diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6479890..34d5dda 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ data/gtfs/
 data/grfs
 data/tmp
 data/users/**
+data/**
 
 #these files are under app/static but they get copied to the outside directory on startup
 logging.conf
diff --git a/amarillo/routers/carpool.py b/amarillo/routers/carpool.py
index 8dbd53c..4a70c85 100644
--- a/amarillo/routers/carpool.py
+++ b/amarillo/routers/carpool.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ async def save_carpool(carpool, folder: str = 'data/carpool'):
 
 
 async def assert_agency_exists(agency_id: str):
-    agency_exists = os.path.exists(f"conf/agency/{agency_id}.json")
+    agency_exists = os.path.exists(f"data/agency/{agency_id}.json")
     if not agency_exists:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
diff --git a/amarillo/services/agencies.py b/amarillo/services/agencies.py
index 47baa5a..e7450aa 100644
--- a/amarillo/services/agencies.py
+++ b/amarillo/services/agencies.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class AgencyService:
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.agencies: Dict[str, Agency] = {}
-
-        for agency_file_name in glob('conf/agency/*.json'):
+        for agency_file_name in glob('data/agency/*.json'):
             with open(agency_file_name) as agency_file:
                 dict = json.load(agency_file)
                 agency = Agency(**dict)
diff --git a/amarillo/services/config.py b/amarillo/services/config.py
index 2417715..316e95a 100644
--- a/amarillo/services/config.py
+++ b/amarillo/services/config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ class Config(BaseSettings):
     ride2go_query_data: str
     env: str = 'DEV'
     graphhopper_base_url: str = 'https://api.mfdz.de/gh'
-    stop_sources_file: str = 'conf/stop_sources.json'
+    stop_sources_file: str = 'data/stop_sources.json'
 
 config = Config(_env_file='config', _env_file_encoding='utf-8')
diff --git a/amarillo/services/regions.py b/amarillo/services/regions.py
index 8be79e0..425b3ac 100644
--- a/amarillo/services/regions.py
+++ b/amarillo/services/regions.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ class RegionService:
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.regions: Dict[str, Region] = {}
-
-        for region_file_name in glob('conf/region/*.json'):
+        for region_file_name in glob('data/region/*.json'):
             with open(region_file_name) as region_file:
                 dict = json.load(region_file)
                 region = Region(**dict)