diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java
index 17afd61a0..fa989e8d3 100644
--- a/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
 import seedu.addressbook.data.person.ReadOnlyPerson;
 import seedu.addressbook.parser.Parser;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.Storage;
 import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@
  */
 public class Logic {
 
-
-    private StorageFile storage;
+    private Storage storage;
     private AddressBook addressBook;
 
     /** The list of person shown to the user most recently.  */
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ public Logic() throws Exception{
         setAddressBook(storage.load());
     }
 
-    Logic(StorageFile storageFile, AddressBook addressBook){
-        setStorage(storageFile);
+    Logic(Storage storage, AddressBook addressBook){
+        setStorage(storage);
         setAddressBook(addressBook);
     }
 
-    void setStorage(StorageFile storage){
+    void setStorage(Storage storage){
         this.storage = storage;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74c851299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package seedu.addressbook.storage;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.exception.IllegalValueException;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.Storage.StorageOperationException;
+
+public abstract class Storage {
+
+	protected Path path;
+
+	public Storage() {
+	}
+
+    /* Note: Note the use of nested classes below.
+     * More info https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/nested.html
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Signals that some error has occured while trying to convert and read/write data between the application
+     * and the storage file.
+     */
+    public static class StorageOperationException extends Exception {
+        public StorageOperationException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public abstract void save(AddressBook addressBook) throws StorageOperationException;
+   
+    public abstract AddressBook load() throws StorageOperationException;
+
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path.toString();
+    }
+
+	public void setPath(Path path) {
+		this.path = path;
+	}
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
index 693097a86..099e91cf5 100644
--- a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@
 /**
  * Represents the file used to store address book data.
  */
-public class StorageFile {
+public class StorageFile extends Storage {
 
     /** Default file path used if the user doesn't provide the file name. */
     public static final String DEFAULT_STORAGE_FILEPATH = "addressbook.txt";
 
-    /* Note: Note the use of nested classes below.
-     * More info https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/nested.html
-     */
+    private final JAXBContext jaxbContext;
 
     /**
      * Signals that the given file path does not fulfill the storage filepath constraints.
@@ -33,20 +31,6 @@ public InvalidStorageFilePathException(String message) {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Signals that some error has occured while trying to convert and read/write data between the application
-     * and the storage file.
-     */
-    public static class StorageOperationException extends Exception {
-        public StorageOperationException(String message) {
-            super(message);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private final JAXBContext jaxbContext;
-
-    public final Path path;
-
     /**
      * @throws InvalidStorageFilePathException if the default path is invalid
      */
@@ -64,7 +48,7 @@ public StorageFile(String filePath) throws InvalidStorageFilePathException {
             throw new RuntimeException("jaxb initialisation error");
         }
 
-        path = Paths.get(filePath);
+        setPath(Paths.get(filePath));
         if (!isValidPath(path)) {
             throw new InvalidStorageFilePathException("Storage file should end with '.txt'");
         }
@@ -141,8 +125,4 @@ public AddressBook load() throws StorageOperationException {
         }
     }
 
-    public String getPath() {
-        return path.toString();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c34922f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package seedu.addressbook.storage;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
+
+public class StorageStub extends Storage {
+
+	AddressBook addressBook;
+
+	public StorageStub(String pathString) {
+		setPath(Paths.get(pathString));
+	}
+
+	public StorageStub(Path path) {
+		setPath(path);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void save(AddressBook addressBook) throws StorageOperationException {
+		this.addressBook = addressBook;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public AddressBook load() throws StorageOperationException {
+		return addressBook;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/logic/LogicTest.java b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/logic/LogicTest.java
index 7efa921ca..9127251f3 100644
--- a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/logic/LogicTest.java
+++ b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/logic/LogicTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import seedu.addressbook.data.person.*;
 import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.Tag;
 import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.UniqueTagList;
-import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageStub;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ public class LogicTest {
     @Rule
     public TemporaryFolder saveFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
 
-    private StorageFile saveFile;
+    private StorageStub saveFile;
     private AddressBook addressBook;
     private Logic logic;
 
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        saveFile = new StorageFile(saveFolder.newFile("testSaveFile.txt").getPath());
+        saveFile = new StorageStub(saveFolder.newFile("testSaveFile.txt").getPath());
         addressBook = new AddressBook();
         saveFile.save(addressBook);
         logic = new Logic(saveFile, addressBook);
diff --git a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java
index 1bd6fcab3..a321670c5 100644
--- a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java
+++ b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Phone;
 import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.Tag;
 import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.UniqueTagList;
-import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile.StorageOperationException;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.Storage.StorageOperationException;
 import static seedu.addressbook.util.TestUtil.assertTextFilesEqual;
 
 public class StorageFileTest {