diff --git a/apps.json b/apps.json
index 32d11394a..9cf55d1a1 100644
--- a/apps.json
+++ b/apps.json
@@ -3272,10 +3272,8 @@
   "storage": [
     {"name":"hourstrike.app.js","url":"app.js"},
     {"name":"hourstrike.boot.js","url":"boot.js"},
-    {"name":"hourstrike.img","url":"app-icon.js","evaluate":true}
-  ],
-  "data": [
-    {"name":"hourstrike.json"}
+    {"name":"hourstrike.img","url":"app-icon.js","evaluate":true},
+    {"name":"hourstrike.json","url":"hourstrike.json"}
   ]
 },
 { "id": "whereworld",
diff --git a/apps/hourstrike/ChangeLog b/apps/hourstrike/ChangeLog
index d0b064565..09eb45b36 100644
--- a/apps/hourstrike/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/hourstrike/ChangeLog
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 0.05: Add display for the next strike time
 0.06: Move the next strike time to the first row of display
 0.07: Change the boot function to avoid reloading the entire watch
-0.08: Default to no strikes. Fix file-not-found issue during the first boot.
+0.08: Default to no strikes. Fix file-not-found issue during the first boot. Add data file.
diff --git a/apps/hourstrike/app.js b/apps/hourstrike/app.js
index 3d47b7b44..7dc62d440 100644
--- a/apps/hourstrike/app.js
+++ b/apps/hourstrike/app.js
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
 const storage = require('Storage');
-let settings;
+var settings = storage.readJSON('hourstrike.json', 1);
 
 function updateSettings() {
   storage.write('hourstrike.json', settings);
 }
 
-function resetSettings() {
-  settings = {
-    interval: -1,
-    start: 9,
-    end: 21,
-    vlevel: 0.5,
-    next_hour: -1,
-    next_minute: -1,
-  };
-  updateSettings();
-}
-
-settings = storage.readJSON('hourstrike.json', 1);
-if (!settings) resetSettings();
-
 function showMainMenu() {
   var mode_txt = ['Off','1 min','5 min','10 min','1/4 h','1/2 h','1 h'];
   var mode_interval = [-1,60,300,600,900,1800,3600];
diff --git a/apps/hourstrike/boot.js b/apps/hourstrike/boot.js
index b8d44c961..027b8bb5b 100644
--- a/apps/hourstrike/boot.js
+++ b/apps/hourstrike/boot.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (function() {
   function setup () {
     var settings = require('Storage').readJSON('hourstrike.json',1);
-    if (!settings) resetSettings();
     var t = new Date();
     var t_min_sec = t.getMinutes()*60+t.getSeconds();
     var wait_msec = settings.interval>0?(settings.interval-t_min_sec%settings.interval)*1000:-1;
diff --git a/apps/hourstrike/hourstrike.json b/apps/hourstrike/hourstrike.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09b17dc8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hourstrike/hourstrike.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"interval":-1,"start":9,"end":21,"vlevel":0.5,"next_hour":-1,"next_minute":-1}