fix logic, check for multi var flavor

    return default

def check_multi_environment(env_var, env_var_multi, multi_value):

    """ Check if an environment variable exists,

    if so, do nothing. If not, check if the modified variable

def check_multi_environment(env_var_multi, multi_value, env_var):

    """ Check if the mod environment variable exists,

    if so, return that. If not, check if the vanilla variable

    has been specified and return that value instead.

    :param env_var: the vanilla environment variable to look for

    """

    # assume check environment has already been run on the init

    # check for existence, if it doesn't exist, return multi_value

    if not str(env_var) in os.environ:

        if isinstance(multi_value, bool):

            return boolify(os.environ[env_var_multi])

        if isinstance(multi_value, int):

            return int(os.environ[env_var_multi])

        # assume if in python environment, it is already a bool or int

        if env_var_multi in globals():

            return globals()[env_var_multi]

        if env_var_multi in locals():

            return locals()[env_var_multi]

    # check for existence of new var, if it doesn't exist,

    # return multi_value

    if str(env_var_multi) in os.environ:

        multi_value = check_environment(env_var_multi, multi_value)

        return os.environ[env_var_multi]

    # by now: