diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a49ad37..8d95970 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 logs/
 nginx.conf.compiled
-db.*.sqlite
 .vscode/
 .local/
-static/avatars/*
-!static/avatars/default.webp
+data/static/avatars/*
+!data/static/avatars/default.webp
+data/db/*
 secrets.lua
 
 .first_launch.*
diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index cfff976..6a1fa07 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config({"development", "production"}, {
   code_cache = "off",
   num_workers = "1",
   sqlite = {
-    database = "db.dev.sqlite"
+    database = "data/db/db.dev.sqlite"
   },
   secret = "SUPER SECRET",
   session_name = "porom_session",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ config("production", {
   },
   secret = secrets.key,
   sqlite = {
-    database = "db.prod.sqlite"
+    database = "data/db/db.prod.sqlite"
   },
   session_name = "porom_session_s"
 })
diff --git a/static/avatars/default.webp b/data/static/avatars/default.webp
similarity index 100%
rename from static/avatars/default.webp
rename to data/static/avatars/default.webp
diff --git a/static/style.css b/data/static/style.css
similarity index 100%
rename from static/style.css
rename to data/static/style.css
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index ddb6441..b58f0a3 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ http {
     }
 
     location /static/ {
-      alias static/;
+      alias data/static/;
     }
 
     location /favicon.ico {
-      alias static/favicon.ico;
+      alias data/static/favicon.ico;
     }
     
     location /avatars {
-      alias static/avatars;
+      alias data/static/avatars;
       expires 1y;
     }
   }
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 6cb5f48..6e9305c 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ start() {
 first_launch() {
   echo "Setting up for the first time"
   touch ".first_launch.$LAPIS_ENVIRONMENT"
+  mkdir -p data/db
   luajit schema.lua
   lapis migrate
   luajit create_default_accounts.lua