diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index ff5bfde..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-## default is 6
-brotli_comp_level  5;
-## default is 512k
-brotli_window 64k;
-
-brotli_min_length  1024;
-brotli_buffers     32  16k;
-
-brotli_types
-    application/atom+xml
-    application/javascript
-    application/json
-    application/vnd.api+json
-    application/rss+xml
-    application/x-javascript
-    application/xhtml+xml
-    application/xml
-    image/svg+xml
-    image/x-icon
-    text/css
-    text/javascript
-    text/plain
-    text/xml
-;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf.j2 b/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..332b8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angie/snip.dist/http-brotli.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{%- from 'mime-types.compress.j2inc' import mime_types with context -%}
+
+## default is 6
+brotli_comp_level  5;
+## default is 512k
+brotli_window 64k;
+
+brotli_min_length  1024;
+brotli_buffers     32  16k;
+
+brotli_types
+## sourced from mime-types.compress.txt
+    {{ mime_types | indent(4) }}
+;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3f830..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-## default is 1
-gzip_comp_level  2;
-
-gzip_min_length  1024;
-gzip_buffers     32  16k;
-
-gzip_vary     on;
-gzip_proxied  any;
-
-gzip_types
-    application/atom+xml
-    application/javascript
-    application/json
-    application/vnd.api+json
-    application/rss+xml
-    application/x-javascript
-    application/xhtml+xml
-    application/xml
-    image/svg+xml
-    image/x-icon
-    text/css
-    text/javascript
-    text/plain
-    text/xml
-;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf.j2 b/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42a9ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angie/snip.dist/http-gzip.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{%- from 'mime-types.compress.j2inc' import mime_types with context -%}
+
+## default is 1
+gzip_comp_level  2;
+
+gzip_min_length  1024;
+gzip_buffers     32  16k;
+
+gzip_vary     on;
+gzip_proxied  any;
+
+gzip_types
+## sourced from mime-types.compress.txt
+    {{ mime_types | indent(4) }}
+;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf b/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9720f81..0000000
--- a/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-## default is 1
-zstd_comp_level  2;
-
-zstd_min_length  1024;
-zstd_buffers     32  16k;
-
-zstd_types
-    application/atom+xml
-    application/javascript
-    application/json
-    application/vnd.api+json
-    application/rss+xml
-    application/x-javascript
-    application/xhtml+xml
-    application/xml
-    image/svg+xml
-    image/x-icon
-    text/css
-    text/javascript
-    text/plain
-    text/xml
-;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf.j2 b/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..751c4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angie/snip.dist/http-zstd.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{%- from 'mime-types.compress.j2inc' import mime_types with context -%}
+
+## default is 1
+zstd_comp_level  2;
+
+zstd_min_length  1024;
+zstd_buffers     32  16k;
+
+zstd_types
+## sourced from mime-types.compress.txt
+    {{ mime_types | indent(4) }}
+;
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.j2inc b/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.j2inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed2f4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.j2inc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{%- set mime_file = pathlib.Path(os.path.join(os.getenv('NGX_MERGED_ROOT'), 'snip/mime-types.compress.txt')) -%}
+{%- set mime_types = mime_file.read_text() -%}
diff --git a/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.txt b/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e12ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angie/snip.dist/mime-types.compress.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+application/atom+xml
+application/javascript
+application/json
+application/vnd.api+json
+application/rss+xml
+application/x-javascript
+application/xhtml+xml
+application/xml
+image/svg+xml
+image/x-icon
+text/css
+text/javascript
+text/plain
+text/xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/image-entry.d/53-expand-templates.sh b/image-entry.d/53-expand-templates.sh
index 2489088..7110501 100755
--- a/image-entry.d/53-expand-templates.sh
+++ b/image-entry.d/53-expand-templates.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -f
 
 [ "${NGX_STRICT_LOAD}" = 0 ] || set -e
 
+export NGX_MERGED_ROOT="${merged_root}"
+
 expand_error() {
 	[ "${expand_error_seen:-}" = 1 ] || log_always 'template expansion has failed'
 	expand_error_seen=1
@@ -19,12 +21,15 @@ expand_error() {
 dirs='conf mod modules njs site snip'
 [ "${NGX_PROCESS_STATIC}" = 0 ] || dirs="${dirs} static"
 
+merge_dirs=
 for n in ${dirs} ; do
 	merged_dir="${merged_root}/$n"
 	[ -d "${merged_dir}" ] || continue
 
-	expand_dir_envsubst "${merged_dir}/" || expand_error
-	expand_dir_jinja    "${merged_dir}/" || expand_error
+	merge_dirs="${merge_dirs} ${merged_dir}/"
 done
 
+expand_dir_envsubst ${merge_dirs} || expand_error
+expand_dir_jinja    ${merge_dirs} || expand_error
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/jinja2/j2common.py b/jinja2/j2common.py
index 09fd2d0..ecf1420 100755
--- a/jinja2/j2common.py
+++ b/jinja2/j2common.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import jinja2
 
 ME = sys.argv[0]
 
-J2_MODULES_DEFAULT = 'os os.path sys netaddr psutil re wcmatch'
+J2_MODULES_DEFAULT = 'os os.path sys netaddr pathlib psutil re wcmatch'
 J2_SUFFIX = '.j2'
 J2_CFG_PATHS = [
     '/angie/j2cfg',