diff --git a/js/search.js b/js/search.js
index 3ba369dac..3cd5844fb 100644
--- a/js/search.js
+++ b/js/search.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const display_search_results = function(searchable_catalog) {
 window.onload = function() {
         // smart quotes
         document.getElementById("searchTerm").innerHTML = "“" + search_term + "”";
-        fetch("searchable_catalog.json")
+        fetch("json/searchable_catalog.json")
                 .then(r => r.json())
                 .then(display_search_results);
 }
diff --git a/js/search_helper.js b/js/search_helper.js
index 34c5e3168..9295938f0 100644
--- a/js/search_helper.js
+++ b/js/search_helper.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const search_helper = async function(event,from_course_page = true) {
 
                 // check if "ABCD-1345" is a real course code
                 const course_exists = await fetch(
-                                from_course_page ? "../courses_list.json" : "courses_list.json"
+                                from_course_page ? "../json/courses_list.json" : "json/courses_list.json"
                         )
                         .then(list => list.json())
                         .then(list => list.includes(code_str));