diff --git a/defaults/main/base.yml b/defaults/main/base.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3788b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/main/base.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+##
+# role main options
+##
+
+python_24: false
+python_26: false
+python_27: false
+python_31: false
+python_32: false
+python_33: false
+python_34: false
+python_35: false
+python_36: false
+python_37: false
+python_38: false
+python_39: false
+python_310: false
+python_311: false
+python_312: true
+python_313: false
+
+pillow: false
+lxml: false
+
+# fine grained settings
+base_install_folder: "/srv"
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main/python.yml
similarity index 83%
rename from defaults/main.yml
rename to defaults/main/python.yml
index a01f051..71f9059 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/python.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,9 @@
 ---
 ##
-# role main options
+# Pythons configuration
 ##
 
-python_24: false
-python_26: false
-python_27: false
-python_31: false
-python_32: false
-python_33: false
-python_34: false
-python_35: false
-python_36: false
-python_37: false
-python_38: false
-python_39: false
-python_310: false
-python_311: false
-python_312: true
-python_313: false
-
-pillow: false
-lxml: false
+ftp_url: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python"
 
 versions:
   py24: "2.4.6"
@@ -59,41 +41,9 @@ hashes:
   py312: "8defb33f0c37aa4bdd3a38ba52abde4e"
   py313: "e1208b22c67c77de72a5e20025b2fb53"
 
-venv_versions:
-  py24: "1.7.2"
-  py26: "1.10"
-  py27: "16.6.1"
-
 ##
-# fine grained settings
+# Specific python version details, based on the variables above
 ##
-base_install_folder: "/srv"
-ftp_url: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python"
-pkg_url: "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages"
-
-venv24:
-  version: "{{ venv_versions.py24 }}"
-  file_hash: "7b88d35d0a353ec70e42aa37fd8b0bd1c643419c80f022ffaafa4d6449f0"
-  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/16/86/{{ file_hash }}/virtualenv-1.7.2.tar.gz"
-  md5: "b5d63b05373a4344ae099a68875aae78"
-  tar_file: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py24 }}.tar.gz"
-  sources: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py24 }}"
-
-venv26:
-  version: "{{ venv_versions.py26 }}"
-  file_hash: "f425e456e017af4801bb08920e30c149a44ac0c194f2225bdb712e77701c"
-  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/d5/5b/{{ file_hash }}/virtualenv-1.10.tar.gz"
-  md5: "9745c28256c70c76d36adb3767a00212"
-  tar_file: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py26 }}.tar.gz"
-  sources: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py26 }}"
-
-venv27:
-  version: "{{ venv_versions.py27 }}"
-  file_hash: "706af3ee62032933a3217454609c50a5325a6bd9c2c2f495b58c456ba286"
-  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/37/27/{{ file_hash }}/virtualenv-16.6.1.tar.gz"
-  md5: "b05b03dc6ecb3caaa3d58bfcccf4e786"
-  tar_file: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py27 }}.tar.gz"
-  sources: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py27 }}"
 
