diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 617335c05b..5f96a22f18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts
 go 1.13
 
 require (
+	github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.18+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/micro/cli v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f8748c4b58..0d49beb037 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJS
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20160202185014-0b12d6b521d8/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
+github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0 h1:VKV+ZcuP6l3yW9doeqz6ziZGgcynBVQO+obU0+0hcPo=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/joncalhoun/qson v0.0.0-20170526102502-8a9cab3a62b1/go.mod h1:DFXrEwSRX0p/aSvxE21319menCBFeQO0jXpRj7LEZUA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v0.0.0-20180612202835-f2b4162afba3/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
diff --git a/pkg/account/accounts.go b/pkg/account/accounts.go
index 2760e145a6..4fa0fb09b7 100644
--- a/pkg/account/accounts.go
+++ b/pkg/account/accounts.go
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 package account
 
-// Account is an accounts service interface
-type Account interface {
+import "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/config"
+
+var (
+	// Registry uses the strategy pattern as a registry
+	Registry = map[string]RegisterFunc{}
+
+	// DefaultManager defines the default accounts manager
+	DefaultManager = "filesystem"
+)
+
+// RegisterFunc stores store constructors
+type RegisterFunc func(*config.Config) Manager
+
+// Manager is an accounts service interface
+type Manager interface {
 	// Read a record
-	Read(key string) (*Record, error)
+	Read(key string) *Record
 	// Write a record
-	Write(Record) Record
+	Write(*Record) *Record
 	// List all records
 	List() []*Record
 }
diff --git a/pkg/command/root.go b/pkg/command/root.go
index 972cdd2cb2..1dc3777ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/micro/cli"
-	_ "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/registry"
+	// init store manager
+	_ "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/store"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-hello/pkg/version"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/command/server.go b/pkg/command/server.go
index 9ed90f3986..6bec060c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func Server() cli.Command {
 			gr.Add(func() error {
 				return service.Run()
 			}, func(_ error) {
-
 				fmt.Println("shutting down grpc server")
 				cancel()
 			})
diff --git a/pkg/micro/grpc/grpc.go b/pkg/micro/grpc/grpc.go
index 20e9b41a25..874b69e2d5 100644
--- a/pkg/micro/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/pkg/micro/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package grpc
 
-// package grpc uses `ocis-pkg` to start a go-micro service
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/proto/v0"
 	svc "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/service/v0"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/service/grpc"
 )
 
-// NewService initializes a new go-micro service ready to run
+// NewService creates a grpc service
 func NewService(c context.Context) grpc.Service {
 	service := grpc.NewService(
 		grpc.Name("accounts"),
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ func NewService(c context.Context) grpc.Service {
 		grpc.Context(c),
 	)
 
-	// add a handler to the service
-	hdlr := svc.New()
+	hdlr := svc.New(config.New())
 	proto.RegisterSettingsServiceHandler(service.Server(), hdlr)
 
 	service.Init()
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registry.go b/pkg/registry/registry.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dae9ba8f1..0000000000
--- a/pkg/registry/registry.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Package registry provides accessors to runtime services
-package registry
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	mstore "github.com/micro/go-micro/v2/store"
-	store "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/store/filesystem"
-)
-
-var (
-	once *sync.Once = &sync.Once{}
-	// Store is a micro store implementation
-	Store mstore.Store
-)
-
-func init() {
-	once.Do(func() {
-		Store = store.New()
-	})
-}
diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index 79b4bb4487..c0a7a0eddb 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -3,23 +3,30 @@ package service
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
-	mstore "github.com/micro/go-micro/v2/store"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/account"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/proto/v0"
-
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/registry"
 )
 
 // New returns a new instance of Service
-func New() Service {
-	return Service{}
+func New(cfg *config.Config) Service {
+	fmt.Printf("config type: %T", account.Registry["filesystem"])
+	return Service{
+		Config:  cfg,
+		Manager: account.Registry["filesystem"](cfg), // TODO read this from config
+	}
 }
 
-// Service implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface generated on accounts.pb.micro.go
-type Service struct{}
+// Service implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface
+type Service struct {
+	Config  *config.Config
+	Manager account.Manager
+}
 
-// Set implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface generated on accounts.pb.micro.go
+// Set implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface
 // This implementation replaces the existent data with the requested. It does not calculate diff
 func (s Service) Set(c context.Context, req *proto.Record, res *proto.Record) error {
 	settingsJSON, err := json.Marshal(req.Payload)
@@ -27,45 +34,41 @@ func (s Service) Set(c context.Context, req *proto.Record, res *proto.Record) er
 		return err
 	}
 
-	record := mstore.Record{
+	s.Manager.Write(&account.Record{
 		Key:   req.Key,
 		Value: settingsJSON,
-	}
+	})
 
