diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index b682c60..90973f6 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 require('babel-register');
 
-var app = new (require('express'))()
+var app = new (require('express'))();
 var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 
 require('css-modules-require-hook')({
   generateScopedName: '[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]'
-})
+});
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var filename = './src/utils/data.json';
+var dataStub = {"posts": []};
+fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(dataStub));
 
 
 // initalize webpack dev middleware if in development context
diff --git a/src/utils/data-example.json b/src/utils/data-example.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b1e933b..0000000
--- a/src/utils/data-example.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"posts":[]}
diff --git a/src/utils/scanner.js b/src/utils/scanner.js
index c91b878..ebe224e 100644
--- a/src/utils/scanner.js
+++ b/src/utils/scanner.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const async = require('async');
 const Compiler = require('./compiler');
-const config = require('../utils/config.json');
+const config = require('./config.json');
 const data = require('./data.json');
 
 module.exports = function() {