diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ef08f6c077..4f5a5e2d84 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ http://example.com/stream.m3u8
   - ...
   - `unsorted.m3u`: playlist with channels not yet sorted.
 - `scripts/`
+  - `data/`: data used in scripts.
   - `helpers/`: helper scripts used in GitHub Actions.
   - `filter.js`: used within GitHub Action to remove blacklisted channels from playlists.
   - `format.js`: used within GitHub Action to format channel descriptions.
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/blacklist.json b/scripts/data/blacklist.json
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/helpers/blacklist.json
rename to scripts/data/blacklist.json
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/categories.json b/scripts/data/categories.json
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/helpers/categories.json
rename to scripts/data/categories.json
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/regions.json b/scripts/data/regions.json
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/helpers/regions.json
rename to scripts/data/regions.json
diff --git a/scripts/filter.js b/scripts/filter.js
index 04f6f26443..3efbc492e5 100644
--- a/scripts/filter.js
+++ b/scripts/filter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const blacklist = require('./helpers/blacklist.json')
+const blacklist = require('./data/blacklist.json')
 const parser = require('./helpers/parser')
 const log = require('./helpers/log')
 
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/Channel.js b/scripts/helpers/Channel.js
index 07d5c60bdf..e0740c8976 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/Channel.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/Channel.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const categories = require('./categories')
+const categories = require('../data/categories')
 const utils = require('./utils')
 const file = require('./file')
 
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/db.js b/scripts/helpers/db.js
index 52f5370986..3354071c3d 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/db.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/db.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const categories = require('./categories')
+const categories = require('../data/categories')
 const parser = require('./parser')
 const utils = require('./utils')
 
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/utils.js b/scripts/helpers/utils.js
index 3866ae4cae..277bae92f4 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const transliteration = require('transliteration')
 const iso6393 = require('@freearhey/iso-639-3')
-const categories = require('./categories')
-const regions = require('./regions')
+const categories = require('../data/categories')
+const regions = require('../data/regions')
 
 const utils = {}
 const intlDisplayNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {