diff --git a/core/core-editor.el b/core/core-editor.el
index 2f7ab56d2..d1827db88 100644
--- a/core/core-editor.el
+++ b/core/core-editor.el
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ savehist file."
         recentf-auto-cleanup 'never
         recentf-max-menu-items 0
         recentf-max-saved-items 300
-        recentf-filename-handlers '(file-truename)
+        recentf-filename-handlers '(file-truename abbreviate-file-name)
         recentf-exclude
         (list #'file-remote-p "\\.\\(?:gz\\|gif\\|svg\\|png\\|jpe?g\\)$"
               "^/tmp/" "^/ssh:" "\\.?ido\\.last$" "\\.revive$" "/TAGS$"
diff --git a/core/core-modules.el b/core/core-modules.el
index 808b1b30c..1ae339930 100644
--- a/core/core-modules.el
+++ b/core/core-modules.el
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ non-nil, return paths of possible modules, activated or otherwise."
   (defun use-package-handler/:defer-incrementally (name _keyword targets rest state)
     (use-package-concat
      `((doom-load-packages-incrementally
-        ',(if (listp targets)
-              targets
-            (list name))))
+        ',(if (equal targets '(t))
+              (list name)
+            targets)))
      (use-package-process-keywords name rest state)))
 
   (defalias 'use-package-normalize/:after-call 'use-package-normalize-symlist)