diff --git a/abra b/abra
index 6945beef..f94c4a50 100755
--- a/abra
+++ b/abra
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DOC="
 The cooperative cloud utility belt 🎩🐇
 
 Usage:
-  abra [options] app new [--server=<server>] [--domain=<domain>] [--pass] [--auto] <app>
+  abra [options] app new [--server=<server>] [--domain=<domain>] [--pass] [--auto] <type>
   abra [options] app (list|ls) [--status] [--server=<server>]
   abra [options] app <domain> deploy [--skip-check]
   abra [options] app <domain> undeploy
@@ -144,17 +144,17 @@ eval "var_$1+=($value)"; else eval "var_$1=$value"; fi; return 0; fi; done
 return 1; }; stdout() { printf -- "cat <<'EOM'\n%s\nEOM\n" "$1"; }; stderr() {
 printf -- "cat <<'EOM' >&2\n%s\nEOM\n" "$1"; }; error() {
 [[ -n $1 ]] && stderr "$1"; stderr "$usage"; _return 1; }; _return() {
-printf -- "exit %d\n" "$1"; exit "$1"; }; set -e; trimmed_doc=${DOC:1:1559}
-usage=${DOC:40:1251}; digest=4b15c
-shorts=(-e -v -h -s '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '')
-longs=(--env --version --help --stack --server --domain --pass --auto --status --skip-check --force --no-tty --user --all)
-argcounts=(1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0); node_0(){ value __env 0; }; node_1(){
-switch __version 1; }; node_2(){ switch __help 2; }; node_3(){ value __stack 3
-}; node_4(){ value __server 4; }; node_5(){ value __domain 5; }; node_6(){
+printf -- "exit %d\n" "$1"; exit "$1"; }; set -e; trimmed_doc=${DOC:1:1560}
+usage=${DOC:40:1252}; digest=30845
+shorts=(-s -v -e -h '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '')
+longs=(--stack --version --env --help --server --domain --pass --auto --status --skip-check --force --no-tty --user --all)
+argcounts=(1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0); node_0(){ value __stack 0; }; node_1(){
+switch __version 1; }; node_2(){ value __env 2; }; node_3(){ switch __help 3; }
+node_4(){ value __server 4; }; node_5(){ value __domain 5; }; node_6(){
 switch __pass 6; }; node_7(){ switch __auto 7; }; node_8(){ switch __status 8; }
 node_9(){ switch __skip_check 9; }; node_10(){ switch __force 10; }; node_11(){
 switch __no_tty 11; }; node_12(){ value __user 12; }; node_13(){ switch __all 13
-}; node_14(){ value _app_ a; }; node_15(){ value _domain_ a; }; node_16(){
+}; node_14(){ value _type_ a; }; node_15(){ value _domain_ a; }; node_16(){
 value _service_ a; }; node_17(){ value _src_ a; }; node_18(){ value _dst_ a; }
 node_19(){ value _args_ a true; }; node_20(){ value _secret_ a; }; node_21(){
 value _version_ a; }; node_22(){ value _cmd_ a; }; node_23(){ value _data_ a; }
@@ -193,20 +193,20 @@ node_96(){ required 53 47 25 49; }; node_97(){ required 53 47 25 50 61; }
 node_98(){ required 53 51; }; node_99(){
 either 58 62 64 65 66 70 72 73 74 75 76 80 81 82 84 85 88 90 93 94 95 96 97 98
 }; node_100(){ required 99; }; cat <<<' docopt_exit() {
-[[ -n $1 ]] && printf "%s\n" "$1" >&2; printf "%s\n" "${DOC:40:1251}" >&2
-exit 1; }'; unset var___env var___version var___help var___stack var___server \
+[[ -n $1 ]] && printf "%s\n" "$1" >&2; printf "%s\n" "${DOC:40:1252}" >&2
+exit 1; }'; unset var___stack var___version var___env var___help var___server \
 var___domain var___pass var___auto var___status var___skip_check var___force \
-var___no_tty var___user var___all var__app_ var__domain_ var__service_ \
+var___no_tty var___user var___all var__type_ var__domain_ var__service_ \
 var__src_ var__dst_ var__args_ var__secret_ var__version_ var__cmd_ var__data_ \
 var__command_ var__host_ var__user_ var__port_ var_app var_new var_list var_ls \
 var_deploy var_undeploy var_config var_delete var_rm var_logs var_multilogs \
 var_cp var_check var_ps var_run var_secret var_auto var_generate var_insert \
 var_server var_add var_init var_apps var_upgrade; parse 100 "$@"
-local prefix=${DOCOPT_PREFIX:-''}; unset "${prefix}__env" "${prefix}__version" \
-"${prefix}__help" "${prefix}__stack" "${prefix}__server" "${prefix}__domain" \
-"${prefix}__pass" "${prefix}__auto" "${prefix}__status" \
+local prefix=${DOCOPT_PREFIX:-''}; unset "${prefix}__stack" \
