diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index f6524dd..2eafd37 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ host: 127.0.0.1
 identifier: somewhere in the universe
 
 # The nickserv account to automatically be IRC opped
-admin-nick: admin
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+admin-nick: admin
+
+# The path of the data file to be used by NickServ, ChanServ, etc
+# This MUST be a file path.
+# Recommended to use a .db extension because it is an SQLite database
+data-file: /path/to/data/for/ircat.db
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