diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index 0765cd2e5..21670134a 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ verbosity when editing a file in `doom-private-dir' or `doom-emacs-dir'."
          (concat "(progn "
                  (prin1-to-string
                   `(progn
-                     (load ,user-init-file t t)
-                     (defmacro map! (&rest _))
                      (setq doom-modules ',doom-modules
-                           doom-disabled-packages ',doom-disabled-packages
-                           byte-compile-warnings
+                           doom-disabled-packages ',doom-disabled-packages)
+                     (ignore-errors (load ,user-init-file t t))
+                     (setq byte-compile-warnings
                            '(obsolete cl-functions
                              interactive-only make-local mapcar
-                             suspicious constants))))
+                             suspicious constants))
+                     (defmacro map! (&rest _))))
                  " "
                  (default-value 'flycheck-emacs-lisp-check-form)
                  ")"))))