diff --git a/src/EllieBot/EllieBot.csproj b/src/EllieBot/EllieBot.csproj
index 565f586..0679d6d 100644
--- a/src/EllieBot/EllieBot.csproj
+++ b/src/EllieBot/EllieBot.csproj
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
         <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
         <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       </None>
+      <None Update="strings/**">  
+        <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
       <None Update="creds_example.yml">
         <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
         <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/data/strings/commands/commands.en-US.yml b/src/EllieBot/strings/commands/commands.en-US.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/EllieBot/data/strings/commands/commands.en-US.yml
rename to src/EllieBot/strings/commands/commands.en-US.yml
diff --git a/src/EllieBot/data/strings/responses/responses.en-US.json b/src/EllieBot/strings/responses/responses.en-US.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/EllieBot/data/strings/responses/responses.en-US.json
rename to src/EllieBot/strings/responses/responses.en-US.json