diff --git a/vm/ubuntu2410-vm.sh b/vm/ubuntu2410-vm.sh
index c48484df..f4d4ca74 100644
--- a/vm/ubuntu2410-vm.sh
+++ b/vm/ubuntu2410-vm.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function header_info {
   / / / / /_  __  ______  / /___  __   |__ \/ // /  <  / __ \   | |  / /  |/  /
  / / / / __ \/ / / / __ \/ __/ / / /   __/ / // /_  / / / / /   | | / / /|_/ /
 / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / / / / /_/ /_/ /   / __/__  __/ / / /_/ /    | |/ / /  / /
-\____/_.___/\__,_/_/ /_/\__/\__,_/   /____/ /_/ (_)_/\____/     |___/_/  /_/
+\____/_.___/\__,_/_/ /_/\__/\__,_/   /____/ /_/ (_)_/\____/     |___/_/  /_/  (Oracular Oriole)
 
 EOF
 }
@@ -177,35 +177,77 @@ function exit-script() {
 }
 
 function default_settings() {
-  VMID=$(get_valid_nextid)
-  FORMAT=",efitype=4m"
-  MACHINE=""
-  DISK_SIZE="8G"
-  DISK_CACHE=""
-  HN="ubuntu"
-  CPU_TYPE=""
-  CORE_COUNT="2"
-  RAM_SIZE="2048"
-  BRG="vmbr0"
-  MAC="$GEN_MAC"
-  VLAN=""
-  MTU=""
-  START_VM="yes"
-  METHOD="default"
-  echo -e "${CONTAINERID}${BOLD}${DGN}Virtual Machine ID: ${BGN}${VMID}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${CONTAINERTYPE}${BOLD}${DGN}Machine Type: ${BGN}i440fx${CL}"
-  echo -e "${DISKSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}Disk Size: ${BGN}${DISK_SIZE}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${DISKSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}Disk Cache: ${BGN}None${CL}"
-  echo -e "${HOSTNAME}${BOLD}${DGN}Hostname: ${BGN}${HN}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${OS}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Model: ${BGN}KVM64${CL}"
-  echo -e "${CPUCORE}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Cores: ${BGN}${CORE_COUNT}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${RAMSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}RAM Size: ${BGN}${RAM_SIZE}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${BRIDGE}${BOLD}${DGN}Bridge: ${BGN}${BRG}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${MACADDRESS}${BOLD}${DGN}MAC Address: ${BGN}${MAC}${CL}"
-  echo -e "${VLANTAG}${BOLD}${DGN}VLAN: ${BGN}Default${CL}"
-  echo -e "${DEFAULT}${BOLD}${DGN}Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}Default${CL}"
-  echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BOLD}${DGN}Start VM when completed: ${BGN}yes${CL}"
-  echo -e "${CREATING}${BOLD}${DGN}Creating a $APP using the above default settings${CL}"
+  var_bridge="${var_bridge:-vmbr0}"
+  var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
+  var_cpu_type="${var_cpu_type:-0}"     # 0 = KVM64, 1 = host
+  var_disk="${var_disk:-8G}"            # z. B. 32G
+  var_disk_cache="${var_disk_cache:-0}" # 0 = None, 1 = WriteThrough
+  var_hostname="${var_hostname:-ubuntu}"
+  var_mac="${var_mac:-$GEN_MAC}"
+  var_machine="${var_machine:-i440fx}" # i440fx oder q35
+  var_mtu="${var_mtu:-}"
+  var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
+  var_start_vm="${var_start_vm:-yes}" # yes oder no
+  var_vlan="${var_vlan:-}"
+  var_vmid="${var_vmid:-$(get_valid_nextid)}"
+
+  function apply_env_overrides() {
+    METHOD="env"
+    VMID="$var_vmid"
+    HN=$(echo "${var_hostname,,}" | tr -cd '[:alnum:]-')
+    [[ -z "$HN" ]] && HN="ubuntu"
+    [[ ! "$HN" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?$ ]] && {
+      msg_error "Invalid hostname: $HN"
+      exit 1
+    }
+
+    case "$var_machine" in
+    q35)
+      MACHINE_TYPE="q35"
+      FORMAT=""
+      MACHINE=" -machine q35"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      MACHINE_TYPE="i440fx"
+      FORMAT=",efitype=4m"
+      MACHINE=""
+      ;;
+    esac
+
+    case "$var_cpu_type" in
+    1) CPU_TYPE=" -cpu host" ;;
+    *) CPU_TYPE="" ;;
+    esac
+
+    case "$var_disk_cache" in
+    1) DISK_CACHE="cache=writethrough," ;;
+    *) DISK_CACHE="" ;;
+    esac
+
+    [[ "$var_cpu" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] && CORE_COUNT="$var_cpu" || CORE_COUNT="2"
+    [[ "$var_ram" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] && RAM_SIZE="$var_ram" || RAM_SIZE="2048"
+    [[ -n "$var_disk" ]] && DISK_SIZE="$var_disk" || DISK_SIZE="8G"
+    BRG="$var_bridge"
+    MAC="$var_mac"
+    VLAN=${var_vlan:+",tag=$var_vlan"}
+    MTU=${var_mtu:+",mtu=$var_mtu"}
+    START_VM="$var_start_vm"
+
+    echo -e "${CONTAINERID}${BOLD}${DGN}Virtual Machine ID: ${BGN}${VMID}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${CONTAINERTYPE}${BOLD}${DGN}Machine Type: ${BGN}${MACHINE_TYPE}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${DISKSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}Disk Size: ${BGN}${DISK_SIZE}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${DISKSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}Disk Cache: ${BGN}${DISK_CACHE:-None}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${HOSTNAME}${BOLD}${DGN}Hostname: ${BGN}${HN}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${OS}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Model: ${BGN}${CPU_TYPE:+Host}${CPU_TYPE:-KVM64}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${CPUCORE}${BOLD}${DGN}CPU Cores: ${BGN}${CORE_COUNT}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${RAMSIZE}${BOLD}${DGN}RAM Size: ${BGN}${RAM_SIZE}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${BRIDGE}${BOLD}${DGN}Bridge: ${BGN}${BRG}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${MACADDRESS}${BOLD}${DGN}MAC Address: ${BGN}${MAC}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${VLANTAG}${BOLD}${DGN}VLAN: ${BGN}${var_vlan:-Default}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${DEFAULT}${BOLD}${DGN}Interface MTU Size: ${BGN}${var_mtu:-Default}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${GATEWAY}${BOLD}${DGN}Start VM when completed: ${BGN}${START_VM}${CL}"
+    echo -e "${CREATING}${BOLD}${DGN}Creating a $APP using environment settings${CL}"
+  }
 }
 
