diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index becfe36..0e700a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 a section
 - The table of content for a page/section is now only available as the `toc` variable when
 rendering it and not anymore on the `page`/`section` variable
+- Default directory for `load_data` is now the root of the site instead of the `content` directory
 
 ### Other
 - Add support for content in multiple languages
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 634664d..60d9afc 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ impl Site {
         );
         self.tera.register_function(
             "load_data",
-            global_fns::LoadData::new(self.content_path.clone(), self.base_path.clone()),
+            global_fns::LoadData::new(self.base_path.clone()),
         );
         self.tera.register_function("trans", global_fns::Trans::new(self.config.clone()));
         self.tera.register_function(
diff --git a/components/templates/src/global_fns/load_data.rs b/components/templates/src/global_fns/load_data.rs
index 48b7176..5bc506f 100644
--- a/components/templates/src/global_fns/load_data.rs
+++ b/components/templates/src/global_fns/load_data.rs
@@ -174,22 +174,21 @@ fn get_output_format_from_args(
 /// Currently the supported formats are json, toml, csv and plain text
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct LoadData {
-    content_path: PathBuf,
     base_path: PathBuf,
     client: Arc<Mutex<Client>>,
     result_cache: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u64, Value>>>,
 }
 impl LoadData {
-    pub fn new(content_path: PathBuf, base_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(base_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
         let client = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Client::builder().build().expect("reqwest client build")));
         let result_cache = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
-        Self { content_path, base_path, client, result_cache }
+        Self { base_path, client, result_cache }
     }
 }
 
 impl TeraFn for LoadData {
     fn call(&self, args: &HashMap<String, Value>) -> Result<Value> {
-        let data_source = get_data_source_from_args(&self.content_path, &args)?;
+        let data_source = get_data_source_from_args(&self.base_path, &args)?;
         let file_format = get_output_format_from_args(&args, &data_source)?;
         let cache_key = data_source.get_cache_key(&file_format);
 
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn fails_when_missing_file() {
         let static_fn =
-            LoadData::new(PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"), PathBuf::from("../utils"));
+            LoadData::new(PathBuf::from("../utils"));
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("../../../READMEE.md").unwrap());
         let result = static_fn.call(&args);
@@ -345,9 +344,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn cant_load_outside_content_dir() {
         let static_fn =
-            LoadData::new(PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"), PathBuf::from("../utils"));
+            LoadData::new(PathBuf::from(PathBuf::from("../utils")));
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
-        args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("../../../README.md").unwrap());
+        args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("../../README.md").unwrap());
         args.insert("format".to_string(), to_value("plain").unwrap());
         let result = static_fn.call(&args);
         assert!(result.is_err());
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn can_load_remote_data() {
-        let static_fn = LoadData::new(PathBuf::new(), PathBuf::new());
+        let static_fn = LoadData::new(PathBuf::new());
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("url".to_string(), to_value("https://httpbin.org/json").unwrap());
         args.insert("format".to_string(), to_value("json").unwrap());
@@ -408,7 +407,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn fails_when_request_404s() {
-        let static_fn = LoadData::new(PathBuf::new(), PathBuf::new());
+        let static_fn = LoadData::new(PathBuf::new());
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("url".to_string(), to_value("https://httpbin.org/status/404/").unwrap());
         args.insert("format".to_string(), to_value("json").unwrap());
@@ -424,7 +423,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn can_load_toml() {
         let static_fn = LoadData::new(
             PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
-            PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
         );
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("test.toml").unwrap());
@@ -446,7 +444,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn can_load_csv() {
         let static_fn = LoadData::new(
             PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
-            PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
         );
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("test.csv").unwrap());
@@ -469,7 +466,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn bad_csv_should_result_in_error() {
         let static_fn = LoadData::new(
             PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
-            PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
         );
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("uneven_rows.csv").unwrap());
@@ -492,7 +488,6 @@ mod tests {
     fn can_load_json() {
         let static_fn = LoadData::new(
             PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
-            PathBuf::from("../utils/test-files"),
         );
         let mut args = HashMap::new();
         args.insert("path".to_string(), to_value("test.json").unwrap());