diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b923906..6d9e4b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ public.eac
 styles/
 .vale.ini
 .webmentiond-token
+data/*.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a4c5b1..3cb4a17 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ csv/webrings.csv:
 hugo: csv/webrings.csv $(SRCFILES)
 	sh scripts/get-token.sh
 	hugo -b $(HUGO_BASEURL) $(HUGO_FLAGS) -d $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	rm .webmentiond-token
 	mv $(OUTPUT_DIR)/about/_index.gmi $(OUTPUT_DIR)/about/index.gmi
 
 # .hintrc-local for linting local files
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ hugo: csv/webrings.csv $(SRCFILES)
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(OUTPUT_DIR) .lighthouseci lighthouse-reports mentions.json
+	rm -rf $(OUTPUT_DIR) .lighthouseci lighthouse-reports mentions.json data/webmentions.json
 
 .PHONY: lint-css
 lint-css: $(CSS_DIR)/*.css
diff --git a/data/.webmentions-will-go-here b/data/.webmentions-will-go-here
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/layouts/partials/webmentions.html b/layouts/partials/webmentions.html
index c2e05d1..f7ac339 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/webmentions.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/webmentions.html
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
 <p>This site supports <a href="https://indieweb.org/webmention">Webmentions</a>, a backlink-based alternative to traditional comment forms.</p>
 {{ partial "webmention-form.html" . }}
 {{- /* Fetch all webmentions with bearer token */ -}}
-	{{ $bearer_token := "" }}
-	{{- with readFile ".webmentiond-token" -}}
-		{{- $auth := printf "Bearer %s" . -}}
-		{{- $bearer_token = dict "Authorization" $auth -}}
-	{{- end -}}
-	{{- $mentionsURL := "https://seirdy.one/webmentions/manage/mentions?limit=9999&status=approved" -}}
-	{{- $allMentions := (getJSON $mentionsURL $bearer_token).items -}}
+{{- $allMentions := (index .Site.Data "webmentions").items -}}
 {{- /* Filter webmentions to just the ones for the current targets */ -}}
 	{{- $canonicalRelPermalink := .RelPermalink | replaceRE "^/~seirdy/" "/" -}}
 	{{- $target := printf "%s%s" .Site.Params.CanonicalBaseURL $canonicalRelPermalink -}}
diff --git a/scripts/get-token.sh b/scripts/get-token.sh
index ab06162..91fcaca 100644
--- a/scripts/get-token.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-token.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ key="$(_key)"
 set -u 
 
 # just a lil curl wrapper I use on seirdy.one
-ccurl() {
-	curl --proto "=https" --proto-default https --tlsv1.3 --cert-status --compressed $*
-}
+alias ccurl='curl --proto "=https" --proto-default https --tlsv1.3 --cert-status --compressed'
 
 _token() {
 	ccurl -sX POST https://seirdy.one/webmentions/authenticate/access-key -d "key=$key"
@@ -29,4 +27,5 @@ _token() {
 token="$(_token)"
 
 set +u
-printf '%s' "$token" >.webmentiond-token
+ccurl -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" 'https://seirdy.one/webmentions/manage/mentions?limit=9999&status=approved' >data/webmentions.json
+# printf '%s' "$token" >.webmentiond-token