diff --git a/core/autoload/packages.el b/core/autoload/packages.el
index 8b3be26c2..6451cbae4 100644
--- a/core/autoload/packages.el
+++ b/core/autoload/packages.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; core/autoload/packages.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(load! cache)
+(load! "cache")
 
 ;;; Private functions
 
diff --git a/core/core-dispatcher.el b/core/core-dispatcher.el
index 79fd315b0..ccd0c73df 100644
--- a/core/core-dispatcher.el
+++ b/core/core-dispatcher.el
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 ;; Eagerly load these libraries because this module may be loaded in a session
 ;; that hasn't been fully initialized (where autoloads files haven't been
 ;; generated or `load-path' populated).
-(load! autoload/packages)
-(load! autoload/modules)
-(load! autoload/debug)
-(load! autoload/message)
+(load! "autoload/packages")
+(load! "autoload/modules")
+(load! "autoload/debug")
+(load! "autoload/message")
 
 
 ;;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ respectively."
 
 (def-dispatcher! test
   "Run Doom unit tests."
-  (load! autoload/test)
+  (load! "autoload/test")
   (doom//run-tests args))
 
 (def-dispatcher! info
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index 9cc8ff49b..bcf3f6c97 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -566,12 +566,12 @@ Module load order is determined by your `doom!' block. See `doom-modules-dirs'
 for a list of all recognized module trees. Order defines precedence (from most
 to least)."
   (let ((doom-modules (doom-module-table (or modules t)))
-        init-forms config-forms file-name-handler-alist)
-    (maphash (lambda (key value)
-               (let ((path (plist-get value :path)))
-                 (push `(let ((doom--current-module ',key)) (load! init ,path t))
+        init-forms config-forms)
+    (maphash (lambda (key plist)
+               (let ((path (plist-get plist :path)))
+                 (push `(let ((doom--current-module ',key)) (load! "init" ,path t))
                        init-forms)
-                 (push `(let ((doom--current-module ',key)) (load! config ,path t))
+                 (push `(let ((doom--current-module ',key)) (load! "config" ,path t))
                        config-forms)))
              doom-modules)
     `(let (file-name-handler-alist)
@@ -629,34 +629,26 @@ to have them return non-nil (or exploit that to overwrite Doom's config)."
               ,@body)))
         ((error "'%s' isn't a valid hook for def-package-hook!" when))))
 
-(defmacro load! (filesym &optional path noerror)
+(defmacro load! (filename &optional path noerror)
   "Load a file relative to the current executing file (`load-file-name').
 
-FILESYM is either a symbol or string representing the file to load. PATH is
+FILENAME is either a symbol or string representing the file to load. PATH is
 where to look for the file (a string representing a directory path). If omitted,
 the lookup is relative to `load-file-name', `byte-compile-current-file' or
 `buffer-file-name' (in that order).
 
 If NOERROR is non-nil, don't throw an error if the file doesn't exist."
-  (or (symbolp filesym)
-      (signal 'wrong-type-argument (list 'symbolp filesym)))
-  (let ((path (or (when path
-                    (cond ((stringp path) path)
-                          ((symbolp path) (symbol-value path))
-                          ((listp path)   (eval path t))))
-                  (and (bound-and-true-p byte-compile-current-file)
-                       (file-name-directory byte-compile-current-file))
-                  (and load-file-name (file-name-directory load-file-name))
-                  (and buffer-file-name
-                       (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))
-                  (error "Could not detect path to look for '%s' in" filesym)))
-        (filename (symbol-name filesym)))
-    (let ((file (expand-file-name (concat filename ".el") path)))
-      (if (file-exists-p file)
-          `(load ,(file-name-sans-extension file) ,noerror
-                 ,(not doom-debug-mode))
-        (unless noerror
-          (error "Could not load file '%s' from '%s'" file path))))))
+  (unless path
+    (setq path (or (and (bound-and-true-p byte-compile-current-file)
+                        (file-name-directory byte-compile-current-file))
+                   (and load-file-name (file-name-directory load-file-name))
+                   (and buffer-file-name
+                        (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))
+                   (error "Could not detect path to look for '%s' in" filename))))
+  `(load ,(if path
+              `(expand-file-name ,filename ,path)
+            filename)
+         ,noerror ,(not doom-debug-mode)))
 
 (defmacro require! (module submodule &optional reload-p &rest plist)
   "Loads the module specified by MODULE (a property) and SUBMODULE (a symbol).
@@ -671,9 +663,9 @@ The module is only loaded once. If RELOAD-P is non-nil, load it again."
         (if (file-directory-p module-path)
             `(condition-case-unless-debug ex
                  (let ((doom--current-module ',(cons module submodule)))
-                   (load! init ,module-path :noerror)
+                   (load! "init" ,module-path :noerror)
                    (let ((doom--stage 'config))
-                     (load! config ,module-path :noerror)))
+                     (load! "config" ,module-path :noerror)))
                ('error
                 (lwarn 'doom-modules :error
                        "%s in '%s %s' -> %s"
@@ -796,7 +788,7 @@ loads MODULE SUBMODULE's packages.el file."
          (flags ,flags))
      (when flags
        (doom-module-put ,module ',submodule :flags flags))
-     (load! packages ,(doom-module-locate-path module submodule) t)))
+     (load! "packages" ,(doom-module-locate-path module submodule) t)))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/app/email/config.el b/modules/app/email/config.el
index 8814d6752..49274f811 100644
--- a/modules/app/email/config.el
+++ b/modules/app/email/config.el
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ default/fallback account."
 ;; Sub-modules
 ;;
 
