diff --git a/selfprivacy_api/backup/__init__.py b/selfprivacy_api/backup/__init__.py
index e69de29..ff9bb2d 100644
--- a/selfprivacy_api/backup/__init__.py
+++ b/selfprivacy_api/backup/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from abc import ABC
+
+class AbstractBackuper(ABC):
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
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diff --git a/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/backblaze.py b/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/backblaze.py
index e69de29..6dfa1a7 100644
--- a/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/backblaze.py
+++ b/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/backblaze.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from .provider import AbstractBackupProvider
+from selfprivacy_api.backup.restic_backuper import ResticBackuper
+
+
+class Backblaze(AbstractBackupProvider):
+    backuper = ResticBackuper()
diff --git a/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/provider.py b/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/provider.py
index e69de29..9bd8a60 100644
--- a/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/provider.py
+++ b/selfprivacy_api/backup/providers/provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""
+An abstract class for BackBlaze, S3 etc.
+It assumes that while some providers are supported via restic/rclone, others may
+require different backends
+"""
+from abc import ABC
+from selfprivacy_api.backup import AbstractBackuper
+
+
+class AbstractBackupProvider(ABC):
+    @property
+    def backuper(self) -> AbstractBackuper:
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py b/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1775ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfprivacy_api/backup/restic_backuper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from selfprivacy_api.backup import AbstractBackuper
+
+
+class ResticBackuper(AbstractBackuper):
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass