diff --git a/bsc/garlic/default.nix b/bsc/garlic/default.nix
index e2c6475..aa5ff95 100644
--- a/bsc/garlic/default.nix
+++ b/bsc/garlic/default.nix
@@ -6,19 +6,26 @@
 let
   callPackage = pkgs.lib.callPackageWith (pkgs // bsc // garlic);
   callPackages = pkgs.lib.callPackagesWith (pkgs // bsc // garlic);
+
+  # Load some helper functions to generate app variants
+  inherit (import ./gen.nix) genApps genConfigs;
+
   garlic = rec {
 
     mpptest = callPackage ./mpptest { };
 
     ppong = callPackage ./ppong { };
 
-    experiments = callPackage ./experiments {
-      apps = [
-        (ppong.override { mpi=bsc.intel-mpi;})
-        (ppong.override { mpi=pkgs.mpich;})
-      ];
+    exp = {
+      mpiImpl = callPackage ./experiments {
+        apps = genApps [ ppong ] (
+          genConfigs {
+            mpi = [ bsc.intel-mpi pkgs.mpich pkgs.openmpi ];
+          }
+        );
+      };
     };
-
   };
+
 in
   garlic
diff --git a/bsc/garlic/gen.nix b/bsc/garlic/gen.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adac866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsc/garlic/gen.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+let
+  lib = import <nixpkgs/lib>;
+
+  gen = rec {
+    # genAttrSets "a" ["hello" "world"]
+    # [ { a = "hello"; } { a = "world"; } ]
+    genAttrSets = (name: arr: (map (x: {${name}=x; })) arr);
+
+    # addAttrSets "a" [1 2] {e=4;}
+    # [ { a = 1; e = 4; } { a = 2; e = 4; } ]
+    addAttrSets = (name: arr: set: (map (x: set // {${name}=x; })) arr);
+
+    # attrToList {a=1;}
+    # [ { name = "a"; value = 1; } ]
+    attrToList = (set: map (name: {name=name; value=set.${name};} ) (builtins.attrNames set));
+
+    # mergeConfig [{e=1;}] {name="a"; value=[1 2]
+    # [ { a = 1; e = 1; } { a = 2; e = 1; } ]
+    mergeConfig = (arr: new: lib.flatten ( map (x: addAttrSets new.name new.value x) arr));
+
+    # genConfigs {a=[1 2]; b=[3 4];}
+    # [ { a = 1; b = 3; } { a = 1; b = 4; } { a = 2; b = 3; } { a = 2; b = 4; } ]
+    genConfigs = (config: lib.foldl mergeConfig [{}] (attrToList config));
+
+    # Generate multiple app versions by override with each config
+    genApp = (app: configs: map (conf: app.override conf) configs);
+
+    # Generate app version from an array of apps
+    genApps = (apps: configs:
+      lib.flatten (map (app: genApp app configs) apps));
+
+  };
+in
+  gen