diff --git a/mnist.py b/mnist.py
index d6bed0f..4466052 100644
--- a/mnist.py
+++ b/mnist.py
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 
 training_data = datasets.MNIST(
-    root="data",
+    root=".data",
     train=True,
     download=True,
     transform=ToTensor(),
 )
 
 test_data = datasets.MNIST(
-    root="data",
+    root=".data",
     train=False,
     download=True,
     transform=ToTensor(),