diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b90e79..c6bb906 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ go.work.sum
 # env file
 .env
 
+/data/
diff --git a/common/bolt.go b/common/bolt.go
index 204099b..634857e 100644
--- a/common/bolt.go
+++ b/common/bolt.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 func GetTodoDataStore() (*BoltStore, error) {
 	once.Do(func() {
 		// We assign to the outer 'dataStore' and 'err' variables.
-		dataStore, err = NewBoltStore("todo.db")
+		dataStore, err = NewBoltStore("data/todo.db")
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err