+"${prefix}__version" "${prefix}__env" "${prefix}__help" "${prefix}__server" \
+"${prefix}__domain" "${prefix}__pass" "${prefix}__auto" "${prefix}__status" \
 "${prefix}__skip_check" "${prefix}__force" "${prefix}__no_tty" \
-"${prefix}__user" "${prefix}__all" "${prefix}_app_" "${prefix}_domain_" \
+"${prefix}__user" "${prefix}__all" "${prefix}_type_" "${prefix}_domain_" \
 "${prefix}_service_" "${prefix}_src_" "${prefix}_dst_" "${prefix}_args_" \
 "${prefix}_secret_" "${prefix}_version_" "${prefix}_cmd_" "${prefix}_data_" \
 "${prefix}_command_" "${prefix}_host_" "${prefix}_user_" "${prefix}_port_" \
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ local prefix=${DOCOPT_PREFIX:-''}; unset "${prefix}__env" "${prefix}__version" \
 "${prefix}ps" "${prefix}run" "${prefix}secret" "${prefix}auto" \
 "${prefix}generate" "${prefix}insert" "${prefix}server" "${prefix}add" \
 "${prefix}init" "${prefix}apps" "${prefix}upgrade"
-eval "${prefix}"'__env=${var___env:-}'
-eval "${prefix}"'__version=${var___version:-false}'
-eval "${prefix}"'__help=${var___help:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__stack=${var___stack:-}'
+eval "${prefix}"'__version=${var___version:-false}'
+eval "${prefix}"'__env=${var___env:-}'
+eval "${prefix}"'__help=${var___help:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__server=${var___server:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__domain=${var___domain:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__pass=${var___pass:-false}'
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ eval "${prefix}"'__force=${var___force:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__no_tty=${var___no_tty:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__user=${var___user:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'__all=${var___all:-false}'
-eval "${prefix}"'_app_=${var__app_:-}'
+eval "${prefix}"'_type_=${var__type_:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'_domain_=${var__domain_:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'_service_=${var__service_:-}'
 eval "${prefix}"'_src_=${var__src_:-}'; eval "${prefix}"'_dst_=${var__dst_:-}'
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ eval "${prefix}"'init=${var_init:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'apps=${var_apps:-false}'
 eval "${prefix}"'upgrade=${var_upgrade:-false}'; local docopt_i=1
 [[ $BASH_VERSION =~ ^4.3 ]] && docopt_i=2; for ((;docopt_i>0;docopt_i--)); do
-declare -p "${prefix}__env" "${prefix}__version" "${prefix}__help" \
-"${prefix}__stack" "${prefix}__server" "${prefix}__domain" "${prefix}__pass" \
+declare -p "${prefix}__stack" "${prefix}__version" "${prefix}__env" \
+"${prefix}__help" "${prefix}__server" "${prefix}__domain" "${prefix}__pass" \
 "${prefix}__auto" "${prefix}__status" "${prefix}__skip_check" \
 "${prefix}__force" "${prefix}__no_tty" "${prefix}__user" "${prefix}__all" \
-"${prefix}_app_" "${prefix}_domain_" "${prefix}_service_" "${prefix}_src_" \
+"${prefix}_type_" "${prefix}_domain_" "${prefix}_service_" "${prefix}_src_" \
 "${prefix}_dst_" "${prefix}_args_" "${prefix}_secret_" "${prefix}_version_" \
 "${prefix}_cmd_" "${prefix}_data_" "${prefix}_command_" "${prefix}_host_" \
 "${prefix}_user_" "${prefix}_port_" "${prefix}app" "${prefix}new" \
@@ -532,7 +532,11 @@ sub_app_new (){
   require_abra_dir
   get_servers
 
-  APP=$abra__app_
+  # Note(decentral1se): we are overloading the use of the word "app" on this
+  # the interface and therefore try to use the word "type" to refer to "a type
+  # of app" vs. "an instance of an app"
+  APP=$abra__type_
+
   SERVER=$abra___server
   DOMAIN=$abra___domain
 
@@ -1019,7 +1023,7 @@ abra() {
   # the place to handle the dynamically-defined vars
   declare abra___stack abra___env abra__command_ abra__args_ \
     abra__secret_ abra__version_ abra__data_ abra___user abra__host_ \
-    abra__app_ abra__port_ abra__user_ abra__service_ abra__src_ abra__dst_ \
+    abra__type_ abra__port_ abra__user_ abra__service_ abra__src_ abra__dst_ \
     abra__domain_ abra___server abra___domain abra___force abra___pass \
     abra___auto abra___status abra___no_tty abra___skip_check