diff --git a/400_xowa/.classpath b/400_xowa/.classpath
index 1127d612f..30426ce39 100644
--- a/400_xowa/.classpath
+++ b/400_xowa/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/luaj-vm"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" exported="true" kind="src" path="/100_core"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" exported="true" kind="src" path="/140_dbs"/>
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde.java
index 97b14d123..c59af0acb 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde.java
@@ -93,8 +93,16 @@ class Dpl_page_finder {
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < includes_len; i++) {	// loop over includes
 			byte[] include = (byte[])includes.Get_at(i);
+			Xoa_ttl include_ttl = wiki.Ttl_parse(gplx.xowa.wikis.nss.Xow_ns_.Tid__category, include);
+			
+			// pages in en.n will pass "{{{2}}}" as category title; PAGE:en.b:Category:Egypt DATE:2016-10-18
+			if (include_ttl == null) {
+				Gfo_usr_dlg_.Instance.Log_many("", "", "category title is invalid; wiki=~{0} page=~{1} ttl=~{2}", wiki.Domain_str(), itm.Page_ttl(), include);
+				continue;	// NOTE: must ignore invalid args; EX: "{{{2}}}" is ignored but "missing_category" is not
+			}
+
 			cur_regy.Clear(); del_list.Clear();
-			Find_pages_in_ctg(cur_regy, wiki, load_mgr, itm.Page_ttl(), tmp_page, tmp_id, include);
+			Find_pages_in_ctg(cur_regy, wiki, load_mgr, itm.Page_ttl(), tmp_page, tmp_id, include_ttl);
 			Del_old_pages_not_in_cur(i, tmp_id, old_regy, cur_regy, del_list);
 			Add_cur_pages_also_in_old(i, tmp_id, old_regy, cur_regy, new_regy, exclude_pages, ns_filter);
 			old_regy = new_regy;
@@ -113,19 +121,13 @@ class Dpl_page_finder {
 		int exclude_ctgs_len = exclude_ctgs.Count();
 		for (int i = 0; i < exclude_ctgs_len; i++) {
 			byte[] exclude_ctg = (byte[])exclude_ctgs.Get_at(i);
-			Find_pages_in_ctg(exclude_pages, wiki, load_mgr, page_ttl, tmp_page, tmp_id, exclude_ctg);
+			Xoa_ttl exclude_ttl = wiki.Ttl_parse(gplx.xowa.wikis.nss.Xow_ns_.Tid__category, exclude_ctg);
+			if (exclude_ttl != null)
+				Find_pages_in_ctg(exclude_pages, wiki, load_mgr, page_ttl, tmp_page, tmp_id, exclude_ttl);
 		}
 	}
-	private static void Find_pages_in_ctg(Ordered_hash rv, Xowe_wiki wiki, Xodb_load_mgr load_mgr, byte[] page_ttl, Xowd_page_itm tmp_page, Int_obj_ref tmp_id, byte[] ctg_ttl) {
-		Xoa_ttl cat_ttl = wiki.Ttl_parse(gplx.xowa.wikis.nss.Xow_ns_.Tid__category, ctg_ttl);
-
-		// pages in en.n will pass "{{{2}}}" as category title; DATE:2016-10-18
-		if (cat_ttl == null) {
-			Gfo_usr_dlg_.Instance.Log_many("", "", "category title is invalid; wiki=~{0} page=~{1} ttl=~{2}", wiki.Domain_str(), page_ttl, ctg_ttl);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		Xoctg_catpage_ctg ctg = wiki.Ctg__catpage_mgr().Get_or_load_or_null(page_ttl, Xoctg_catpage_url.New__blank(), cat_ttl, -1);
+	private static void Find_pages_in_ctg(Ordered_hash rv, Xowe_wiki wiki, Xodb_load_mgr load_mgr, byte[] page_ttl, Xowd_page_itm tmp_page, Int_obj_ref tmp_id, Xoa_ttl cat_ttl) {
+		Xoctg_catpage_ctg ctg = wiki.Ctg__catpage_mgr().Get_or_load_or_null(page_ttl, Xoctg_catpage_url.New__blank(), cat_ttl, Int_.Max_value);
 		if (ctg == null) return;
 
 		// loop grps to get grp
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde_tst.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde_tst.java
index 87207b6f0..91908cae4 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde_tst.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/xtns/dynamicPageList/Dpl_xnde_tst.java
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class Dpl_xnde_tst {
 		);
 		fxt.Test__html("No pages meet these criteria.");
 	}
+	@Test   public void Ctg_multiple_ignore_invalid() {	// PURPOSE: ignore invalid category titles; PAGE:en.n:Category:Egypt DATE:2016-10-18
+		fxt.Init__create_ctg_pages("Ctg_0", Dpl_page_mok.new_(101, "A"));
+		fxt.Exec__parse
+		( "<DynamicPageList>"
+		, "category=Ctg_0"
+		, "category={{{2}}}"	// ignore invalid titles
+		, "</DynamicPageList>"
+		);
+		fxt.Test__html(fxt.Make__html__itms__null("A"));	// should not return nothing
+	}
 	@Test   public void Notcategory() {
 		fxt.Init__create_ctg_pages("Ctg_0", Dpl_page_mok.new_(101, "A"), Dpl_page_mok.new_(102, "B"));
 		fxt.Init__create_ctg_pages("Ctg_1", Dpl_page_mok.new_(101, "A"));