diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85c65c8..b62eb4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ Add a few lines to your `package.json`. Your [account id](https://console.aws.am
 
 Environments for a shep project are defined by the aliases on the functions associated with a project. Environments are created through `shep deploy --env new_env` and managed by using the `shep config` commands. Shep takes a strong stance against having different environments for different functions within a project. If you attempt a command which requires the listing of environments and there is a mismatch detected, then shep will throw a `EnvironmentMistmach` error until you remedy the issue. Most issues can be automatically fixed by using `shep config sync`, the only issues this can't solve are conflicting environment variable values. Conflicting value issues can be solved by using `shep config set my_env CONFLICT_VARIABLE=value`.
 
+Additionally, environment specific configuration for the lambda deployment itself can be defined in both the project's and function's `lambda.{env}.json` files. This is particularly useful in specifying which VPC a lambda function should be placed in when you have a VPC per environment setup. Additionally if you are still using the `nodejs4.3` runtime in production and are looking to upgrade to the `nodejs6.10` runtime, you can test this in only for your development stage.
+
+```json
+{
+  "VpcConfig": {
+    "SecurityGroupIds": [ "sg-12345678" ],
+    "SubnetIds": [ "subnet-12345678", "subnet-abcdef12", "subnet-abcd1234" ]
+  },
+  "Runtime": "nodejs6.10"
+}
+```
 ### Custom Builds Commands
 
 By default shep builds all your functions using webpack. If your project requires a different build process, then edit your `package.json`. Before running your build command, shep populates the `PATTERN` environment variable which can be accessed as `process.env.PATTERN` in your build command. Be aware that using your own build process will break pattern matching for `shep build` unless your build command respects the `PATTERN` variable.
diff --git a/src/config-sync/index.js b/src/config-sync/index.js
index 14d6b4b..1ed91a2 100644
--- a/src/config-sync/index.js
+++ b/src/config-sync/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import uploadEnvironment from '../util/upload-environment'
 import { funcs, lambdaConfig } from '../util/load'
 
 export default async function ({ env }) {
-  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(), lambdaConfig)
+  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(), (func) => lambdaConfig(func, env))
   const environments = await getFunctionEnvs(env, configs)
   const { common, differences, conflicts } = environmentCheck(environments)
 
diff --git a/src/logs/index.js b/src/logs/index.js
index a8d9dcc..3afc334 100644
--- a/src/logs/index.js
+++ b/src/logs/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import getLogs from '../util/get-logs'
 import { lambdaConfig } from '../util/load'
 
 export default async function ({ name, env, time = Infinity, logger = () => {} }) {
-  const { FunctionName } = await lambdaConfig(name)
+  const { FunctionName } = await lambdaConfig(name, env)
   const aliasName = env
 
   const [logGroupName, functionVersion] = await Promise.all([getLogGroup({ FunctionName }), getAliasVersion({ functionName: FunctionName, aliasName })])
diff --git a/src/run/index.js b/src/run/index.js
index 1beb3ce..f9644d0 100644
--- a/src/run/index.js
+++ b/src/run/index.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function runFunction (opts) {
   return async (name) => {
     const env = opts.environment || 'development'
     const performBuild = opts.build
-    const lambdaConfig = await load.lambdaConfig(name)
+    const lambdaConfig = await load.lambdaConfig(name, env)
     const events = await load.events(name, opts.event)
     const [ fileName, handler ] = lambdaConfig.Handler.split('.')
 
diff --git a/src/util/get-environment.js b/src/util/get-environment.js
index eb545c5..418deb6 100644
--- a/src/util/get-environment.js
+++ b/src/util/get-environment.js
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import { getEnvironment } from './aws/lambda'
 import { lambdaConfig, funcs } from './load'
 
 export default async function (env, name) {
-  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(name), lambdaConfig)
+  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(name), (func) => lambdaConfig(func, env))
   return Promise.map(configs, (config) => getEnvironment(env, config))
 }
diff --git a/src/util/load.js b/src/util/load.js
index 12a5d60..d33ba84 100644
--- a/src/util/load.js
+++ b/src/util/load.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import isEqual from 'lodash.isequal'
 import path from 'path'
 import Promise from 'bluebird'
-import { readdir, readJSON } from './modules/fs'
+import { readdir, readJSON, exists } from './modules/fs'
 import minimatch from 'minimatch'
 import { listAliases, isFunctionDeployed } from './aws/lambda'
 
@@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ export async function funcs (pattern = '*') {
   return funcs
 }
 
-export async function lambdaConfig (name) {
+export async function lambdaConfig (name, env = null) {
   const functionConfig = await readJSON(`functions/${name}/lambda.json`)
+  const functionEnvConfigExists = env ? await exists(`functions/${name}/lambda.${env}.json`) : false
+  const functionEnvConfig = functionEnvConfigExists ? await readJSON(`functions/${name}/lambda.${env}.json`) : {}
   const projectConfig = await readJSON(`lambda.json`)
+  const projectEnvConfigExists = env ? await exists(`lambda.${env}.json`) : false
+  const projectEnvConfig = projectEnvConfigExists ? await readJSON(`lambda.${env}.json`) : {}
 
