diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12c6043..7ed7755 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ To prioritize MELPA over MELPA Stable, to access bleeding-edge package versions,
 
 Add the following line to the end of your `post-init.el` file:
 ```lisp
-(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "local.el")
+(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "local")
 ```
 
 This allows `local.el` to load, enabling custom configurations specific to the machine.
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ Add the following to the top of the `~/.emacs.d/pre-early-init.el` file to make
   (unless (string= minimal-emacs-user-directory
                    previous-minimal-emacs-user-directory)
     ;; Load pre-early-init.el from the new directory
-    (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-early-init.el")))
+    (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-early-init")))
 ```
 
 ### Are post-early-init.el and pre-init.el the same file in terms of the logic?
diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index 7675277..158e9c7 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ When set to non-nil, Emacs will automatically call `package-initialize' and
       (setq minimal-emacs--stage (file-name-nondirectory init-file))
       (load init-file nil t))))
 
-(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-early-init.el")
+(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-early-init")
 (setq minimal-emacs--stage "early-init.el")
 
 (setq custom-theme-directory
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ this stage of initialization."
                                                       ("melpa"  . 0)))
 
 ;;; Load post-early-init.el
-(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-early-init.el")
+(minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-early-init")
 
 (provide 'early-init)
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 166de01..5a3d11a 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; init.el --- Init -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+;;; init.el --- Init -*- no-byte-compile: t; lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 ;; Author: James Cherti
 ;; URL: https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ;;; Load pre-init.el
 (setq minimal-emacs--stage "init.el")
 (if (fboundp 'minimal-emacs-load-user-init)
-    (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-init.el")
+    (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-init")
   (error "The early-init.el file failed to loaded"))
 (setq minimal-emacs--stage "init.el")
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
 
 ;;; Load post init
 (when (fboundp 'minimal-emacs-load-user-init)
-  (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-init.el"))
+  (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-init"))
 (setq minimal-emacs--success t)
 
 (provide 'init)