diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5bd565..02e33d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,37 +19,8 @@ It is an effective replacement to your NGINX installation, but you can have
 them coexisting (say, NGINX on port 80, OpenResty being reverse proxied by
 NGINX on port 8069, though I wouldn't recommend it in production environments).
 
-### how does it work
-
-aproxy has two "hooks" into openresty:
- - initialization of the lua vm
- - callback for every incoming request
-
-initialization will run validation of your configuration file and check
-if it is valid. if it is not you will see logs emitted about what failed
-
-when a request comes in, the scripts declared in the aproxy config file will
-be executed sequentially (TODO: ensure order on conf file is chain order).
-
-each script has two types of callbacks: init and request
-
-init callbacks are called when initializing the request, so that the script
-may do some conversion or transform the config data into a more performant
-in-memory structure.
-
-request callbacks are called on each request, as directed by the main script.
-scripts define which paths they want to attach to (via PCRE regex), and so
-they can do their own filtering.
-
-look at `scripts/webfinger_allowlist.lua` for an example of how this looks
-in a simple form.
-
 ### actually installing aproxy
 
-- get openresty installed
-  - keep in mind that the specifics of configuring openresty for a double reverse proxy setup aren't included here.
-  - instructions here are for aproxy's setup in an existing openresty installation
-
 ```sh
 mkdir /opt
 git clone https://gitdab.com/luna/aproxy
@@ -57,9 +28,6 @@ git clone https://gitdab.com/luna/aproxy
 cd aproxy
 mkdir /etc/aproxy
 cp ./conf.lua /etc/aproxy/conf.lua
-
-# keep in mind the default configuration will lead to your users not being discovered at all,
-# it is provided as an example for you to modify.
 $EDITOR /etc/aproxy/conf.lua
 ```
 
@@ -83,26 +51,23 @@ http {
 
 You need to do the following:
  - Configure OpenResty package path so that it can call aproxy.
- - insert aproxy hooks for initialization and for callbacks on every request
+ - Insert aproxy as a callback on `location / {` block
 
