diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index cdb6bcf..56e7550 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ npcdistance=16000
 # little message players see when they enter the game
 motd=Welcome to OpenFusion!
 # NPC json data
-npcdata=NPCs.json
+npcdata=data/NPCs.json
 # warp target json data
-warpdata=warps.json
+warpdata=data/warps.json
 # is everyone a GM?
 gm=true
 
diff --git a/NPCs.json b/data/NPCs.json
similarity index 100%
rename from NPCs.json
rename to data/NPCs.json
diff --git a/mobs.json b/data/mobs.json
similarity index 100%
rename from mobs.json
rename to data/mobs.json
diff --git a/warps.json b/data/warps.json
similarity index 100%
rename from warps.json
rename to data/warps.json
diff --git a/src/NPCManager.cpp b/src/NPCManager.cpp
index 9988f1d..1e34704 100644
--- a/src/NPCManager.cpp
+++ b/src/NPCManager.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void NPCManager::init() {
 
     // load temporary mob dump
     try {
-        std::ifstream inFile("mobs.json"); // not in settings, since it's temp
+        std::ifstream inFile("data/mobs.json"); // not in settings, since it's temp
         nlohmann::json npcData;
 
         // read file into json
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 976836e..07d0bc4 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ int settings::SPAWN_X = 179213;
 int settings::SPAWN_Y = 268451;
 int settings::SPAWN_Z = -4210;
 std::string settings::GMPASS = "pass";
-std::string settings::NPCJSON = "NPCs.json";
-std::string settings::WARPJSON = "warps.json";
+std::string settings::NPCJSON = "data/NPCs.json";
+std::string settings::WARPJSON = "data/warps.json";
 std::string settings::MOTDSTRING = "Welcome to OpenFusion!";
 bool settings::GM = false;