diff --git a/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/economy/backend/type/EconomyStorageBackendJSON.java b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/economy/backend/type/EconomyStorageBackendJSON.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..255bcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/economy/backend/type/EconomyStorageBackendJSON.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.backend.type;
+
+import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.economable.Economable;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Created by appledash on 1/22/17.
+ * Blackjack is best pony.
+ */
+public class EconomyStorageBackendJSON extends EconomyStorageBackendCaching {
+    private final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().serializeNulls().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+    private File file;
+
+    public EconomyStorageBackendJSON(File file) {
+        this.file = file;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setBalance(Economable economable, double newBalance) {
+        balances.put(economable.getUniqueIdentifier(), newBalance);
+        saveDatabase();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void reloadDatabase() {
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            balances = new ConcurrentHashMap<>((Map)gson.fromJson(new FileReader(file), new TypeToken<Map<String, Double>>(){}.getType()));
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load database!", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void waitUntilFlushed() {
+        // NOOP - Database is saved on every change.
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void saveDatabase() {
+        try (BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, false))) {
+            bufferedWriter.write(gson.toJson(balances));
+            bufferedWriter.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to save database", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/utils/SaneEconomyConfiguration.java b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/utils/SaneEconomyConfiguration.java
index 41f6d48..cd3500b 100644
--- a/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/utils/SaneEconomyConfiguration.java
+++ b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/java/org/appledash/saneeconomy/utils/SaneEconomyConfiguration.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.Currency;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.EconomyManager;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.backend.EconomyStorageBackend;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.backend.type.EconomyStorageBackendFlatfile;
+import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.backend.type.EconomyStorageBackendJSON;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.backend.type.EconomyStorageBackendMySQL;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.economable.EconomableGeneric;
 import org.appledash.saneeconomy.economy.logger.TransactionLogger;
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ public class SaneEconomyConfiguration {
             File backendFile = new File(saneEconomy.getDataFolder(), backendFileName);
             backend = new EconomyStorageBackendFlatfile(backendFile);
             logger.info("Initialized flatfile backend with file " + backendFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        } else if (backendType.equalsIgnoreCase("json")) {
+            String backendFileName = config.getString("file", "economy.json");
+            File backendFile = new File(saneEconomy.getDataFolder(), backendFileName);
+            backend = new EconomyStorageBackendJSON(backendFile);
+            logger.info("Initialized JSON backend with file " + backendFile.getAbsolutePath());
         } else if (backendType.equalsIgnoreCase("mysql")) {
             EconomyStorageBackendMySQL mySQLBackend = new EconomyStorageBackendMySQL(loadCredentials(config));
 
diff --git a/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/resources/config.yml b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 2e07f88..61dcdf5 100644
--- a/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/SaneEconomyCore/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 backend:
-  type: flatfile
+  type: json
 
 currency:
   name: