diff --git a/_config.yaml b/_config.yaml
index a08ae2f..4543747 100644
--- a/_config.yaml
+++ b/_config.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defaults:
       layout: post
   # markdown files in /_project_data
   - scope:
-      type: "project_data"
+      type: "projects"
     values:
       layout: post
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ collections:
   posts:
     output: true
   # generate page for each project post
-  project_data:
+  projects:
     output: true
 
 # jekyll plugins
diff --git a/_data/projects.yaml b/_data/projects.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3eb2a7..0000000
--- a/_data/projects.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-- title: Cool Dataset
-  subtitle: a subtitle
-  group: featured
-  image: images/photo.jpg
-  link: https://github.com/
-  description: Lorem ipsum _dolor sit amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-  repo: greenelab/lab-website-template
-  tags:
-    - resource
-
-- title: Cool Package
-  subtitle: a subtitle
-  group: featured
-  image: images/photo.jpg
-  link: https://github.com/
-  description: Lorem ipsum _dolor sit amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-  repo: greenelab/lab-website-template
-  tags:
-    - resource
-
-- title: Cool Tutorial
-  subtitle: a subtitle
-  image: images/photo.jpg
-  link: https://github.com/
-  description: Lorem ipsum _dolor sit amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-  repo: greenelab/lab-website-template
-  tags:
-    - resource
-    - publication
-
-- title: Cool Web App
-  subtitle: a subtitle
-  image: images/photo.jpg
-  link: https://github.com/
-  description: Lorem ipsum _dolor sit amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-  repo: greenelab/lab-website-template
-  tags:
-    - software
-
-- title: Cool Web Server
-  subtitle: a subtitle
-  image: images/photo.jpg
-  link: https://github.com/
-  description: Lorem ipsum _dolor sit amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
-  repo: greenelab/lab-website-template
-  tags:
-    - software
diff --git a/_project_data/gpt_project.md b/_projects/gpt_project.md
similarity index 100%
rename from _project_data/gpt_project.md
rename to _projects/gpt_project.md
diff --git a/projects/index.md b/project/index.md
similarity index 76%
rename from projects/index.md
rename to project/index.md
index 1789f20..4b59b53 100644
--- a/projects/index.md
+++ b/project/index.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ nav:
   order: 2
   tooltip: Our Ideas, Solutions, and Work
   display: true
-  date: 2021-01-01
 ---
 
 # {% include icon.html icon="fa-solid fa-cubes" %}Projects
@@ -17,4 +16,4 @@ nav:
 
 {% include search-info.html %}
 
-{% include list.html data="project_data" component="post-excerpt" %}
+{% include list.html data="projects" component="post-excerpt" %}