diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 3cda65e6..db6b231d 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -9,22 +9,6 @@
 # cp: Carpentries (to use for instructor traning for instance)
 carpentry: "cp"
 
-# Overall title for pages.
-title: "Lesson Title"
-
-#Metadata
-# Here you can add metadata to describe your lesson so that people and search engines can understand what it's about. Please try to use fields from the Schema.org CreativeWork type - https://schema.org/CreativeWork
-description:    "This is the template description. Keep me brief (2-3 sentences)"
-keywords:       GitHub, Forking, Collaborative                  # see: https://schema.org/keywords
-audience:       [PostDoc students, Early Career Researchers]    # see: https://schema.org/audience
-license:        "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"  # see: schema.org/license
-author:         [Homer Simpson, Ned Flanders]                   # see: https://schema.org/author
-contributor:    [Barney Gumball, Dr Nick Riviera]               # see: https://schema.org/contributor
-timeRequired:   "1 hour"                                        # see: https://schema.org/timeRequired
-learningResourceType: "lesson plan"                             # see: https://schema.org/learningResourceType
-citation:       "How to cite a Training Material, John Smith et al, 2015" # see: https://schema.org/citation
-dateCreated:    2016-05-01        
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # Generic settings (should not need to change).
 #------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/_data/lesson.yml b/_data/lesson.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4dfbc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/lesson.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Overall title for pages.
+title: "Lesson Title"
+
+#Metadata
+# Here you can add metadata to describe your lesson so that people and search engines can understand what it's about. Please try to use fields from the Schema.org CreativeWork type - https://schema.org/CreativeWork
+description:    "This is the template description. Keep me brief (2-3 sentences)"
+keywords:       GitHub, Forking, Collaborative                  # see: https://schema.org/keywords
+audience:       [PostDoc students, Early Career Researchers]    # see: https://schema.org/audience
+license:        "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"  # see: schema.org/license
+author:         [Homer Simpson, Ned Flanders]                   # see: https://schema.org/author
+contributor:    [Barney Gumball, Dr Nick Riviera]               # see: https://schema.org/contributor
+timeRequired:   "1 hour"                                        # see: https://schema.org/timeRequired
+learningResourceType: "lesson plan"                             # see: https://schema.org/learningResourceType
+citation:       "How to cite a Training Material, John Smith et al, 2015" # see: https://schema.org/citation
+dateCreated:    2016-05-01        
diff --git a/_includes/episode_navbar.html b/_includes/episode_navbar.html
index c2bc80e8..26ab7fb2 100644
--- a/_includes/episode_navbar.html
+++ b/_includes/episode_navbar.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ <h3 class="text-left">
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-10">
     {% if include.episode_navbar_title %}
-    <h3 class="maintitle"><a href="{{ page.root }}/">{{ site.title }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="maintitle"><a href="{{ page.root }}/">{{ site.data.lesson.title }}</a></h3>
     {% endif %}
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-1">
diff --git a/_includes/favicons.html b/_includes/favicons.html
index 4ea6742d..b57c7052 100644
--- a/_includes/favicons.html
+++ b/_includes/favicons.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="{{ favicon_url }}/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="{{ favicon_url }}/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="{{ favicon_url }}/favicon-128.png" sizes="128x128" />
-    <meta name="application-name" content="{{ carpentry }} - {{ site.title }}"/>
+    <meta name="application-name" content="{{ carpentry }} - {{ site.data.lesson.title }}"/>
     <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#FFFFFF" />
     <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="{{ favicon_url }}/mstile-144x144.png" />
     <meta name="msapplication-square70x70logo" content="{{ favicon_url }}/mstile-70x70.png" />
diff --git a/_includes/main_title.html b/_includes/main_title.html
index d007abae..69b955a7 100644
--- a/_includes/main_title.html
+++ b/_includes/main_title.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {% comment %}
   Main title for lesson pages.
 {% endcomment %}
-<h1 class="maintitle"><a href="{{ page.root }}{% link index.md %}">{{ site.title }}</a>{% if page.title %}: {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</h1>
+<h1 class="maintitle"><a href="{{ page.root }}{% link index.md %}">{{ site.data.lesson.title }}</a>{% if page.title %}: {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</h1>
diff --git a/_includes/schema_org.html b/_includes/schema_org.html
index 0a196378..e5c22af9 100644
--- a/_includes/schema_org.html
+++ b/_includes/schema_org.html
@@ -6,34 +6,34 @@
        "@context": "http://schema.org/",
        "@type": "creativeWork",
        "genre": "trainingMaterial",
-       "name": "{{site.title}}",
-       "description": "{{site.description}}",
-       "keywords": "{{site.keywords}}",
+       "name": "{{site.data.lesson.title}}",
+       "description": "{{site.data.lesson.description}}",
+       "keywords": "{{site.data.lesson.keywords}}",
        "audience": [
-          {% for audience in site.audience %}{
+          {% for audience in site.data.lesson.audience %}{
            "@type": "Audience",
            "name": "{{audience}}"
           }{% if forloop.last %}{%else%},{%endif%}
           {% endfor %}
        ],
-       "license": "{{site.licence}}",
+       "license": "{{site.data.lesson.licence}}",
        "author": [
-         {% for author in site.author %}{
+         {% for author in site.data.lesson.author %}{
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "{{author}}"
           }{% if forloop.last %}{%else%},{%endif%}
           {% endfor %}
       ],
        "contributor": [
-         {% for contributor in site.contributor %}{
+         {% for contributor in site.data.lesson.contributor %}{
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "{{contributor}}"
           }{% if forloop.last %}{%else%},{%endif%}
           {% endfor %}
       ],
-       "timeRequired": "{{site.timeRequired}}",
-       "learningResourceType": "{{site.learningResourceType}}",
-       "citation": "{{site.citation}}",
-       "dateCreated" : "{{site.dateCreated}}"
+       "timeRequired": "{{site.data.lesson.timeRequired}}",
+       "learningResourceType": "{{site.data.lesson.learningResourceType}}",
+       "citation": "{{site.data.lesson.citation}}",
+       "dateCreated" : "{{site.data.lesson.dateCreated}}"
     }
-    </script>
\ No newline at end of file
+    </script>
diff --git a/_layouts/base.html b/_layouts/base.html
index 99d65674..8c3e1649 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.html
+++ b/_layouts/base.html
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
 	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
 	<![endif]-->
-    <title>{{ site.title }}{% if page.title %}: {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
+    <title>{{ site.data.lesson.title }}{% if page.title %}: {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
+{% include schema_org.html %}
   </head>
   <body>
     <div class="container">
diff --git a/_layouts/lesson.html b/_layouts/lesson.html
index b17c3882..7d566cd1 100644
--- a/_layouts/lesson.html
+++ b/_layouts/lesson.html
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 layout: base
 ---
 {% include main_title.html %}
-{% include schema_org.html %}
 {{ content }}
 {% include syllabus.html %}