diff --git a/_config/utils.js b/_config/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 387ae1e..0000000
--- a/_config/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-const TIME_ZONE = "America/Santiago";
-const defaultLanguage = "en";
-
-module.exports = {
-    TIME_ZONE,
-    defaultLanguage
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 3ab00b8..83b0a5e 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-const { TIME_ZONE, defaultLanguage } = require("./_config/utils");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const toml = require("@iarna/toml");
+
 const addDateParsing = require("./_config/date");
 const addFilters = require("./_config/filters");
 const addPlugins = require("./_config/plugins");
 
 module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
+    let siteData;
+    const siteToml = fs.readFileSync(
+            path.join(__dirname, "_data", "site.toml"),
+            "utf-8"
+        );
+    siteData = toml.parse(siteToml);
+
+    eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("site", siteData);
+
     eleventyConfig.setLayoutsDirectory("_layouts");
 
     eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("img");
@@ -13,15 +25,9 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
     eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("robots.txt");
     eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("roms");
 
-    // add global site data for templates
-    // TODO: move _config/utils.js and global site data to _data/meta.toml
-    eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("site", {
-        defaultLocale: defaultLanguage
-    });
-
-    addDateParsing(eleventyConfig, { TIME_ZONE });
-    addFilters(eleventyConfig, { TIME_ZONE, defaultLanguage });
-    addPlugins(eleventyConfig, { defaultLanguage });
+    addDateParsing(eleventyConfig, { TIME_ZONE: siteData.timezone });
+    addFilters(eleventyConfig, { TIME_ZONE: siteData.timezone, defaultLanguage: siteData.default_language });
+    addPlugins(eleventyConfig, { defaultLanguage: siteData.default_language });
 
     return {
         markdownTemplateEngine: "njk",