-It'll look something like this if you use a single `location /` block:
+It'll look something like this:
 
 ```nginx
-# set this to 'on' after you have tested that it actually works.
-# once you do that, performance will be increased
-# while the friction to quickly debug aproxy will also be increased
-lua_code_cache off;
-lua_package_path '/opt/?.lua;/opt/aproxy/?.lua;;';
-init_by_lua_block {
-  require("aproxy.main").init()
-}
-
 http {
+    lua_package_path '/opt/?.lua;/opt/aproxy/?.lua;;';
+        
     server {
         server_name example.com;
         location / {
+            # set this to 'on' after you have tested that it actually works.
+            # once you do that, performance will be increased
+            # while the friction to quickly debug aproxy will also be increased
+            lua_code_cache off;
             access_by_lua_block {
-                require("aproxy.main").access()
+                require("aproxy.main")()
             }
 
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index 0de4de9..278ee9b 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@ local env_config_path = os.getenv('APROXY_CONFIG_PATH')
 local DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = ".;/etc/aproxy"
 local config_path = env_config_path or DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
 
+function mysplit (inputstr, sep)
+        if sep == nil then
+                sep = "%s"
+        end
+        local t={}
+        for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
+                table.insert(t, str)
+        end
+        return t
+end
+
 local function findConfigFile()
-    for _, config_directory in ipairs(string.split(config_path, ";")) do
+    for _, config_directory in ipairs(mysplit(config_path, ";")) do
         local possible_config_path = config_directory .. "/" .. "conf.lua"
         local fd, res = io.open(possible_config_path, "rb")
         if fd then
-            log('config found at ' .. possible_config_path)
             local data = fd:read("*a")
             fd:close()
             return data
@@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ end
 
 local function fakeTableSchema(value_schema)
     return setmetatable({ __list = true }, {
-        __index = function ()
+        __index = function (self, key)
             return value_schema
         end
     })
@@ -35,8 +45,8 @@ end
 
 local SPECIAL_KEYS = {__list = true}
 
-local function validateSchema(schema, input, errors_in)
-    local errors = errors_in or {}
+local function validateSchema(schema, input, errors)
+    local errors = errors or {}
     if schema.__list then
         -- generate full schema for lists that are same size as input
         for k, _ in pairs(input) do schema[k] = schema.__schema_value end
@@ -95,8 +105,12 @@ local function validateConfigFile(config_object)
     return all_schema_errors
 end
 
-local function loadConfigFile(options_in)
-    local options = options_in or {}
+local function writeSchemaErrors(errors, out)
+    out('sex')
+end
+
+local function loadConfigFile(options)
+    local options = options or {}
 
     local config_file_data = assert(findConfigFile(), 'no config file found, config path: ' .. config_path)
     local config_file_function = assert(loadstring(config_file_data))
diff --git a/ctx.lua b/ctx.lua
index fb43089..78e3239 100644
--- a/ctx.lua
+++ b/ctx.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-local util = require("util")
-
 function log(msg)
     ngx.log(ngx.STDERR, tostring(msg))
 end
@@ -15,14 +13,13 @@ function ctx:loadFromConfig(conf)
     ctx:loadChain()
 end
 
-
 function ctx:loadChain()
     self.compiled_chain = {}
     for module_name, module_config in pairs(self._wanted_scripts) do
         local module = require('scripts.' .. module_name)
-        local module_config_readonly = table.readonly(module_config)
-        local module_state = module.init(module_config_readonly)
-        table.insert(self.compiled_chain, {module, module_config_readonly, module_state})
+        local module_state = module.init(module_config)
+        -- TODO is it possible to make module_config readonly?
+        table.insert(self.compiled_chain, {module, module_config, module_state})
     end
 end
 
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ function ctx:onRequest()
         local module, module_config, state = unpack(filter)
 
         for callback_regex, callback_function in pairs(module.callbacks) do
-            local match = ngx.re.match(request_uri, callback_regex)
+            local match, error = ngx.re.match(request_uri, callback_regex)
             if match then
                 table.insert(callbacks_to_call, {module, callback_function, module_config, state})
             end
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ function ctx:onRequest()
             ngx.status = status_code
             ngx.say(body or "request denied")
             ngx.exit(status_code)
-            return
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 0470522..b0cf8ff 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+
+-- function loadConfig()
+--     -- TODO load config_path
+--     return require("./config.lua")
+-- end
+-- 
+-- local config = loadConfig()
+
 local ctx = require('ctx')
 local config = require('config')
 require('util')
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 4904508..4b6e8bf 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-lua_code_cache off;
 init_by_lua_block {
   require("aproxy.main").init()
 }
 
 server {
     listen 80;
+    lua_code_cache off;
 
     location / {
       default_type text/html;
diff --git a/scripts/pleroma_restrict_unauthenticated_search.lua b/scripts/pleroma_restrict_unauthenticated_search.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 965f311..0000000
--- a/scripts/pleroma_restrict_unauthenticated_search.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-local function searchInit(cfg)
-    return {} -- no ctx
-end
-
-local function searchCallback(cfg, _ctx)
-    local h, err = ngx.req.get_headers()
-
-    if err == "truncated" then
-        return 400, 'too many headers'
-    end
-
-    local authheader = h["authorization"]
-
-    if authheader == nil then
-        return 401, "requires authentication"
-    else
-        return nil
-    end
-end
-
-return {
-    name='PleromaRestrictUnauthenticatedSearch',
-    author='luna@l4.pm',
-    title='restrict unauth search',
-    description=[[
-    Search can be a DoS vector. restrict it without Authorization header.
-    Useful for small instances.
-    ]],
-    version=1,
-    init=searchInit,
-    callbacks = {
-        ['/api/v2/search'] = searchCallback
-    },
-    config={},
-}
diff --git a/scripts/webfinger_allowlist.lua b/scripts/webfinger_allowlist.lua
index 7e7355f..41d5c80 100644
--- a/scripts/webfinger_allowlist.lua
+++ b/scripts/webfinger_allowlist.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local function webfingerInit(cfg)
+function webfingerInit(cfg)
     local accounts_set = {}
     for _, account in ipairs(cfg.accounts) do
         accounts_set["acct:" .. account] = true
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ local function webfingerInit(cfg)
     return accounts_set
 end
 
-local function webfingerCallback(cfg, accounts_set)
+function webfingerCallback(cfg, accounts_set)
     local args, err = ngx.req.get_uri_args()
     if err == "truncated" then
       return 400, 'uri args too long'
diff --git a/test.lua b/test.lua
index ded2270..968117b 100644
--- a/test.lua
+++ b/test.lua
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function setupTest(module_require_path, input_config)
     local count = table.pprint(schema_errors)
     lu.assertIs(count, 0)
 
-    local state = module.init(input_config)
+    state = module.init(input_config)
     ctx.compiled_chain = {
         {module, input_config, state}
     }
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ end
 
 function onRequest()
     ctx:setWantedScripts()
-    local context = require('ctx')
+    local ctx = require('ctx')
     do
-        context:onRequest()
+        ctx:onRequest()
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/util.lua b/util.lua
index 5c0b74f..4db2229 100644
--- a/util.lua
+++ b/util.lua
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ function table.len(t)
   return count
 end
 
-function table.pprint(t, options_in, ident_in, total_count_in)
-    local ident = ident_in or 0
-    local total_count = total_count_in or 0
+function table.pprint(t, options, ident, total_count)
+    local ident = ident or 0
+    local total_count = total_count or 0
 
-    local options = options_in or {}
+    local options = options or {}
     local print_function = options.call or print
     if type(t) == 'table' then
         local count = 0
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function table.pprint(t, options_in, ident_in, total_count_in)
             total_count = table.pprint(v, options, ident + 1, total_count)
         end
         if count == 0 then
-            print_function('{}')
+            --print('<empty table>')
         end
     else
         print_function(string.rep('\t', ident) .. tostring(t))
@@ -26,26 +26,3 @@ function table.pprint(t, options_in, ident_in, total_count_in)
     end
     return total_count
 end
-
-function table.readonly(t)
-   return setmetatable({}, {
-     __index = t,
-     __newindex = function ()
-                    error("Attempt to modify read-only table")
-                  end,
-     __metatable = false
-   });
-end
-
-function string.split(inputstr, sep)
-    if sep == nil then
-        sep = "%s"
-    end
-    local t={}
-    for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
-        table.insert(t, str)
-    end
-    return t
-end
-
-