diff --git a/src/xinit.c b/src/xinit.c
index 2fb25fe8..2125d159 100644
--- a/src/xinit.c
+++ b/src/xinit.c
@@ -3083,6 +3083,11 @@ int Tcl_AppInit(Tcl_Interp *inter)
  /*                                    */
  tcleval("source_user_tcl_files");
 
+ /*                                                                          */
+ /* Execute tcl commands given in tcl variable postinit_commands if existing */
+ /*                                                                          */
+ tcleval("eval_postinit_commands");
+
  if(cli_opt_filename[0]) {
     char f[PATH_MAX];
     int file_loaded = 1;
@@ -3234,9 +3239,6 @@ int Tcl_AppInit(Tcl_Interp *inter)
    tcleval(cli_opt_tcl_post_command);
  }
 
- /* Execute tcl commands given in tcl variable postinit_commands if existing */
- tcleval("eval_postinit_commands");
-
  if(cli_opt_quit) {
    char s[40];
    my_snprintf(s, S(s), "exit %d", exit_code);
diff --git a/src/xschem.tcl b/src/xschem.tcl
index 0eeb5520..d5b2aaf0 100644
--- a/src/xschem.tcl
+++ b/src/xschem.tcl
@@ -9868,9 +9868,11 @@ proc set_replace_key_binding { {win_path {.drw}}} {
 }
 
 proc source_user_tcl_files {} {
-  global tcl_files
-  foreach i $tcl_files {
-    uplevel #0 [list source $i]
+  set subst_tcl_files [uplevel #0 {subst $tcl_files}]
+  foreach i $subst_tcl_files {
+    if {[catch "uplevel #0 {[list source $i]}" retval]} {
+      puts $retval
+    }
   }
 }