diff --git a/_includes/header.njk b/_includes/header.njk
index d615345..8757cfb 100644
--- a/_includes/header.njk
+++ b/_includes/header.njk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div id="header-veil"></div>
   <div class="header-container content">
     <a id="header-logo" href="{{ "/" | locale_url }}" title="home">
-      <img alt="ESE {{year}} Logo" src="/ESELogo.svg">
+      <img alt="ESE {{ese.year}} Logo" src="/ESELogo.svg">
     </a>
     <nav id="mainNav">
       <button id="menu-toggle" onclick="toggleMenu()" aria-expanded="false"
diff --git a/_includes/page.css b/_includes/page.css
index 6310295..e0a0252 100644
--- a/_includes/page.css
+++ b/_includes/page.css
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ p {
   font-size: 12px;
   --page-width: 1280px;
   --color-text: #495057;
-  --color-primary: {{ eseColor }};
+  --color-primary: {{ ese.color }};
   --color-livestream-active: #fff;
   --color-background-page: #fefefe;
   --color-background-header: rgba(255,255,255,.92);
diff --git a/_includes/page.njk b/_includes/page.njk
index 76593e8..8ff19fa 100644
--- a/_includes/page.njk
+++ b/_includes/page.njk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ eleventyComputed:
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <title>{% if title %}{{ title }} | {% endif %}ESE {{ year }}</title>
+    <title>{% if title %}{{ title }} | {% endif %}ESE {{ ese.year }}</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% getBundleFileUrl "css" %}">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/aileron.lite.min.css">
     <script>
diff --git a/content/_data/ese.yaml b/content/_data/ese.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89c0a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/_data/ese.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+year: 2024
+color: "#F221B7"
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 8ce515f..a283991 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ const pluginIcons = require('eleventy-plugin-icons');
 const yaml = require("js-yaml");
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-// update this :)
-const year = 2024;
-const eseColor = "#F221B7";
-
 module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addPlugin(EleventyHtmlBasePlugin);
   eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventyNavigationPlugin);
@@ -33,9 +29,9 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
     compile: async (inputContent) => {
       return async (data) => {
         // insert year
-        let svg = inputContent.replace("{{year}}", String(data.year).slice(-2));
+        let svg = inputContent.replace("{{year}}", String(data.ese.year).slice(-2));
         // insert color
-        svg = svg.replaceAll("{{eseColor}}", data.eseColor);
+        svg = svg.replaceAll("{{eseColor}}", data.ese.color);
 
         // render text to path
         // TODO replace with ESM import once we switch to Eleventy v3
@@ -57,9 +53,6 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
 
   eleventyConfig.addDataExtension("yaml, yml", yaml.load);
 
-  eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("year", year);
-  eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("eseColor", eseColor);
-
   eleventyConfig.addFilter("pageLang", function(value) {
     return value.filter(item => item.page.lang === this.page.lang)
   });
@@ -82,11 +75,13 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
     }
   );
 
+  const eseData = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./content/_data/ese.yaml'));
+
   return {
     dir: {
       input: "content",
       includes: "../_includes",
     },
-    pathPrefix: `/${year}/`,
+    pathPrefix: `/${eseData.year}/`,
   }
 };