-(if (featurep! +gmail) (load! +gmail))
+(if (featurep! +gmail) (load! "+gmail"))
diff --git a/modules/config/default/config.el b/modules/config/default/config.el
index 12bd8c5ec..2dacb9b11 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/config.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/config.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; config/default/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(if (featurep! +bindings) (load! +bindings))
+(if (featurep! +bindings) (load! "+bindings"))
 
 
 ;;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 (when (featurep 'evil)
   (when (featurep! +evil-commands)
-    (load! +evil-commands))
+    (load! "+evil-commands"))
 
   (when (featurep! +bindings)
     (defvar +default-repeat-forward-key ";")
diff --git a/modules/feature/version-control/config.el b/modules/feature/version-control/config.el
index d49a806b1..646517675 100644
--- a/modules/feature/version-control/config.el
+++ b/modules/feature/version-control/config.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; feature/version-control/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(load! +git)
-;; TODO (load! +hg)
+(load! "+git")
+;; TODO (load! "+hg")
 
 ;;
 (setq vc-make-backup-files nil)
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
index 559b244aa..6f0513258 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; lang/haskell/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(cond ((featurep! +intero) (load! +intero))
-      ((featurep! +dante)  (load! +dante)))
+(cond ((featurep! +intero) (load! "+intero"))
+      ((featurep! +dante)  (load! "+dante")))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/lang/java/config.el b/modules/lang/java/config.el
index 5ace2680a..0d0a10fab 100644
--- a/modules/lang/java/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/java/config.el
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 (add-hook 'java-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
 
-(cond ((featurep! +meghanada) (load! +meghanada))
+(cond ((featurep! +meghanada) (load! "+meghanada"))
       ;; TODO lang/java +lsp (lsp-java?)
-      ;; ((featurep! +lsp) (load! +lsp))
+      ;; ((featurep! +lsp) (load! "+lsp"))
       )
 
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index c5721ff22..adda012bc 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
   :match "/screeps\\(?:-ai\\)?/.+$"
   :modes (+javascript-npm-mode)
   :add-hooks (+javascript|init-screeps-mode)
-  :on-load (load! +screeps))
+  :on-load (load! "+screeps"))
 
 (def-project-mode! +javascript-gulp-mode
   :files "gulpfile.js")
diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/config.el b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
index 758f703a7..3bd24da6e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 (after! tex-site
   ;; Set some varibles to fontify common LaTeX commands.
-  (load! +fontification)
+  (load! "+fontification")
   (setq ;; Enable parse on load.
         TeX-parse-self t
         ;; When running TeX, just save, don't ask
diff --git a/modules/lang/org/config.el b/modules/lang/org/config.el
index 09cf9b1f4..be1238292 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/config.el
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   "The directory where org files are kept.")
 
 ;; Sub-modules
-(if (featurep! +attach)  (load! +attach))
-(if (featurep! +babel)   (load! +babel))
-(if (featurep! +capture) (load! +capture))
-(if (featurep! +export)  (load! +export))
-(if (featurep! +present) (load! +present))
-;; TODO (if (featurep! +publish) (load! +publish))
+(if (featurep! +attach)  (load! "+attach"))
+(if (featurep! +babel)   (load! "+babel"))
+(if (featurep! +capture) (load! "+capture"))
+(if (featurep! +export)  (load! "+export"))
+(if (featurep! +present) (load! "+present"))
+;; TODO (if (featurep! +publish) (load! "+publish"))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/lang/web/config.el b/modules/lang/web/config.el
index 3ea95eb9a..a539e3185 100644
--- a/modules/lang/web/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/web/config.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; lang/web/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(load! +html)
-(load! +css)
+(load! "+html")
+(load! "+css")
 
 
 (def-package! web-beautify
diff --git a/modules/tools/password-store/test/autoload-pass.el b/modules/tools/password-store/test/autoload-pass.el
index d9d190097..278159ef6 100644
--- a/modules/tools/password-store/test/autoload-pass.el
+++ b/modules/tools/password-store/test/autoload-pass.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; tools/password-store/test/autoload-pass.el
 
-(load! ../autoload)
+(load! "../autoload")
 
 (defmacro with-passwords!! (buffer-args &rest body)
   (declare (indent defun))
diff --git a/modules/ui/popup/config.el b/modules/ui/popup/config.el
index 68a006653..f98e0e3b5 100644
--- a/modules/ui/popup/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/popup/config.el
@@ -160,4 +160,4 @@ deleted.")
 ;; Hacks
 ;;
 
-(load! +hacks)
+(load! "+hacks")