diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/logic/Logic.java
index 17afd61a0..abe862458 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;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 public class Logic {
 
 
-    private StorageFile storage;
+    private Storage storage;
     private AddressBook addressBook;
 
     /** The list of person shown to the user most recently.  */
@@ -28,12 +29,12 @@ 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;
     }
 
@@ -42,14 +43,14 @@ void setAddressBook(AddressBook addressBook){
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates the StorageFile object based on the user specified path (if any) or the default storage path.
+     * Creates the Storage object based on the user specified path (if any) or the default storage path.
      * @throws StorageFile.InvalidStorageFilePathException if the target file path is incorrect.
      */
-    private StorageFile initializeStorage() throws StorageFile.InvalidStorageFilePathException {
-        return new StorageFile();
+    private Storage initializeStorage() throws StorageFile.InvalidStorageFilePathException {
+        return new StorageFile();//I'm not sure how to get rid of this coupling
     }
 
-    public String getStorageFilePath() {
+    public String getStoragePath() {
         return storage.getPath();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5c706eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/Storage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package seedu.addressbook.storage;
+
+import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile.StorageOperationException;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the file used to store address book data.
+ */
+public abstract class Storage {
+	public abstract AddressBook load() throws StorageOperationException;
+	public abstract void save(AddressBook addressBook) throws StorageOperationException;
+	public abstract String getPath();
+}
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
index 693097a86..5a3ab661c 100644
--- a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFile.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /**
  * 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";
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce942532b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package seedu.addressbook.storage;
+
+import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile.StorageOperationException;
+
+public class StorageStub extends Storage {
+	
+	private String path;
+	
+	public StorageStub(String path) {
+		this.path = path;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void save(AddressBook addressBook) throws StorageOperationException {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public AddressBook load() throws StorageOperationException {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getPath() {
+		return path;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/seedu/addressbook/ui/Gui.java b/src/seedu/addressbook/ui/Gui.java
index ed21989a4..396120b8f 100644
--- a/src/seedu/addressbook/ui/Gui.java
+++ b/src/seedu/addressbook/ui/Gui.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public Gui(Logic logic, String version) {
 
     public void start(Stage stage, Stoppable mainApp) throws IOException {
         mainWindow = createMainWindow(stage, mainApp);
-        mainWindow.displayWelcomeMessage(version, logic.getStorageFilePath());
+        mainWindow.displayWelcomeMessage(version, logic.getStoragePath());
     }
 
     private MainWindow createMainWindow(Stage stage, Stoppable mainApp) throws IOException{
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);