-  return Object.assign({}, projectConfig, functionConfig)
+  return Object.assign({}, projectConfig, projectEnvConfig, functionConfig, functionEnvConfig)
 }
 
 export async function pkg () {
diff --git a/src/util/remove-environment.js b/src/util/remove-environment.js
index e4bdf92..365a016 100644
--- a/src/util/remove-environment.js
+++ b/src/util/remove-environment.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { AWSEnvironmentVariableNotFound } from './errors'
 const pattern = '*'
 
 export default async function (env, vars) {
-  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(pattern), async (name) => { return { name, config: await lambdaConfig(name) } })
+  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(pattern), async (name) => { return { name, config: await lambdaConfig(name, env) } })
   return Promise.map(configs, async ({ name, config }) => {
     const oldFunc = await getFunction({ FunctionName: config.FunctionName, Qualifier: env })
     const wantedFunc = merge({}, oldFunc)
diff --git a/src/util/upload-environment.js b/src/util/upload-environment.js
index 91ffa7e..fc7b3a6 100644
--- a/src/util/upload-environment.js
+++ b/src/util/upload-environment.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { lambdaConfig, funcs } from './load'
 const pattern = '*'
 
 export default async function (env, vars) {
-  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(pattern), async (name) => { return { name, config: await lambdaConfig(name) } })
+  const configs = await Promise.map(funcs(pattern), async (name) => { return { name, config: await lambdaConfig(name, env) } })
   return Promise.map(configs, async ({name, config}) => {
     const aliasExists = await doesAliasExist({ FunctionName: config.FunctionName, Alias: env })
     const oldFunc = await getFunction({ FunctionName: config.FunctionName, Qualifier: (aliasExists ? env : undefined) })
diff --git a/src/util/upload-functions.js b/src/util/upload-functions.js
index 8422d8c..e3210d7 100644
--- a/src/util/upload-functions.js
+++ b/src/util/upload-functions.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import zipDir from './zip-dir'
 
 export default async function (fns, env) {
   return Promise.map(fns, async ({ name, key, bucket }) => {
-    const config = await lambdaConfig(name)
+    const config = await lambdaConfig(name, env)
     let wantedFunc = { Config: config, Code: {}, Identifier: {} }
 
     if (bucket && key) {
diff --git a/test-ava/logs/index.js b/test-ava/logs/index.js
index 163fa78..609f405 100644
--- a/test-ava/logs/index.js
+++ b/test-ava/logs/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const pkg = {
     region: 'us-east-1'
   }
 }
-const stage = 'development'
+const env = 'development'
 const functionName = 'bar'
 const callback = td.function('callback')
 const getLogResponse = {
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ const getLogResponse = {
 
 const load = td.replace('../../src/util/load')
 td.when(load.pkg()).thenResolve(pkg)
-td.when(load.lambdaConfig(functionName)).thenResolve({ FunctionName: functionName })
+td.when(load.lambdaConfig(functionName, env)).thenResolve({ FunctionName: functionName })
 
 const cloudwatchLogs = td.replace('../../src/util/aws/cloudwatch-logs')
 td.when(cloudwatchLogs.getLogGroup(td.matchers.contains({ FunctionName: functionName }))).thenResolve('/aws/log/group')
 
 const lambda = td.replace('../../src/util/aws/lambda')
-td.when(lambda.getAliasVersion(td.matchers.contains({ aliasName: stage }))).thenResolve('1')
+td.when(lambda.getAliasVersion(td.matchers.contains({ aliasName: env }))).thenResolve('1')
 
 const getLogs = td.replace('../../src/util/get-logs')
 td.when(getLogs(td.matchers.isA(Object))).thenResolve(getLogResponse)
 
 test('Continues loop', async (t) => {
   const shep = require('../../src/index')
-  await t.throws(shep.logs({ stage, name: functionName, stream: true }))
+  await t.throws(shep.logs({ env, name: functionName, stream: true }))
   td.verify(callback(td.matchers.isA(Number)))
 })
diff --git a/test-ava/run/index-build.js b/test-ava/run/index-build.js
index af02335..6f30553 100644
--- a/test-ava/run/index-build.js
+++ b/test-ava/run/index-build.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import td from '../helpers/testdouble'
 import path from 'path'
 
 const funcName = 'foo'
+const env = 'development'
 const handler = 'handler'
 const config = { Handler: `index.${handler}` }
 const events = ['event']
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ td.when(lambdaFunc[handler](td.matchers.anything(), td.matchers.isA(Object))).th
 const load = td.replace('../../src/util/load')
 load.distPath = async (joinPath) => joinPath ? path.join('dist', joinPath) : 'dist'
 td.when(load.funcs(funcName)).thenResolve([funcName])
-td.when(load.lambdaConfig(funcName)).thenResolve(config)
+td.when(load.lambdaConfig(funcName, env)).thenResolve(config)
 td.when(load.events(funcName, td.matchers.anything())).thenResolve(events)
 
 const build = td.replace('../../src/util/build-functions')
diff --git a/test-ava/run/index.js b/test-ava/run/index.js
index c35f20d..a161548 100644
--- a/test-ava/run/index.js
+++ b/test-ava/run/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import test from 'ava'
 import td from '../helpers/testdouble'
 
 const funcName = 'foo'
+const environment = 'development'
 const handler = 'handler'
 const config = { Handler: `index.${handler}` }
 const events = ['event']
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ td.when(lambdaFunc[handler](td.matchers.anything(), td.matchers.isA(Object))).th
 const load = td.replace('../../src/util/load')
 load.distPath = async (joinPath) => joinPath ? path.join('dist', joinPath) : 'dist'
 td.when(load.funcs(funcName)).thenResolve([funcName])
-td.when(load.lambdaConfig(funcName)).thenResolve(config)
+td.when(load.lambdaConfig(funcName, environment)).thenResolve(config)
 td.when(load.events(funcName, td.matchers.anything())).thenResolve(events)
 
 const requireProject = td.replace('../../src/util/require-project')