diff --git a/user-config/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el b/user-config/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
index 6e846b9..602136f 100644
--- a/user-config/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/user-config/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -30,4 +30,18 @@
        ; executable (new in org 9.6)
        (org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil))
   (when (file-exists-p config)
-    (org-babel-load-file config t)))
+    (when (or (not (file-exists-p el))
+              (time-less-p
+               (file-attribute-modification-time (file-attributes el))
+               (file-attribute-modification-time (file-attributes config))))
+      (org-babel-tangle-file config el)
+      ;; Make sure that tangled file modification time is
+      ;; updated even when `org-babel-tangle-file' does not make changes.
+      ;; This avoids re-tangling changed FILE where the changes did
+      ;; not affect the tangled code.
+      (when (file-exists-p el)
+        (set-file-times el))
+
+      (byte-compile-file el)
+      (load-file (byte-compile-dest-file el))
+      (message "Compiled and loaded %s" el))))