diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 1cc70d1..6ea0281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@ jobs:
           CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN: ${{ vars.CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN }}
 
       # this is needed to get the lowercase version of the repository_owner name
-      # TODO: switch to some lowercase function in the future when Actions supports it
-      - name: Set lowercase repository_owner name
+      # and being able to override the suffix when mutliple instances are hosted
+      # by the same GitHub account.
+      - name: Set name suffix
         run: |
-          echo $GH_OWNER | awk '{ print "OWNER_LOWER=" tolower($0) }' >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          if [ -z "$OVERRIDE_NAME_SUFFIX" ]
+          then
+              echo $GH_OWNER | awk '{ print "NAME_SUFFIX=" tolower($0) }' >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          else
+              echo $OVERRIDE_NAME_SUFFIX | awk '{ print "NAME_SUFFIX=" tolower($0) }' >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          fi
         env:
           GH_OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          OVERRIDE_NAME_SUFFIX: ${{ vars.OVERRIDE_NAME_SUFFIX }}
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v2
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 create wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
+          command: d1 create wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: retrieve D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 list | grep wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }} | awk '{print "d1_id="$2}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          command: d1 list | grep wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }} | awk '{print "d1_id="$2}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
@@ -98,11 +105,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: migrate D1 database
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: d1 migrations apply wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
+          command: d1 migrations apply wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
-            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
+            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"" >> wrangler.toml
             echo "******"
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: retrieve Terraform state KV namespace
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: kv:namespace list | jq -r '.[] | select( .title == "wildebeest-terraform-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}-state" ) | .id' | awk '{print "tfstate_kv="$1}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          command: kv:namespace list | jq -r '.[] | select( .title == "wildebeest-terraform-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}-state" ) | .id' | awk '{print "tfstate_kv="$1}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
@@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_api_token: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_zone_id: ${{ vars.CF_ZONE_ID }}
           TF_VAR_cloudflare_deploy_domain: ${{ vars.CF_DEPLOY_DOMAIN }}
-          TF_VAR_gh_username: ${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}
+          TF_VAR_name_suffix: ${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}
           TF_VAR_d1_id: ${{ env.d1_id }}
           TF_VAR_do_cache_id: ${{ env.do_cache_id }}
           TF_VAR_access_auth_domain: ${{ env.auth_domain }}
@@ -202,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: retrieve Terraform state KV namespace
         uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@2.0.0
         with:
-          command: kv:namespace list | jq -r '.[] | select( .title == "wildebeest-terraform-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}-state" ) | .id' | awk '{print "tfstate_kv="$1}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          command: kv:namespace list | jq -r '.[] | select( .title == "wildebeest-terraform-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}-state" ) | .id' | awk '{print "tfstate_kv="$1}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
@@ -243,7 +250,7 @@ jobs:
           apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
           preCommands: |
             echo "*** pre commands ***"
-            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"\n" >> consumer/wrangler.toml
+            echo -e "[[d1_databases]]\nbinding=\"DATABASE\"\ndatabase_name=\"wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }}\"\ndatabase_id=\"${{ env.d1_id }}\"\n" >> consumer/wrangler.toml
 
             echo -e "[durable_objects]\n" >> consumer/wrangler.toml
             echo -e "bindings=[" >> consumer/wrangler.toml
@@ -260,7 +267,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: add Queue producer to Pages
         run: |
-          curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}/pages/projects/wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }} \
+          curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}/pages/projects/wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }} \
               -XPATCH \
               -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}' \
               -d  '{
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
             # remove folder that aren't needed in Pages before we upload
             rm -rf ./tf ./scripts ./.github ./.npm ./consumer ./*.md
             echo "******"
-          command: pages publish --project-name=wildebeest-${{ env.OWNER_LOWER }} .
+          command: pages publish --project-name=wildebeest-${{ env.NAME_SUFFIX }} .
         env:
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
           COMMIT_HASH: ${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/tf/main.tf b/tf/main.tf
index 4f85846..f5384da 100644
--- a/tf/main.tf
+++ b/tf/main.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variable "cloudflare_api_token" {
   sensitive = true
 }
 
-variable "gh_username" {
+variable "name_suffix" {
   type = string
 }
 
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ provider "cloudflare" {
 // to remove the binding from the Pages project, so leaving for now.
 resource "cloudflare_workers_kv_namespace" "wildebeest_cache" {	
   account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id	
-  title = "wildebeest-${lower(var.gh_username)}-cache"	
+  title = "wildebeest-${lower(var.name_suffix)}-cache"	
 }
 
 resource "cloudflare_workers_kv_namespace" "terraform_state" {
   account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id
-  title = "wildebeest-terraform-${lower(var.gh_username)}-state"
+  title = "wildebeest-terraform-${lower(var.name_suffix)}-state"
 }
 
 resource "random_password" "user_key" {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ resource "random_password" "user_key" {
 
 resource "cloudflare_pages_project" "wildebeest_pages_project" {
   account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id
-  name              = "wildebeest-${lower(var.gh_username)}"
+  name              = "wildebeest-${lower(var.name_suffix)}"
   production_branch = "main"
 
   deployment_configs {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ resource "cloudflare_record" "record" {
 
 resource "cloudflare_pages_domain" "domain" {
   account_id   = var.cloudflare_account_id
-  project_name = "wildebeest-${lower(var.gh_username)}"
+  project_name = "wildebeest-${lower(var.name_suffix)}"
   domain       = trimspace(var.cloudflare_deploy_domain)
 
   depends_on = [
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ resource "cloudflare_pages_domain" "domain" {
 
 resource "cloudflare_access_application" "wildebeest_access" {
   account_id                = var.cloudflare_account_id
-  name                      = "wildebeest-${lower(var.gh_username)}"
+  name                      = "wildebeest-${lower(var.name_suffix)}"
   domain                    = "${trimspace(var.cloudflare_deploy_domain)}/oauth/authorize"
   type                      = "self_hosted"
   session_duration          = "730h"