diff --git a/core/core-company.el b/core/core-company.el
index 0bbda662b..bce514db7 100644
--- a/core/core-company.el
+++ b/core/core-company.el
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-w") nil)
 
   (shut-up!
-    (setq company-statistics-file (! (concat narf-temp-dir "company-statistics-cache.el")))
+    (setq company-statistics-file (concat narf-temp-dir "company-stats-cache.el"))
     (require 'company-statistics)
     (company-statistics-mode))
 
diff --git a/core/core-os-osx.el b/core/core-os-osx.el
index 9843f36da..8e91edb84 100644
--- a/core/core-os-osx.el
+++ b/core/core-os-osx.el
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 (when window-system
   (setenv "SHELL" "/usr/local/bin/zsh")
   (setenv "EMACS" "1") ; make sure the world knows
-
-  (setq exec-path (! (require 'exec-path-from-shell)
-                     (exec-path-from-shell-initialize)
-                     exec-path)))
+  (setq exec-path (eval-when-compile
+                    (require 'exec-path-from-shell)
+                    (exec-path-from-shell-initialize)
+                    exec-path)))
 
 ;; OSX Related Plugins ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
diff --git a/core/core-project.el b/core/core-project.el
index b3f2681a7..9bde9cd48 100644
--- a/core/core-project.el
+++ b/core/core-project.el
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
         ido-create-new-buffer 'always
         ido-enable-tramp-completion t
         ido-enable-last-directory-history t
-        ido-save-directory-list-file (! (concat narf-temp-dir "ido.last")))
+        ido-save-directory-list-file (concat narf-temp-dir "ido.last"))
   :config
   (add-to-list 'ido-ignore-files "\\`.DS_Store$")
   (add-to-list 'ido-ignore-files "Icon\\?$")
 
   (ido-mode 1)
   (ido-everywhere 1)
+
   (require 'ido-ubiquitous)
   (ido-ubiquitous-mode 1)
 
diff --git a/core/core-workgroups.el b/core/core-workgroups.el
index 6a5bd2e5c..12877131d 100644
--- a/core/core-workgroups.el
+++ b/core/core-workgroups.el
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 (use-package workgroups2
   :when window-system
   :init
-  (setq wg-session-file          (! (expand-file-name "wg-default" narf-temp-dir))
-        wg-workgroup-directory   (! (expand-file-name "workgroups" narf-temp-dir))
+  (setq wg-session-file          (expand-file-name "wg-default" narf-temp-dir)
+        wg-workgroup-directory   (expand-file-name "workgroups" narf-temp-dir)
         wg-first-wg-name         "main"
         wg-session-load-on-start t
         wg-mode-line-display-on  nil