diff --git a/hledger-web/data/templates/.version b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/.version
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rename from hledger-web/data/templates/.version
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/templates/addform.hamlet b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/addform.hamlet
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rename from hledger-web/data/templates/addform.hamlet
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/templates/addformpostingfields.hamlet b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/addformpostingfields.hamlet
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/combo_select.gif b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/combo_select.gif
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/dhtmlxcombo.js b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/dhtmlxcombo.js
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rename from hledger-web/data/static/dhtmlxcombo.js
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/dhtmlxcommon.js b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/dhtmlxcommon.js
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diff --git a/hledger-web/.hledger/web/favicon.ico b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4613ed03a
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diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/hledger.js b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/hledger.js
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rename from hledger-web/data/static/hledger.js
rename to hledger-web/.hledger/web/hledger.js
diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/jquery.js b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/jquery.js
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rename from hledger-web/data/static/jquery.js
rename to hledger-web/.hledger/web/jquery.js
diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/jquery.url.js b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/jquery.url.js
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rename from hledger-web/data/static/jquery.url.js
rename to hledger-web/.hledger/web/jquery.url.js
diff --git a/hledger-web/data/static/style.css b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/style.css
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rename from hledger-web/data/static/style.css
rename to hledger-web/.hledger/web/style.css
diff --git a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Settings.hs b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Settings.hs
index f71b9c2d0..564bed1c9 100644
--- a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Settings.hs
+++ b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Settings.hs
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ robots_txt = "User-agent: *"
 -- XXX hard-coded data directory path. This must be in your current dir
 -- when you run or compile hledger-web.
 datadir :: FilePath
-datadir = "data"
+datadir = ".hledger"
 
 staticdir :: FilePath
-staticdir = datadir ++ "/static"
+staticdir = datadir ++ "/web"
 
 templatesdir :: FilePath
-templatesdir = datadir ++ "/templates"
+templatesdir = datadir ++ "/web"
 
 -- The following are compile-time macros. If the file paths they point to
 -- don't exist, they will give an error (at compile time). In production
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index f9d439b1d..5c314ac5e 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stability:      alpha
 tested-with:    GHC==6.12
 cabal-version:  >= 1.6
 build-type:     Simple
-data-dir:       data
+data-dir:       .hledger
 data-files:
                 static/style.css
                 static/hledger.js