diff --git a/fileBackend.go b/fileBackend.go
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index 0000000..354f93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fileBackend.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package httpauth
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrMissingFileBackend = errors.New("fileauthbackend: missing backend")
+)
+
+type FileAuthBackend struct {
+	filepath string
+	users    map[string]UserData
+}
+
+func NewFileAuthBackend(filepath string) (b FileAuthBackend, e error) {
+	b.filepath = filepath
+	if _, err := os.Stat(b.filepath); err == nil {
+		file, err := os.Open(b.filepath)
+		defer file.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return b, fmt.Errorf("fileauthbackend: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+		decoder := json.NewDecoder(file)
+		err = decoder.Decode(&b.users)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.users = make(map[string]UserData)
+		}
+	} else {
+		return b, ErrMissingFileBackend
+	}
+	if b.users == nil {
+		b.users = make(map[string]UserData)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) User(username string) (user UserData, e error) {
+	if user, ok := b.users[username]; ok {
+		return user, nil
+	}
+	return user, ErrMissingUser
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) Users() (us []UserData, e error) {
+	for _, user := range b.users {
+		us = append(us, user)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) SaveUser(user UserData) error {
+	b.users[user.Username] = user
+	err := b.save()
+	return err
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) save() error {
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(b.filepath,os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0666)
+	defer file.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("==>%v",err)
+		return errors.New("fileauthbackend: failed to edit auth file")
+	}
+	data, err := json.Marshal(b.users)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("fileauthbackend: save: %v", err))
+	}
+	_,err = file.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("fileauthbackend: save: %v", err))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) DeleteUser(username string) error {
+	_, err := b.User(username)
+	if err == ErrMissingUser {
+		return ErrDeleteNull
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("filebauthbackend: %v", err)
+	}
+	delete(b.users, username)
+	return b.save()
+}
+
+func (b FileAuthBackend) Close() {
+
+}
diff --git a/fileBackend_test.go b/fileBackend_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54fb4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fileBackend_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package httpauth
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+var (
+	filedb = "test.json"
+)
+
+func TestInitFileAuthBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	os.Remove(filedb)
+	b, err := NewFileAuthBackend(filedb)
+	if err != ErrMissingFileBackend {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	// Create test file
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(filedb,os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0666)
+	users:= map[string]UserData{}
+	data, err := json.Marshal(users)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	file.Write(data)
+	file.Close()
+	//
+	b, err = NewFileAuthBackend(filedb)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	if b.filepath != filedb {
+		t.Fatal("File path not saved.")
+	}
+	if len(b.users) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Users initialized with items.")
+	}
+
+	testBackend(t, b)
+}
+
+func TestFileReopen(t *testing.T) {
+	b, err := NewFileAuthBackend(filedb)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	b.Close()
+	b, err = NewFileAuthBackend(filedb)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	testBackend2(t, b)
+}
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