diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/App.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/App.java
index e06a54c..d00a1a6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/App.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/App.java
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ public class App {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         System.out.println(new App().getGreeting());
+        FileIO io = new FileIO();
+        Tournament tournament= new Tournamenttest("hello");
+        io.saveTournament(tournament);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/FileIO.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/FileIO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca86b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/FileIO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package ch.zhaw.projekt2.turnierverwaltung;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+public class FileIO {
+    File saveDir;
+    File saves;
+
+
+    public FileIO() {
+        String savePath = System.getProperty("user.dir")+File.separator+"tournierverwaltung_angrynerds";
+        this.saveDir = new File(savePath);
+        saves = new File(saveDir, "saves");
+    }
+
+    public void getList() {
+
+    }
+
+    public void loadTournament(Tournament tournament) {
+
+    }
+
+    public void saveTournament(Tournament tournament) {
+        File newSave = new File(saves, tournament.getName()+".txt");
+        try {
+            newSave.createNewFile();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        try {
+            ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(newSave));
+            out.writeObject(tournament);
+            out.close();
+            System.out.println("Save File" + tournament.getName()+".txt being saved to " + saves.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public void getTournament(String storageSpace) {
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Tournament.java b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Tournament.java
index c6d6211..4b6b8de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Tournament.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ch/zhaw/projekt2/turnierverwaltung/Tournament.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package ch.zhaw.projekt2.turnierverwaltung;
 
-public abstract class Tournament {
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public abstract class Tournament implements Serializable {
     private String name;
 
     public Tournament(String name){