# Can't find data/json/professions.json in my directory

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-data-json-professions-json-in-my-directory/20406>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-data-json-professions-json-in-my-directory/20406 "2019-06-16T17:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrokenMirror](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/brokenmirror/32/6471_2.png) [@BrokenMirror](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BrokenMirror)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-data-json-professions-json-in-my-directory/20406/1 "2019-06-16T17:40:42Z")

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I want to create a custom Profession so I won’t need to use the Debug menu to manually build a character then figure out how to install the Bionics needed for the idea over a day or so in-game.

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-data-json-professions-json-in-my-directory/20406/2 "2019-06-16T19:11:38Z")

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I don’t know what to tell you. It should be in the data directory, and if you don’t have a data directory, I don’t know how you’re playing the game at all.

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**Author:** ![BrokenMirror](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/brokenmirror/32/6471_2.png) [@BrokenMirror](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BrokenMirror)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-data-json-professions-json-in-my-directory/20406/3 "2019-06-16T21:25:33Z")

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Found it, turns out I was looking for it wrong.