datapack doesn't work

[snow mountain]

I tried to make a my first datapack and the first thing I did was make a message in the load.mc function but when I loaded into the world it didn't work does anyone have some suggestions what the problem could be? here's what I wrote: say welcome to the coalsword datapack

[stray storm]

Show your folder structure?

[south dust]

can you show the contents of your load.json tag?

and your pack.mcmeta

[south dust]

for what minecraft version are you making this datapack?

[snow mountain]

1.21

[south dust]

just the base 1.21? not something like 1.21.1 or so?

[snow mountain]

just the base

[south dust]

Ok, where is your root folder located?

[snow mountain]

in my minecraft world under datapacks

[south dust]

if you do /datapacks list does your datapack show in the list?

[snow mountain]

wait a sec

yes it does

[south dust]

hmm did you do /reload to reload your datapack?

[snow mountain]

yes

didn't work

oh wait

I just tried again and it somehow worked

thanks for the help

[south dust]

oh well, you probably just didn't reload hard enough

happens to the best of us :P

[snow mountain]

next time I'll try harder (:

[south dust]

lmao

[snow mountain]

I'll train to become the strongest reloader