diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index 5cd77a920..564f89cd5 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ and `auto-mode-alist'.")
     (with-temp-file doom-packages-file
       (insert ";;; -*- lexical-binding:t -*-\n"
               ";; This file was autogenerated by `doom|refresh-cache', DO NOT EDIT!\n")
-      (prin1 `(setq Info-directory-list ',Info-directory-list
+      (prin1 `(setq load-path ',load-path
+                    Info-directory-list ',Info-directory-list
                     doom-disabled-packages ',doom-disabled-packages
                     package-activated-list ',package-activated-list)
              (current-buffer)))))
@@ -197,13 +198,11 @@ FORCE-P is non-nil, do it anyway.
     (require 'cl-lib)
     (require 'map))
   (cl-pushnew doom-core-dir load-path :test #'string=)
+  (require 'core-lib)
   (when (or force-p (not doom-init-p))
-    ;; autoloads file
-    (unless (load doom-autoload-file 'noerror 'nomessage 'nosuffix)
-      (unless noninteractive
-        (error "No autoloads file! Run make autoloads")))
     ;; packages.el cache
     (when (and force-p (file-exists-p doom-packages-file))
+      (message "Deleting packages.el cache")
       (delete-file doom-packages-file))
     (unless (load doom-packages-file 'noerror 'nomessage 'nosuffix)
       ;; Ensure core folders exist, otherwise we get errors
@@ -232,11 +231,14 @@ FORCE-P is non-nil, do it anyway.
             (if (package-installed-p package)
                 (message "✓ Installed %s" package)
               (error "✕ Couldn't install %s" package)))
-          (message "Installing core packages...done")))))
+          (message "Installing core packages...done"))))
+    ;; autoloads file
+    (unless (quiet! (load doom-autoload-file 'noerror 'nomessage 'nosuffix))
+      (unless noninteractive
+        (error "No autoloads file! Run make autoloads"))))
   ;; initialize Doom core
-  (require 'core-lib)
   (require 'core-os)
-  (unless doom-init-p
+  (unless (or doom-init-p noninteractive)
     ;; Cache important packages.el state
     (doom|refresh-cache))
   (unless noninteractive
@@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ This should be run whenever init.el or an autoload file is modified. Running
 ;; no-byte-compile: t
 ;; no-update-autoloads: t
 ;; End:\n")
-                  (eval-buffer buf)
+                  (quiet! (eval-buffer buf))
                   (save-buffer)
                   (message "Done!"))
               ('error