diff --git a/modules/config/literate/autoload.el b/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
index c7226db0b..cba62af79 100644
--- a/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ;;; config/literate/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
+;;;###autoload
+(after! org
+  ;; Recompile our literate config if we modify it
+  (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'+literate-recompile-maybe-h))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defalias '+literate/reload #'doom/reload)
 
diff --git a/modules/config/literate/cli.el b/modules/config/literate/cli.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..321a4a2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/config/literate/cli.el
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+;;; config/literate/cli.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(defvar +literate-config-file
+  (concat doom-private-dir "config.org")
+  "The file path of your literate config file.")
+
+(defvar +literate-config-cache-file
+  (concat doom-cache-dir "literate-last-compile")
+  "The file path that `+literate-config-file' will be tangled to, then
+byte-compiled from.")
+
+
+;;
+(defun +literate-tangle-h (&optional force-p)
+  "Tangles `+literate-config-file' if it has changed."
+  (let ((default-directory doom-private-dir))
+    (when (or (file-newer-than-file-p +literate-config-file
+                                      +literate-config-cache-file)
+              force-p)
+      (print! (start "Compiling your literate config..."))
+      (print-group!
+       (let* ((org  (expand-file-name +literate-config-file))
+              (dest (concat (file-name-sans-extension +literate-config-file) ".el"))
+              (output (get-buffer-create "*org-tangle*")))
+         (unwind-protect
+             ;; We tangle in a separate, blank process because loading it here
+             ;; would load all of :lang org (very expensive!).
+             (and (require 'ob-tangle)
+                  (letf! (defun message (msg &rest args)
+                           (print! (info "%s") (apply #'format msg args)))
+                    (org-babel-tangle-file org dest))
+                  ;; Write the cache file to serve as our mtime cache
+                  (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file))
+           (kill-buffer output)))))))
+
+
+;; Let 'er rip
+(add-hook 'doom-cli-pre-hook #'+literate-tangle)
diff --git a/modules/config/literate/init.el b/modules/config/literate/init.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 21898e443..000000000
--- a/modules/config/literate/init.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-;;; config/literate/init.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-
-(defvar +literate-config-file
-  (concat doom-private-dir "config.org")
-  "The file path of your literate config file.")
-
-(defvar +literate-config-cache-file
-  (concat doom-cache-dir "literate-last-compile")
-  "The file path that `+literate-config-file' will be tangled to, then
-byte-compiled from.")
-
-
-;;
-(defun +literate-tangle (&optional force-p)
-  "Tangles `+literate-config-file' if it has changed."
-  (let ((default-directory doom-private-dir))
-    (when (or (file-newer-than-file-p +literate-config-file
-                                      +literate-config-cache-file)
-              force-p)
-      (message "Compiling your literate config...")
-      (let* ((org  (expand-file-name +literate-config-file))
-             (dest (concat (file-name-sans-extension +literate-config-file) ".el"))
-             (output (get-buffer-create "*org-tangle*")))
-        (unwind-protect
-            ;; We tangle in a separate, blank process because loading it here
-            ;; would load all of :lang org (very expensive!).
-            (or (and (zerop (call-process
-                             "emacs" nil output nil
-                             "-q" "--batch"
-                             "-l" "ob-tangle"
-                             "--eval" (format "(org-babel-tangle-file %S %S)"
-                                              org dest)))
-                     (with-current-buffer output
-                       (message "%s" (buffer-string))
-                       t)
-                     ;; Write the cache file to serve as our mtime cache
-                     (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file
-                       (message "Done!")))
-                (warn "There was a problem tangling your literate config!"))
-          (kill-buffer output))))))
-
-
-;; Let 'er rip!
-(+literate-tangle (or doom-reloading-p noninteractive))
-;; No need to load the resulting file. Doom will do this for us after all
-;; modules have finished loading.
-
-
-;; Recompile our literate config if we modify it
-(after! org
-  (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'+literate-recompile-maybe-h))