diff --git a/corrlib/data_backend/databackend.py b/corrlib/data_backend/databackend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad9fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corrlib/data_backend/databackend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import .datalad as dl
+
+
+class DataBackend:
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_file(self, data, file):
+        pass
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diff --git a/corrlib/data_backend/datalad.py b/corrlib/data_backend/datalad.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ccf1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corrlib/data_backend/datalad.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import datalad.api as dl
+import os
+from corrlib.data_backend.databackend import 
+
+def DLBackend()
+
+def get_file(path, file):
+    if file == "backlogger.db":
+        print("Downloading database...")
+    else:
+        print("Downloading data...")
+    dl.get(os.path.join(path, file), dataset=path)
+    print("> downloaded file")
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diff --git a/corrlib/initialization.py b/corrlib/initialization.py
index 24a45ca..03e7f3f 100644
--- a/corrlib/initialization.py
+++ b/corrlib/initialization.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from configparser import ConfigParser
 import sqlite3
 import datalad.api as dl
 import os
-import .tracker as tr
+import tracker as tr
 
 
 def _create_db(db: str) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_import_project.py b/tests/test_import_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29