import json
  
  def load_data(filename="data.json"):
    try:
      with open(filename, "r") as f:
        data = json.load(f)
    except FileNotFoundError:
      data = {} # Initialize an empty dictionary if no data file exists
    return data
  def save_data(data, filename="data.json"):
    with open(filename, "w") as f:
      json.dump(data, f)