diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 338786e21..4fcab0443 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ mealie/temp/api.html
 .temp/
 
 
-app_data/backups/*
-app_data/debug/*
-app_data/img/*
-app_data/migration/*
-app_data/users/*
+dev/data/backups/*
+dev/data/debug/*
+dev/data/img/*
+dev/data/migration/*
+dev/data/users/*
 
 #Exception to keep folders
 !mealie/dist/.gitkeep
-!app_data/backups/.gitkeep
-!app_data/backups/dev_sample_data*
-!app_data/debug/.gitkeep
-!app_data/migration/.gitkeep
-!app_data/img/.gitkeep
+!dev/data/backups/.gitkeep
+!dev/data/backups/dev_sample_data*
+!dev/data/debug/.gitkeep
+!dev/data/migration/.gitkeep
+!dev/data/img/.gitkeep
 
 .DS_Store
 node_modules
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ ENV/
 node_modules/
 mealie/data/debug/last_recipe.json
 *.sqlite
-app_data/db/test.db
+dev/data/db/test.db
 scratch.py
diff --git a/app_data/backups/.gitkeep b/dev/data/backups/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/backups/.gitkeep
rename to dev/data/backups/.gitkeep
diff --git a/app_data/backups/dev_sample_data_2021-Feb-13.zip b/dev/data/backups/dev_sample_data_2021-Feb-13.zip
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/backups/dev_sample_data_2021-Feb-13.zip
rename to dev/data/backups/dev_sample_data_2021-Feb-13.zip
diff --git a/app_data/debug/.gitkeep b/dev/data/debug/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/debug/.gitkeep
rename to dev/data/debug/.gitkeep
diff --git a/app_data/img/.gitkeep b/dev/data/img/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/img/.gitkeep
rename to dev/data/img/.gitkeep
diff --git a/app_data/migration/.gitkeep b/dev/data/migration/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/migration/.gitkeep
rename to dev/data/migration/.gitkeep
diff --git a/app_data/templates/recipes.md b/dev/data/templates/recipes.md
similarity index 100%
rename from app_data/templates/recipes.md
rename to dev/data/templates/recipes.md
diff --git a/mealie/core/config.py b/mealie/core/config.py
index a46ac547c..715390815 100644
--- a/mealie/core/config.py
+++ b/mealie/core/config.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else:
     redoc_url = None
 
 # Helpful Globals
-DATA_DIR = CWD.parent.parent.joinpath("app_data")
+DATA_DIR = CWD.parent.parent.joinpath("dev", "data")
 if PRODUCTION:
     DATA_DIR = Path("/app/data")