diff --git a/src/commands/base.ts b/src/commands/base.ts
index a988f66..0a53f5d 100644
--- a/src/commands/base.ts
+++ b/src/commands/base.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { default as Sharp } from 'sharp';
 
-const dataDir = '../data';
-
 export const CharacterOptionTemplate = {
   name: 'character',
   description: 'The character(s) to operate on.',
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractCharacterStatusCommand extends SlashCommand {
   async loadCharacters(names: Iterable<string>): Promise<GameCharacterData[]> {
     return Promise.all(
       Array.from(names).map((name) =>
-        loadCharacter(dataDir, name)
+        loadCharacter(this.dataDir, name)
           .then<LoadedCharacterData>((c) => ({ name, success: true, originalData: c }))
           .catch<ErrorCharacterData>((e) => ({ name, success: false, error: e }))
       )