diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index e369b7ea..1f31aa51 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
     eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter(filterName, filters[filterName])
   })
   eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter('dateToRfc822', pluginRss.dateToRfc822)
-  eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter('absoluteUrl', pluginRss.absoluteUrl)
   eleventyConfig.addFilter('slugify', slugifyString)
 
   // shortcodes
diff --git a/config/filters/index.js b/config/filters/index.js
index 419d3646..71178239 100644
--- a/config/filters/index.js
+++ b/config/filters/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
 import markdownIt from 'markdown-it'
 import { URL } from 'url'
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+const metaData = require('../../src/_data/json/meta.json')
 
 const utmPattern = /[?&](utm_[^&=]+=[^&#]*)/gi
 const BASE_URL = 'https://coryd.dev'
@@ -90,6 +94,13 @@ export default {
     if (!url || !posts) return null;
     return posts[url]?.toots?.[0] || null;
   },
+  absoluteUrl: (url, base) => {
+    if (!base) base = metaData.url
+    try {
+      return (new URL(url, base)).toString()
+    } catch(e) {}
+    return url;
+  },
 
   // feeds
   normalizeEntries: (entries) => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 37799e81..b26ecdd0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "coryd.dev",
-  "version": "6.0.3",
+  "version": "6.0.4",
   "description": "The source for my personal site. Built using 11ty and hosted on Netlify.",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/_data/json/meta.json b/src/_data/json/meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a486b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_data/json/meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "siteName": "Cory Dransfeldt",
+  "siteDescription": "I'm a software developer in Camarillo, California. I enjoy hanging out with my beautiful family and 4 rescue dogs, technology, automation, music, writing, reading and tv and movies.",
+  "author": "Cory Dransfeldt",
+  "email": "coryd@hey.com",
+  "url": "https://coryd.dev",
+  "themeColor": "#3b82f6",
+  "siteType": "Person",
+  "locale": "en_US",
+  "lang": "en",
+  "meta_data": {
+    "opengraph_default": "https://coryd.dev/assets/img/logo.webp"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/_data/meta.js b/src/_data/meta.js
index b5196fbc..21116b5f 100644
--- a/src/_data/meta.js
+++ b/src/_data/meta.js
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-export default {
-  siteName: 'Cory Dransfeldt',
-  siteDescription:
-    "I'm a software developer in Camarillo, California. I enjoy hanging out with my beautiful family and 4 rescue dogs, technology, automation, music, writing, reading and tv and movies.",
-  author: 'Cory Dransfeldt',
-  email: 'coryd@hey.com',
-  url: 'https://coryd.dev',
-  themeColor: '#3b82f6',
-  siteType: 'Person',
-  locale: 'en_US',
-  lang: 'en',
-  meta_data: {
-    opengraph_default: 'https://coryd.dev/assets/img/logo.webp',
-  },
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+const metaData = require('./json/meta.json')
+
+export default async function () {
+  return metaData
 }