KONG nss r7800 luci openvpn not working

when trying to start from luci, nothing happens, nothing in sys log or /var/logs(not even an openvpn file)
my ovpn files look like, using KONG's 22.03 nss build

it works if i go into ssh and use openvpn filename.ovpn

using expressvpn

dev tun0
fast-io
persist-key
persist-tun
nobind
remote usa-newyork-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com 1195

remote-random
pull
comp-lzo no
tls-client
verify-x509-name Server name-prefix
ns-cert-type server
key-direction 1
route-method exe
route-delay 2
tun-mtu 1500
fragment 1300
mssfix 1200
verb 3
cipher AES-256-CBC
keysize 256
auth SHA512
sndbuf 524288
rcvbuf 524288
auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/user.auth

also has code for cert, key, tls-auth and ca at the bottom