diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd63811..471c5eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
-# ciip-gruppe8-password-manager
+# ciip-grp8-password-manager
 
+## Dependencies
+- productive
+    - java 11
+- development
+    - java 11
+    - maven
+
+## Build jar file artifact
+- requires development dependencies
+
+`mvn package`
+
+## Run jar file artifact
+- requires productive dependencies
+- requires a built jar file to run
+
+`java -jar target/ciip-grp8-password-manager-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar`
+
+## Contributors
+- binsky - Timo Triebensky
+- fdai6352 - Pascal Schubert
+- fdai5728 - Claudia Metzler
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d27a545..5e9fa46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>org.ciip-gruppe8-password-manager</groupId>
-    <artifactId>ciip-gruppe8-password-manager</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.ciip-grp8-password-manager</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ciip-grp8-password-manager</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
@@ -70,9 +70,26 @@
                         <version>5.7.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
-                <!-- <configuration>
-                    <argLine>${argLine}</argLine>
-                </configuration> -->
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+                        <version>5.7.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                            <mainClass>PasswordManager</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/Storage.java b/src/main/java/Storage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2e353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/Storage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class Storage implements StorageInterface {
+    @Override
+    public void export() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void load() {
+
+    }
+
+    public boolean writeFile(String path, String content) {
+        if (!path.isEmpty() && !content.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(path, false));
+                writer.append(content);
+                writer.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public String readFile(String path) {
+        if (!path.isEmpty()) {
+            StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder();
+            try {
+                File f = new File(path);
+                Scanner myReader = new Scanner(f);
+                while (myReader.hasNextLine()) {
+                    data.append(myReader.nextLine());
+                }
+                myReader.close();
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return data.toString();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/StorageInterface.java b/src/main/java/StorageInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..796d12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/StorageInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+public interface StorageInterface {
+    public void export();
+    public void load();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/StorageTest.java b/src/test/java/StorageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f7c595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/StorageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class StorageTest {
+
+    static Storage storage;
+    static String testFilePath = "/tmp/test.txt";
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    static void init() {
+        storage = new Storage();
+
+        if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win")) {
+            testFilePath = "C:\\test.txt";
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterAll
+    static void clear() {
+        File myObj = new File(testFilePath);
+        myObj.delete();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void constructor() {
+        assertInstanceOf(Storage.class, storage);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void export() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void load() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void writeFile() {
+        String content = "test";
+        assertTrue(storage.writeFile(testFilePath, content));
+
+        File f = new File(testFilePath);
+        assertTrue(f.isFile());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void readFile() {
+        String content = "test";
+
+        File f = new File(testFilePath);
+        if (!f.isFile()) {
+            assertTrue(storage.writeFile(testFilePath, content));
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(content, storage.readFile(testFilePath));
+    }
+}
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