diff --git a/BDSM/__init__.py b/BDSM/__init__.py
index 0c5390d..a121905 100644
--- a/BDSM/__init__.py
+++ b/BDSM/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ else:
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY', 'dev')
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = prefix + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(app.root_path), os.getenv('DATABASE_FILE', 'data.db'))
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = prefix + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(app.root_path),
+                                                              "data",
+                                                              os.getenv('DATABASE_FILE', 'data.db'))
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
diff --git a/BDSM/toot.py b/BDSM/toot.py
index 4e0e49e..b4217a1 100644
--- a/BDSM/toot.py
+++ b/BDSM/toot.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ def app_register(url):
     Mastodon.create_app(
         'pyBDSM',
         api_base_url = url,
-        to_file = 'pyBDSM_clientcred.secret',
+        to_file = 'data/pyBDSM_clientcred.secret',
         scopes=["read"]
     )
 
 def app_login(url):
     mastodon = Mastodon(
-        client_id='pyBDSM_clientcred.secret',
+        client_id='data/pyBDSM_clientcred.secret',
         access_token='user.secret',
         api_base_url=url
     )
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbb87a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.DS_Store
+.idea
+*.log
+tmp/
+
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg
+build
+htmlcov
+
+*.secret
+*.db