diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-mod.sh b/bin/vhost-user-mod.sh
index 1df321b..00979d2 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-mod.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-mod.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if /bin/grep -q "^$username:" /etc/passwd; then
   if [[ -n "$fpmmax" ]]; then
     vhost::set-phpVersion
     if [[ -f /etc/php/$phpVersion/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf ]]; then
-      sed -i "s|pm.max_children.*|pm.max_children = $fpmmax|g" /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf
+      sed -i "s|pm.max_children.*|pm.max_children = $fpmmax|g" /etc/php/$phpVersion/fpm/pool.d/$username.conf
     else
       echo "ERROR: PHP config for $username does not exist."
       exit 1
diff --git a/etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf b/etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf
index 1540b6e..3cee174 100644
--- a/etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf
+++ b/etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/.*
     RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-wrap/cgiwrap/$username/$1 [PT]
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
 </Macro>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </IfDefine>
     DocumentRoot  /srv/www/$vhost/html/$subdomain
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
 </Macro>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       </Location>
     </IfDefine>
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
   <VirtualHost *:443>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/.*
     RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-wrap/cgiwrap/$username/$1 [PT]
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
     SSLEngine on
     SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$vhost.pem
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       </Location>
     </IfDefine>
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
   <VirtualHost *:443>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     </IfDefine>
     DocumentRoot  /srv/www/$vhost/html/$subdomain
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
     SSLEngine on
     SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$subdomain.$vhost.pem
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/.*
     RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-wrap/cgiwrap/$username/$1 [PT]
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
   <VirtualHost *:443>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     </IfDefine>
     DocumentRoot  /srv/www/$vhost/html/$subdomain
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
   <VirtualHost *:443>
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/.*
     RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-wrap/cgiwrap/$username/$1 [PT]
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
 </Macro>
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
       </Location>
     </IfDefine>
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </VirtualHost>
   <VirtualHost *:443>
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/.*
     RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-wrap/cgiwrap/$username/$1 [PT]
     <FilesMatch ".+\.ph(ar|p|tml)$">
-      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
+      SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/phpPHPVERSION-fpm-$username.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
     SSLEngine on
     SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/letsencrypt/$alias.pem
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9091c4c..99c5313 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ fi
 # install systemd files and reload
 cp systemd/* /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/
 chmod 644 /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/*
+# set php version
+sed -i "s|PHPVERSION|$phpVersion|g" /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/vhost-reload-php.path
+sed -i "s|PHPVERSION|$phpVersion|g" /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/vhost-reload-php.service
 systemctl daemon-reload
 
 # install pwgen, used to create random passwords
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ chown root:root /etc/apache2/mods-available/*.conf
 sed -i "s|SSLProtocol.*|SSLProtocol TLSv1.2|g" /etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.conf
 # set vhost subodmain to domain name of server, users may want to consider changing this to a custom domain.
 sed -i "s|example.com|$vhostdomain|g" /etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf
+# set php version
+sed -i "s|PHPVERSION|$phpVersion|g" /etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf
 # a2enmod proxy_fcgi rewrite headers expires ssl http2 remoteip macro
 a2enmod cgid proxy_fcgi proxy_http rewrite headers expires ssl http2 macro
 # # sed -i "s|CustomLog|#CustomLog|g"  /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
diff --git a/systemd/vhost-reload-php.path b/systemd/vhost-reload-php.path
index 2142447..6d34c0a 100644
--- a/systemd/vhost-reload-php.path
+++ b/systemd/vhost-reload-php.path
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description="Reload PHP-FPM on changes to pool config files"
 
 [Path]
-PathChanged=/etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/
+PathChanged=/etc/php/PHPVERSION/fpm/pool.d/
 Unit=vhost-reload-php.service
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/systemd/vhost-reload-php.service b/systemd/vhost-reload-php.service
index b84446c..c283498 100644
--- a/systemd/vhost-reload-php.service
+++ b/systemd/vhost-reload-php.service
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Description=Reload PHP-FPM
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStartPre=sleep 2
-ExecStart=systemctl try-reload-or-restart php8.1-fpm
+ExecStart=systemctl try-reload-or-restart phpPHPVERSION-fpm