspace))
     with subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(cmd)) as proc:
         exit # Start process but kill py program
@@ -49,19 +62,30 @@ def workspace_manager():
         subprocess.call(["terraform", "workspace", "new", branch], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=open(os.devnull, 'w'))
         subprocess.call(["terraform", "workspace", "select", branch], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=open(os.devnull, 'w'))
 
-def generate_creds():
+def generate_creds(args):
     current_workspace = get_env()
     workspaces = ['default']
 
     if current_workspace != 'default':
         workspaces.append(current_workspace)
-    
+
+    project_name = ""
+    if (args.project):
+        project_name = args.project.upper() + "_"
+
     contents = ""
     for workspace in workspaces:
+        access_key_name = project_name + workspace.upper() + '_ACCESS_KEY_ID'
+        secret_key_name = project_name + workspace.upper() + '_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
+
+        if (args.verbose):
+            print(access_key_name)
+            print(secret_key_name)
+
         contents = contents + "[{workspace}]\n".format(workspace=workspace)
-        contents = contents + "aws_access_key_id=" + os.environ.get(workspace.upper() + '_ACCESS_KEY_ID') + "\n"
-        contents = contents + "aws_secret_access_key=" + os.environ.get(workspace.upper() + '_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY') + "\n"
-    with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.aws/credentials'), 'w+') as f:
+        contents = contents + "aws_access_key_id=" + os.environ.get(access_key_name) + "\n"
+        contents = contents + "aws_secret_access_key=" + os.environ.get(secret_key_name) + "\n"
+    with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.aws/credentials-atmos'), 'w+') as f:
         f.write(contents)
 
 def get_valid_envs():