diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21cfffe..ec1ee43 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ RUN yarn global add typescript
 RUN tsc
 RUN mkdir /app
 RUN cp -r /tmp/build/* /app
-RUN cp -r /tmp/default_posts /app/default_posts
+RUN cp -r /tmp/data/default_posts /app/default_posts
 RUN cp -r /tmp/node_modules /app
-RUN cp -r /tmp/default_templates /app/default_templates
+RUN cp -r /tmp/data/default_templates /app/default_templates
 COPY ./scripts/docker_run.sh /app/run.sh
 WORKDIR /app
 CMD ["/app/run.sh"]
diff --git a/config.json b/data/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from config.json
rename to data/config.json
diff --git a/default_posts/about.md b/data/default_posts/about.md
similarity index 100%
rename from default_posts/about.md
rename to data/default_posts/about.md
diff --git a/default_posts/contact.md b/data/default_posts/contact.md
similarity index 100%
rename from default_posts/contact.md
rename to data/default_posts/contact.md
diff --git a/default_posts/hello.md b/data/default_posts/hello.md
similarity index 100%
rename from default_posts/hello.md
rename to data/default_posts/hello.md
diff --git a/default_posts/lol.md b/data/default_posts/lol.md
similarity index 100%
rename from default_posts/lol.md
rename to data/default_posts/lol.md
diff --git a/default_templates/footer.ejs b/data/default_templates/footer.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from default_templates/footer.ejs
rename to data/default_templates/footer.ejs
diff --git a/default_templates/global-style.ejs b/data/default_templates/global-style.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from default_templates/global-style.ejs
rename to data/default_templates/global-style.ejs
diff --git a/default_templates/header.ejs b/data/default_templates/header.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from default_templates/header.ejs
rename to data/default_templates/header.ejs
diff --git a/default_templates/index.ejs b/data/default_templates/index.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from default_templates/index.ejs
rename to data/default_templates/index.ejs
diff --git a/default_templates/post.ejs b/data/default_templates/post.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from default_templates/post.ejs
rename to data/default_templates/post.ejs
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 6270f84..310715f 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import ejs from "ejs";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import jsdom from "jsdom";
-import config from "./config.json"
+import config from "./data/config.json"
 
 let app = express();
 
 // set view engine to ejs
 app.set("view engine", "ejs")
-app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'templates'))
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'data','templates'))
 
 // type for post object
 type Post = {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function htmlstripper(html: string){
 // returns Post array
 async function contentScan(){
   let posts: Post[] = []
-  let postsDir = path.join(__dirname, "posts")
+  let postsDir = path.join(__dirname, 'data',"posts")
   let files = await fs.readdirSync(postsDir).filter((name: string) => name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".md"))
   for (const file of files) {
     let postPath = path.join(postsDir, file)
diff --git a/scripts/docker_run.sh b/scripts/docker_run.sh
index 6dd98fd..96d44e6 100755
--- a/scripts/docker_run.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker_run.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
 # I'm so bad at bash scripting
+cat << EOF
+
+    ____  ______________ __
+   / __ \/  _/ ___/ ___// /
+  / / / // / \__ \\__ \/ / 
+ / /_/ // / ___/ /__/ /_/  
+/_____/___//____/____(_)   
+
+EOF
+if [ ! -d data ]; then
+  echo '-------------'
+  echo 'Data folder not found. Did you set up a volume?'
+  echo '-------------'
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ ! -f data/config.json ]; then
+  echo '-------------'
+  echo 'Config file not found. Please create one.'
+  echo '-------------'
+  exit 1
+fi
 if [ -z "$(find posts -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)" ]; then
   echo '-------------'
   echo 'Posts directory is empty, copying default...'
   echo '-------------'
-  cp -r default_posts/* posts
+  cp -r default_posts/* data/posts
 fi
 if [ -z "$(find templates -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)" ]; then
   echo '-------------'
   echo 'Template directory is empty, copying default...'
   echo '-------------'
-  cp -r default_templates/* templates
+  cp -r default_templates/* data/templates
 fi