 function advanced_settings() {
@@ -394,7 +436,11 @@ function advanced_settings() {
 }
 
 function start_script() {
-  if (whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "SETTINGS" --yesno "Use Default Settings?" --no-button Advanced 10 58); then
+  if [[ "$METHOD" == "env" || -n "${var_hostname}${var_cpu}${var_ram}${var_disk}${var_vmid}" ]]; then
+    header_info
+    echo -e "${ADVANCED}${BOLD}${BL}Using Environment Variable Overrides${CL}"
+    apply_env_overrides
+  elif (whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "SETTINGS" --yesno "Use Default Settings?" --no-button Advanced 10 58); then
     header_info
     echo -e "${DEFAULT}${BOLD}${BL}Using Default Settings${CL}"
     default_settings
@@ -482,7 +528,8 @@ qm set $VMID \
   -ide2 ${STORAGE}:cloudinit \
   -boot order=scsi0 \
   -serial0 socket \
-  -smbios1 "type=1,manufacturer=CommunityScripts,product=UbuntuCloudVM" \
+  -smbios1 type=1 \
+  -args "-smbios type=1,manufacturer=CommunityScripts,product=UbuntuCloudVM" \
   --ciuser "ubuntu" -cipassword "ubuntu" >/dev/null
 DESCRIPTION=$(
   cat <<EOF