diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.cpp
index 3a2d5218d5..379b71bc66 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         return technique->isValid();
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<fx::Technique> PostProcessor::loadTechnique(const std::string& name, bool loadNextFrame)
+    std::shared_ptr<fx::Technique> PostProcessor::loadTechnique(std::string_view name, bool loadNextFrame)
     {
         VFS::Path::Normalized path = fx::Technique::makeFileName(name);
         return loadTechnique(VFS::Path::NormalizedView(path), loadNextFrame);
@@ -764,11 +764,14 @@ namespace MWRender
             if (technique->getFileName() == path)
                 return technique;
 
-        if (!mTechniqueFiles.contains(path))
-            return {};
+        std::string name;
+        if (mTechniqueFiles.contains(path))
+            name = mVFS->getStem(path);
+        else
+            name = path.stem();
 
         auto technique = std::make_shared<fx::Technique>(*mVFS, *mRendering.getResourceSystem()->getImageManager(),
-            path, mVFS->getStem(path), renderWidth(), renderHeight(), mUBO, mNormalsSupported);
+            path, std::move(name), renderWidth(), renderHeight(), mUBO, mNormalsSupported);
 
         technique->compile();
 
@@ -805,10 +808,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             if (techniqueName.empty())
                 continue;
 
-            auto technique = loadTechnique(techniqueName);
-            if (!technique)
-                continue;
-            mTechniques.push_back(std::move(technique));
+            mTechniques.push_back(loadTechnique(techniqueName));
         }
 
         dirtyTechniques();
@@ -831,7 +831,11 @@ namespace MWRender
     void PostProcessor::toggleMode()
     {
         for (auto& technique : mTemplates)
+        {
+            if (technique->getStatus() == fx::Technique::Status::File_Not_exists)
+                continue;
             technique->compile();
+        }
 
         dirtyTechniques(true);
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.hpp
index 4b854cbc9c..eb9bc6347c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/postprocessor.hpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         void toggleMode();
 
         std::shared_ptr<fx::Technique> loadTechnique(VFS::Path::NormalizedView path, bool loadNextFrame = false);
-        std::shared_ptr<fx::Technique> loadTechnique(const std::string& name, bool loadNextFrame = false);
+        std::shared_ptr<fx::Technique> loadTechnique(std::string_view name, bool loadNextFrame = false);
 
         TechniqueList getChain();
 
diff --git a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
index b4b4f6e278..a890be8a54 100644
--- a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ namespace VFS::Path
             return p;
         }
 
+        std::string_view stem() const
+        {
+            std::string_view stem = mValue;
+            std::size_t pos = stem.find_last_of(separator);
+            if (pos != std::string_view::npos)
+                stem = stem.substr(pos + 1);
+            pos = stem.find_first_of(extensionSeparator);
+            if (pos != std::string_view::npos)
+                stem = stem.substr(0, pos);
+            return stem;
+        }
+
     private:
         std::string_view mValue;
     };
@@ -273,6 +285,11 @@ namespace VFS::Path
             return NormalizedView(*this).parent();
         }
 
+        std::string_view stem() const
+        {
+            return NormalizedView(*this).stem();
+        }
+
     private:
         std::string mValue;
     };