diff --git a/templates/nix-gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/nix-gitlab-ci.yml
index ad2eb0f..705d9aa 100644
--- a/templates/nix-gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/nix-gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ variables:
   _NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY: $[[ inputs.cache_strategy ]]
   # for multiple pipelines
   _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: ${CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE}
+  # set NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES to something like "/^web/" or "/^web|push/",
+  # then this will default to the "default" pipeline for these sources.
+  # By default we map everything to "default" (man that's quite a bunch of defaults)
+  _NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES: "/.*/"
 .env_overrides: &env_overrides
   rules:
     - if: $NIX_CI_IMAGE != null
@@ -36,6 +40,12 @@ variables:
     - if: $NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY != null
       variables:
         _NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY: $NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY
+    - if: $NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES != null
+      variables:
+        _NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES: $NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE =~ $_NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES'
+      variables:
+        _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: default
     - if: $NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME != null
       variables:
         _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: $NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME
@@ -47,30 +57,30 @@ nix-ci:build:
   cache:
     - key:
         files: $[[ inputs.cache_files ]]
+        prefix: $_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME
       paths:
         - generated-gitlab-ci.yml
     - key: nix
       paths:
         - .nix-cache/
   before_script:
-    # generated-gitlab-ci-<pipeline>.yml exists in the cache
-    - '[ -f "generated-gitlab-ci-${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}.yml" ] && export CACHED=true && echo "A cached pipeline file exists (skip cache with NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD)" || true'
+    # generated-gitlab-ci.yml exists in the cache
+    - '[ -f "generated-gitlab-ci.yml" ] && export CACHED=true && echo "A cached pipeline file exists (skip cache with NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD)" || true'
     # allow the user to manually skip the cache (when the key files are not correctly configured etc.)
     - '[ -n "$_NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD" ] && unset CACHED && echo "Caching skipped for this job (through NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD)" || true'
     # only setup when we need to generate the pipeline yaml
     - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then source setup_nix_ci; fi'
   script:
     # build the generated-gitlab-ci.yml if it does not exist in the cache
-    - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then nix build .#gitlab-ci:pipeline:${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME} && install result generated-gitlab-ci-${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}.yml; fi'
+    - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then nix eval --json ".#gitlab-ci:pipeline:${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}" &>/dev/null && _NAME=$_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME || _NAME="default"; fi'
+    - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then nix build .#gitlab-ci:pipeline:${_NAME} && install result generated-gitlab-ci.yml; fi'
   after_script:
-    # NOTE: environment variables of before_script and script don't exist here anymore
-    #
     # save to binary cache or Gitlab CI cache only if we actually built something
     #  check if /tmp/nix-store-before exists as $CACHED never exists here and the file only exists if "setup_nix_ci" is called
     - 'if [ -f "/tmp/nix-store-before" ]; then finalize_nix_ci; fi'
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - generated-gitlab-ci-${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}.yml
+      - generated-gitlab-ci.yml
 nix-ci:trigger:
   <<: *env_overrides
   stage: trigger
@@ -78,7 +88,7 @@ nix-ci:trigger:
     - nix-ci:build
   trigger:
     include:
-      - artifact: generated-gitlab-ci-${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}.yml
+      - artifact: generated-gitlab-ci.yml
         job: nix-ci:build
     strategy: depend
     forward: