diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1297270..7306f12 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -172,15 +172,12 @@ RUN apt-install.sh \
 
 ## relatively lightweight modules
 RUN apt-install-angie-mod.sh \
-      auth-jwt \
-      auth-spnego \
       brotli \
       cache-purge \
       echo \
       geoip2 \
       headers-more \
       subs \
-      testcookie \
       upload \
       zip \
       zstd \
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli-static.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli-static.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b7c7d9..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli-static.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-## no extra configuration is present at this time
-## ref: https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli/
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip-static.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip-static.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f33c12..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip-static.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-## no extra configuration is present at this time
-## ref: https://angie.software/en/configuration/modules/http_gzip_static/
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd-static.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd-static.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 730b785..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd-static.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-## no extra configuration is present at this time
-## ref: https://github.com/tokers/zstd-nginx-module/
diff --git a/image-entry.d/00-common.envsh b/image-entry.d/00-common.envsh
index 1bbb682..7dea860 100644
--- a/image-entry.d/00-common.envsh
+++ b/image-entry.d/00-common.envsh
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ gobool_to_int() {
 
 IEP_TRACE=$(gobool_to_int "${IEP_TRACE:-0}" 0)
 export IEP_TRACE
-if [ "${IEP_TRACE}" = 1 ] ; then
-	log_always() { echo "# $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%03N %z'): ${__IEP_SRC}${*:+: $*}" >&2 ; }
-else
-	log_always() { echo "# ${__IEP_SRC}${*:+: $*}" >&2 ; }
-fi
+log_always() {
+	if [ "${IEP_TRACE}" = 1 ] ; then
+		echo "# $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%03N %z'): ${__IEP_SRC}${*:+: $*}"
+	else
+		echo "# ${__IEP_SRC}${*:+: $*}"
+	fi >&2
+}
 
 IEP_VERBOSE=$(gobool_to_int "${IEP_VERBOSE:-${IEP_TRACE}}" "${IEP_TRACE}")
 export IEP_VERBOSE
-if [ "${IEP_VERBOSE}" = 1 ] ; then
-	log() { log_always "$@" ; }
-else
-	log() { : ;}
-fi
+log() {
+	[ "${IEP_VERBOSE}" = 0 ] || log_always "$@"
+}
 
 log_file() { sed -E '/^./s,^,  ,' < "$1" >&2 ; }
 
diff --git a/image-entry.d/21-http-modules.envsh b/image-entry.d/21-http-modules.envsh
index 6854fb0..6e2f22e 100755
--- a/image-entry.d/21-http-modules.envsh
+++ b/image-entry.d/21-http-modules.envsh
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ if [ "${NGX_HTTP}" = 1 ] ; then
 	http_modules=
 	http_snippets="${NGX_HTTP_SNIPPETS:-}"
 
+	if [ -n "${NGX_HTTP_MODULES}" ] ; then
+		## angie-module-lua: depends on angie-module-ndk
+		## angie-module-set-misc: depends on angie-module-ndk
+		NGX_HTTP_MODULES=$(
+			printf '%s' "${NGX_HTTP_MODULES}" \
+			| sed -zE 's/(\s|^)(lua|set-misc)(\s|$)/\1ndk \2\3/g'
+		)
+	fi
+
 	## filter out builtin http modules
 	unset i
 	for i in ${NGX_HTTP_MODULES:-} ; do
diff --git a/image-entry.d/54-combine-tree.sh b/image-entry.d/54-combine-tree.sh
index 26829d1..2f19513 100755
--- a/image-entry.d/54-combine-tree.sh
+++ b/image-entry.d/54-combine-tree.sh
@@ -21,15 +21,22 @@ rm -f "$t" ; unset t
 
 [ "${NGX_STRICT_LOAD}" = 0 ] || set -e
 
+load_error_delim() {
+	IEP_TRACE=0 log_always ' ----------------------------------- '
+}
 load_error() {
-	[ "${load_error_seen:-}" = 1 ] || log_always 'tree combine has failed'
+	[ "${load_error_seen:-}" != 1 ] || return
 	load_error_seen=1
+	load_error_delim
+	log_always 'tree combine has failed'
 	if [ "${NGX_STRICT_LOAD}" = 1 ] ; then
 		t=10
 		log_always "injecting delay for $t seconds"
+		load_error_delim
 		sleep $t
 		exit 1
 	fi
+	load_error_delim
 }
 
 dirs='cache lib log'
@@ -140,8 +147,10 @@ combine_snippets() {
 		old_path="${old_dir}/${old_name}"
 		if ! [ -f "${old_path}" ] ; then
 			log_always "file ${old_name} is not found in ${old_dir}/"
-			load_error
-			log "file ${old_name} is skipped"
+			if [ "${NGX_ALLOW_MISSING_SNIPPETS:-}" != 1 ] ; then
+				load_error
+				log "file ${old_name} is skipped"
+			fi
 			continue
 		fi
 
@@ -154,12 +163,17 @@ combine_modules http   ${NGX_HTTP_MODULES:-}
 combine_modules mail   ${NGX_MAIL_MODULES:-}
 combine_modules stream ${NGX_STREAM_MODULES:-}
 
+unset NGX_ALLOW_MISSING_SNIPPETS
+
 combine_snippets core    ${NGX_CORE_SNIPPETS:-}
 combine_snippets core_ev ${NGX_CORE_EVENTS_SNIPPETS:-}
 combine_snippets http    ${NGX_HTTP_SNIPPETS:-}
 combine_snippets mail    ${NGX_MAIL_SNIPPETS:-}
 combine_snippets stream  ${NGX_STREAM_SNIPPETS:-}
 
+## some modules doesn't have configuration at all
+NGX_ALLOW_MISSING_SNIPPETS=1
+
 combine_snippets core   ${NGX_CORE_MODULES:-}
 combine_snippets http   ${NGX_HTTP_MODULES:-}
 combine_snippets mail   ${NGX_MAIL_MODULES:-}
diff --git a/scripts/apt-install-angie-mod.sh b/scripts/apt-install-angie-mod.sh
index 69381ba..46f05d3 100755
--- a/scripts/apt-install-angie-mod.sh
+++ b/scripts/apt-install-angie-mod.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ gen_mod_config() {
 	[ -n "$3" ] || return
 
 	for __m in $3 ; do
-		echo "load_module ${__m};" >> "$2"
-	done
+		echo "load_module ${__m};"
+	done > "$2"
 }
 
 for i ; do
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ for i ; do
 	mail_modules=
 	stream_modules=
 	while read -r fmod ; do
-		fmod_short="modules.dist/${fmod#"${ANGIE_MODULES_DIR}/"}"
+		fmod_short="modules.d/${fmod#"${ANGIE_MODULES_DIR}/"}"
 		fname=${fmod##*/}
 		case "${fname}" in
 		ngx_http_* )