# Propagate \_data folder from theme **URL:** https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/propagate-data-folder-from-theme/6437 **Category:** Help **Created:** [September 18, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/propagate-data-folder-from-theme/6437 "2021-09-18T09:27:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mgerzabek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@mgerzabek](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/mgerzabek) #### Post date: [September 18, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/propagate-data-folder-from-theme/6437/1 "2021-09-18T09:27:34Z")
Hi Jekyllers, did you run into the limitation that your theme couldn’t contribute `_data` files with pre-configured text catalogues to your end users? Do you want icons to be stored in the `_data` folder without manually copying them to your site? Do you want to store theme settings and variables in `_data` folder to end users let easily overwrite them? Do you want to propagate i18n files via central files in `_data` folder of your theme?… If so there has been a recent discussion on a PR I originally wanted to contribute into Ben Balters [jekyll-remote-theme](https://github.com/benbalter/jekyll-remote-theme/pull/89) only to get the advice to try it for [Jekyll Core](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/8815) which I did a couple of days ago. If you want to see this feature in Jekyll 4+, please head over to the PR, scan the dialogue between Ashwin Maroli and me and cast your vote until 31st of October. Also feel free to share this… Regards, Michael