-	return registry.Store.Write(&record)
+	return nil
 }
 
-// Get implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface generated on accounts.pb.micro.go
+// Get implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface
 func (s Service) Get(c context.Context, req *proto.Query, res *proto.Record) error {
-	contents, err := registry.Store.Read(req.Key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	// contents, err := registry.Store.Read(req.Key)
+	contents := s.Manager.Read(req.Key)
 
-	if len(contents) > 0 {
-		r := &proto.Payload{}
-		json.Unmarshal(contents[0].Value, r)
-		res.Payload = r
-	}
+	r := &proto.Payload{}
+	json.Unmarshal(contents.Value, r)
+	res.Payload = r
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// List implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface generated on accounts.pb.micro.go
+// List implements the SettingsServiceHandler interface
 func (s Service) List(ctx context.Context, in *empty.Empty, res *proto.Records) error {
-	r := &proto.Records{}
-	contents, err := registry.Store.List()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	// r := &proto.Records{}
+	// contents, err := registry.Store.List()
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
 
-	for _, v := range contents {
-		r.Records = append(r.Records, &proto.Record{
-			Key: v.Key,
-		})
-	}
+	// for _, v := range contents {
+	// 	r.Records = append(r.Records, &proto.Record{
+	// 		Key: v.Key,
+	// 	})
+	// }
 
-	res.Records = r.Records
+	// res.Records = r.Records
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/store/filesystem/store.go b/pkg/store/filesystem/store.go
index 2b2691494f..d27d4d2ef9 100644
--- a/pkg/store/filesystem/store.go
+++ b/pkg/store/filesystem/store.go
@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 package store
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	mstore "github.com/micro/go-micro/v2/store"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/account"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/config"
 	olog "github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/log"
 )
 
+var (
+	// StoreName is the default name for the accounts store
+	StoreName string = "ocis-store"
+
+	// managerName
+	managerName = "filesystem"
+)
+
 // StoreName is the default name for the store container
-var StoreName string = "ocis-store"
 
 // Store interacts with the filesystem to manage account information
 type Store struct {
@@ -21,8 +28,8 @@ type Store struct {
 	Logger    olog.Logger
 }
 
-// New returns a new stor. TODO add mountPath as a flag. Accept a *config argument
-func New() *Store {
+// New creates a new store
+func New(cfg *config.Config) account.Manager {
 	s := Store{
 		Logger: olog.NewLogger(),
 	}
@@ -43,68 +50,55 @@ func New() *Store {
 	return &s
 }
 
-// Init implements the store interface
-func (s Store) Init(...mstore.Option) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // List returns all the identities in the mountPath folder
-func (s Store) List() ([]*mstore.Record, error) {
-	records := []*mstore.Record{}
+func (s Store) List() []*account.Record {
+	records := []*account.Record{}
 	identities, err := ioutil.ReadDir(s.mountPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.Logger.Err(err).Msgf("error reading %v", s.mountPath)
+		return records
 	}
 
 	s.Logger.Info().Msg("listing identities")
 	for _, v := range identities {
-		records = append(records, &mstore.Record{
+		records = append(records, &account.Record{
 			Key: v.Name(),
 		})
 	}
 
-	return records, nil
+	return records
 }
 
 // Read implements the store interface. This implementation only reads by id.
-func (s Store) Read(key string, opts ...mstore.ReadOption) ([]*mstore.Record, error) {
+func (s Store) Read(key string) *account.Record {
 	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(s.mountPath, key))
 	if err != nil {
 		s.Logger.Err(err).Msgf("error reading contents of key %v: file not found", key)
-		return []*mstore.Record{}, err
+		return &account.Record{}
 	}
 
-	return []*mstore.Record{
-		&mstore.Record{
-			Key:   key,
-			Value: contents,
-		},
-	}, nil
+	return &account.Record{
+		Key:   key,
+		Value: contents,
+	}
 }
 
 // Write implements the store interface
-func (s Store) Write(rec *mstore.Record) error {
+func (s Store) Write(rec *account.Record) *account.Record {
 	path := filepath.Join(s.mountPath, rec.Key)
 
 	if len(rec.Key) < 1 {
 		s.Logger.Error().Msg("key cannot be empty")
-		return fmt.Errorf("%v", "key is empty")
+		return &account.Record{}
 	}
 
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, rec.Value, 0644); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return &account.Record{}
 	}
 
 	s.Logger.Info().Msgf("%v bytes written to %v", len(rec.Value), path)
-	return nil
+	return rec
 }
-
-// Delete implements the store interface
-func (s Store) Delete(key string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-// String implements the store interface, and the stringer interface
-func (s Store) String() string {
-	return "store"
+func init() {
+	account.Registry[managerName] = New
 }
diff --git a/pkg/store/registry.go b/pkg/store/registry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4a32c66d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/store/registry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/owncloud/ocis-accounts/pkg/store/filesystem"
+)