diff --git a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
index d1e22c2..b61a447 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ class Kiss {
         if (loadingDirectory == null)
             loadingDirectory = k.loadingDirectory;
         var fullPath = Path.join([loadingDirectory, kissFile]);
+        if (k.loadedFiles.exists(fullPath)) {
+            return;
+        }
         k.loadedFiles[fullPath] = true;
         var stream = Stream.fromFile(fullPath);
         Reader.readAndProcess(stream, k, (nextExp) -> {
diff --git a/src/kiss/Macros.hx b/src/kiss/Macros.hx
index 590dbc7..0f75f3d 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Macros.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Macros.hx
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ class Macros {
             wholeExp.checkNumArgs(1, 1, '(load "[file]")');
             switch (args[0].def) {
                 case StrExp(otherKissFile):
-                    if (!k.loadedFiles.exists(otherKissFile)) {
-                        Kiss.load(otherKissFile, k);
-                    }
+                    Kiss.load(otherKissFile, k);
                 default:
                     throw CompileError.fromExp(args[0], "only argument to load should be a string literal of a .kiss file path");
             }
@@ -44,9 +42,7 @@ class Macros {
             };
             switch (args[1].def) {
                 case StrExp(otherKissFile):
-                    if (!k.loadedFiles.exists(otherKissFile)) {
-                        Kiss.load(otherKissFile, k, libPath);
-                    }
+                    Kiss.load(otherKissFile, k, libPath);
                 default:
                     throw CompileError.fromExp(args[1], "second argument to loadFrom should be a string literal of a .kiss file path");
             }