 py24:
   version: "{{ versions.py24 }}"
diff --git a/defaults/main/venv.yml b/defaults/main/venv.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7dd60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/main/venv.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+##
+# Virtual environment related configuration
+#
+# !! Note that Python 2.7 is installed slightly different
+##
+
+pkg_url: "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages"
+
+venv_versions:
+  py24: "1.7.2"
+  py26: "1.10"
+  py27: "20.15.1"
+
+venv_url_hashes:
+  py24: "7b88d35d0a353ec70e42aa37fd8b0bd1c643419c80f022ffaafa4d6449f0"
+  py26: "f425e456e017af4801bb08920e30c149a44ac0c194f2225bdb712e77701c"
+  py27: "df7c7b1b7a5ac4e41fac24c3682c1cc32f2c1d683d308bba2500338d1e3e"
+
+venv_file_hashes:
+  py24: "b5d63b05373a4344ae099a68875aae78"
+  py26: "9745c28256c70c76d36adb3767a00212"
+  py27: "e9a76a95dc28cf9b55cfc87bd4eef20c"
+
+venv27_wheel_name: "virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py27 }}-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+
+##
+# main venvs configuration, based on the variables above
+##
+
+venv24:
+  version: "{{ venv_versions.py24 }}"
+  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/16/86/{{ venv_url_hashes.py24 }}/virtualenv-1.7.2.tar.gz"
+  md5: "{{ venv_file_hashes.py24 }}"
+  tar_file: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py24 }}.tar.gz"
+  sources: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py24 }}"
+
+venv26:
+  version: "{{ venv_versions.py26 }}"
+  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/d5/5b/{{ venv_url_hashes.py26 }}/virtualenv-1.10.tar.gz"
+  md5: "{{ venv_file_hashes.py26 }}"
+  tar_file: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py26 }}.tar.gz"
+  sources: "/tmp/virtualenv-{{ venv_versions.py26 }}"
+
+venv27:
+  version: "{{ venv_versions.py27 }}"
+  url: "{{ pkg_url }}/6f/43/{{ venv_url_hashes.py27 }}/{{ venv27_wheel_name }}"
+  md5: "{{ venv_file_hashes.py27 }}"
+  wheel_file: "/tmp/{{ venv27_wheel_name }}"
diff --git a/tasks/venv.yml b/tasks/venv.yml
index 576d3ce..6d9c882 100644
--- a/tasks/venv.yml
+++ b/tasks/venv.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     path: "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/virtualenv"
   register: already_installed
   ignore_errors: true
-  when: should_install
 
 - name: "Virtualenv | Download | {{ py_data.version }}"
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
@@ -14,14 +13,14 @@
     dest: "{{ venv_data.tar_file }}"
     checksum: "md5:{{ venv_data.md5 }}"
     mode: "0440"
-  when: should_install and not already_installed.stat.exists
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
 
 - name: "Virtualenv | Uncompress | {{ py_data.version }}"
   ansible.builtin.unarchive:
     src: "{{ venv_data.tar_file }}"
     dest: /tmp
     copy: false
-  when: should_install and not already_installed.stat.exists
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
 
 - name: " Virtualenv | Install | {{ py_data.version }}"
   become: true
@@ -31,4 +30,4 @@
     creates: "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/virtualenv"
   with_items:
     - "{{ py_data.bin }} setup.py install"
-  when: should_install and not already_installed.stat.exists
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
diff --git a/tasks/venv27.yml b/tasks/venv27.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13408b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/venv27.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+
+- name: "Virtualenv | Check if it is already installed | {{ py_data.version }}"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/virtualenv"
+  register: already_installed
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: "Virtualenv | Download | {{ py_data.version }}"
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "{{ venv_data.url }}"
+    dest: "{{ venv_data.wheel_file }}"
+    checksum: "md5:{{ venv_data.md5 }}"
+    mode: "0440"
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
+
+- name: "Virtualenv | Download | pip"
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py"
+    dest: "/tmp/get-pip.py"
+    checksum: "md5:60e8267eb1b7bc71dc4843eb7bd294d3"
+    mode: "0440"
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
+
+- name: "Virtualenv | Install | pip"
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ item }}"
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/pip"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/python /tmp/get-pip.py"
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
+
+- name: " Virtualenv | Install | {{ py_data.version }}"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ item }}"
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/virtualenv"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ py_data.install }}/bin/pip install {{ venv_data.wheel_file }}"
+  when: not already_installed.stat.exists
diff --git a/tasks/venvs.yml b/tasks/venvs.yml
index c28511b..f3cc48b 100644
--- a/tasks/venvs.yml
+++ b/tasks/venvs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 - name: Install Virtualenv for Python 2.7
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
-    file: venv.yml
+    file: venv27.yml
   vars:
     py_data: "{{ py27 }}"
     venv_data: "{{ venv27 }}"