diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index eda0e8894..61d66700c 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 ;;
 ;;; License: MIT
 
-(setq user-emacs-directory (file-name-directory load-file-name)
-      load-prefer-newer noninteractive)
+(defconst user-emacs-directory
+  (file-name-directory load-file-name))
+
+(when noninteractive
+  (setq load-suffixes '(".el" ".elc" ".so")
+        load-prefer-newer noninteractive))
 
 (require 'core (concat user-emacs-directory "core/core"))