diff --git a/src/workloads.jl b/src/workloads.jl
index 5cb11e7..d1097d9 100644
--- a/src/workloads.jl
+++ b/src/workloads.jl
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ const newly_inferred = Core.CodeInstance[]   # only used to support verbose[]
 
 function workload_enabled(mod::Module)
     try
-        if load_preference(@__MODULE__, "precompile_workloads", true)
-            return load_preference(mod, "precompile_workload", true)
-        else
-            return false
-        end
+        load_preference(@__MODULE__, "precompile_workloads", true) && load_preference(mod, "precompile_workload", true)
     catch
+        @warn "Preference for the module $mod can't be loaded. passing by default value (true)"
         true
     end
 end