diff --git a/microblog.go b/microblog.go
index 4933343..ec862d6 100644
--- a/microblog.go
+++ b/microblog.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import (
     "github.com/yuin/goldmark"
 )
 
-const articlesDir = "data/articles"
+const baseDir = "data"
+const articlesDir = baseDir + "/articles"
 
 func main() {
     //http.HandleFunc("/", handlePage)