diff --git a/src/cmd/init.rs b/src/cmd/init.rs
index af64973..d762f4b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub async fn run() {
             let arch = lz4::Decoder::new(zarch.as_slice())?;
             extract_cpio(arch).await
         } else {
-            return Ok(());
+            Ok(())
         }
     })
     .await;
@@ -96,24 +96,8 @@ pub async fn run() {
     // tokio::spawn(child_reaper());
 
     // mount modules
-    if let Some(ref modules) = cfg.modules {
-        retry_or_ignore(async || {
-            info!("mounting modules");
-            mount(Some(modules), "/modules", "squashfs", None).await;
-
-            fs::create_dir_all("/lib/modules").await?;
-            let modules_path = &format!("/modules/lib/modules/{kernel_version}");
-
-            if !std::fs::exists(modules_path)? {
-                return Err(format_err!(
-                    "invalid modules package: {modules_path} should exist"
-                ));
-            }
-
-            symlink(modules_path, format!("/lib/modules/{kernel_version}"))?;
-            Ok(())
-        })
-        .await;
+    if let Some(modules) = cfg.modules.as_deref() {
+        retry_or_ignore(async || mount_modules(modules, &kernel_version).await).await;
     } else {
         warn!("modules NOT mounted (not configured)");
     }
@@ -181,6 +165,23 @@ pub async fn run() {
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
+async fn mount_modules(modules: &str, kernel_version: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    info!("mounting modules");
+    mount(Some(modules), "/modules", "squashfs", None).await;
+
+    fs::create_dir_all("/lib/modules").await?;
+    let modules_path = &format!("/modules/lib/modules/{kernel_version}");
+
+    if !std::fs::exists(modules_path)? {
+        return Err(format_err!(
+            "invalid modules package: {modules_path} should exist"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    symlink(modules_path, format!("/lib/modules/{kernel_version}"))?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn chmod(path: impl AsRef<Path>, mode: u32) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     use std::fs::Permissions;
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
diff --git a/src/cmd/init/bootstrap.rs b/src/cmd/init/bootstrap.rs
index a4022c3..9a8399c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init/bootstrap.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ pub async fn bootstrap(cfg: Config) {
     let verifier = retry(async || Verifier::from_config(&cfg)).await;
     let bs = cfg.bootstrap;
 
-    retry_or_ignore(async || {
-        mount(Some(&bs.dev), "/bootstrap", "ext4", None).await;
-        Ok(())
-    })
-    .await;
+    mount(Some(&bs.dev), "/bootstrap", "ext4", None).await;
 
     let boot_version = utils::param("version").unwrap_or("current");
     let base_dir = &format!("/bootstrap/{boot_version}");
@@ -104,15 +100,8 @@ impl Verifier {
 
         let mut openssl = Command::new("openssl")
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
-            .args(&[
-                "dgst",
-                "-sha512",
-                "-verify",
-                "/dev/stdin",
-                "-signature",
-                &sig,
-                path,
-            ])
+            .args(&["dgst", "-sha512", "-verify", "/dev/stdin"])
+            .args(&["-signature", &sig, path])
             .spawn()?;
 
         tokio::io::copy(&mut pubkey, openssl.stdin.as_mut().unwrap()).await?;
@@ -232,15 +221,8 @@ async fn mount_system(cfg: &dkl::Config, bs_dir: &str, verifier: &Verifier) {
     })
     .await;
 
-    mount(
-        None,
-        "/system",
-        "overlay",
-        Some(&format!(
-            "lowerdir={lower_dir},upperdir={upper_dir},workdir={work_dir}"
-        )),
-    )
-    .await;
+    let opts = format!("lowerdir={lower_dir},upperdir={upper_dir},workdir={work_dir}");
+    mount(None, "/system", "overlay", Some(&opts)).await;
 
     // make root rshared (default in systemd, required by Kubernetes 1.10+)
     // equivalent to "mount --make-rshared /"