diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2462588..857cb6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ static/css/**/*.css
 static/fonts
 static/js/libs
 static/js/templates
-projects/**/workspace
+data/projects/**/workspace
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 186d73e..cce4762 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var http = require('http');
 var nodeStatic = require('node-static');
 var jade = require('jade');
+var path = require('path');
 
 var staticServer = new nodeStatic.Server('./static');
 var server = http.createServer(function(req, res, next) {
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ var socketio = require('socket.io')(server);
 var dataio = require('./dataio')(socketio);
 
 var app = {
+	// path to root dir (with projects, builds etc)
+	dir: path.join(process.cwd(), 'data'),
 	server: server,
 	dataio: dataio
 };
diff --git a/projects/project1/config.json b/data/projects/project1/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from projects/project1/config.json
rename to data/projects/project1/config.json
diff --git a/projects/project2/config.json b/data/projects/project2/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from projects/project2/config.json
rename to data/projects/project2/config.json
diff --git a/resources/projects.js b/resources/projects.js
index b08053a..b6316b5 100644
--- a/resources/projects.js
+++ b/resources/projects.js
@@ -4,39 +4,41 @@ var Steppy = require('twostep').Steppy,
 	_ = require('underscore'),
 	project = require('../lib/project'),
 	Distributor = require('../lib/distributor').Distributor,
-	db = require('../db');
-
-var projects, projectsHash;
-
-project.loadAll('projects', function(err, loadedProjects) {
-	if (err) throw err;
-	projects = loadedProjects;
-	projectsHash = _(projects).indexBy(function(project) {
-		return project.config.name;
-	});
-	console.log(
-		'Loaded projects: ',
-		_(projects).chain().pluck('config').pluck('name').value()
-	);
-});
-
-var distributor = new Distributor({
-	nodes: [{type: 'local', maxExecutorsCount: 1}],
-	saveBuild: function(build, callback) {
-		Steppy(
-			function() {
-				db.builds.put(build, this.slot());
-			},
-			function() {
-				this.pass(build);
-			},
-			callback
-		);
-	}
-});
+	db = require('../db'),
+	path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = function(app) {
 
+	var projectsDir = path.join(app.dir, 'projects'),
+		projects, projectsHash;
+
+	project.loadAll(projectsDir, function(err, loadedProjects) {
+		if (err) throw err;
+		projects = loadedProjects;
+		projectsHash = _(projects).indexBy(function(project) {
+			return project.config.name;
+		});
+		console.log(
+			'Loaded projects: ',
+			_(projects).chain().pluck('config').pluck('name').value()
+		);
+	});
+
+	var distributor = new Distributor({
+		nodes: [{type: 'local', maxExecutorsCount: 1}],
+		saveBuild: function(build, callback) {
+			Steppy(
+				function() {
+					db.builds.put(build, this.slot());
+				},
+				function() {
+					this.pass(build);
+				},
+				callback
+			);
+		}
+	});
+
 	distributor.on('buildUpdate', function(build, changes) {
 		var buildsResource = app.dataio.resource('builds');