Since that has been merged, it feels better for me. There's still something weird going on (I seem to be unable to downgrade red belt ghosts, but placed red belts work...), but it's enough for me now, I don't want to look further into it. Just thought I'd let y'all know.
(Edit: I'm talking of Tenebris Prime, of course https://mods.factorio.com/mod/tenebris-prime)