diff --git a/install/nginx-cloudflare-fail2ban.sh b/install/nginx-cloudflare-fail2ban.sh
index e1bef05..9f65ba3 100644
--- a/install/nginx-cloudflare-fail2ban.sh
+++ b/install/nginx-cloudflare-fail2ban.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ fi
 echo "Installing required packages..."
 apt-get install -y nginx-extras
 
+# Add load_module directive to nginx.conf if not present
+echo "Adding load_module directive to nginx.conf if needed..."
+if ! grep -q "^load_module.*ngx_http_js_module.so" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf; then
+    # Create temporary file
+    sed '/^events {/i load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;' /etc/nginx/nginx.conf > /tmp/nginx.conf.tmp
+    # Check if the modification was successful
+    if nginx -t -c /tmp/nginx.conf.tmp; then
+        mv /tmp/nginx.conf.tmp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+    else
+        rm /tmp/nginx.conf.tmp
+        echo "Failed to modify nginx.conf safely. Please add 'load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;' manually."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Create the fail2ban check script
 echo "Creating fail2ban check script..."
 tee /usr/local/bin/check_fail2ban.sh << 'SCRIPT'
diff --git a/install/nginx-conf/10-fail2ban-check.conf b/install/nginx-conf/10-fail2ban-check.conf
index f8ad430..e2b5e12 100644
--- a/install/nginx-conf/10-fail2ban-check.conf
+++ b/install/nginx-conf/10-fail2ban-check.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
-
 js_import /etc/nginx/modules-available/check_ban.js;
 js_set $exec_check_ban check_ban.checkBan;