diff --git a/lib/generators/install/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/install/install_generator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f1fce26..0000000
--- a/lib/generators/install/install_generator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-require "rails/generators"
-
-module Merged
-  module Generators
-    class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
-      source_root File.expand_path("templates", __dir__)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/generators/install/USAGE b/lib/generators/merged/install/USAGE
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/generators/install/USAGE
rename to lib/generators/merged/install/USAGE
diff --git a/lib/generators/merged/install/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/merged/install/install_generator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80dbf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/merged/install/install_generator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require "merged"
+require "rails/generators"
+
+module Merged
+  class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
+    source_root File.expand_path("templates", __dir__)
+
+    def install
+      [:card_styles, :option_definitions, :page_styles , :section_styles,
+      :cards, :sections , :pages].each do |file|
+        copy_file "empty.yml", "merged/#{file}.yml"
+      end
+      empty_directory Merged::Image.asset_root
+      empty_directory Merged.data_dir + "/merged"
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/empty.yml b/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/empty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ee34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/empty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---[]
diff --git a/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/initializer.rb b/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/initializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..013f49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/merged/install/templates/initializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require "merged"
+
+# directory inside /app/assets/images where the images are kept
+Merged.images_dir = "cms"
+
+# directory where data and styles are kept
+# Notice that the data is ALWAYS inside a merged directory,
+# so in the default case Rails.root/merged/*.yml
+Merged.data_dir = "."
diff --git a/lib/merged.rb b/lib/merged.rb
index d55713a..83d50ed 100644
--- a/lib/merged.rb
+++ b/lib/merged.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 require "merged/version"
 require "merged/engine"
-require "generators/install/install_generator"
+require "generators/merged/install/install_generator"
 require "generators/merged/update/update_generator"
 
 module Merged
 
   # Directory inside the app/assets/images
-  mattr_accessor :image_path
-  @@image_path = "cms"
+  mattr_accessor :images_dir
+  @@images_dir = "cms"
 
   # directory in root to store data
-  mattr_accessor :data_path
-  @@image_path = "merged"
+  mattr_accessor :data_dir
+  @@data_dir = "."
 
   def self.load_data
     # pre-load data