diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 199a6af..97e635c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
             <version>20200518</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <!-- DATABASING -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
index 52fe507..4a76671 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import me.totalfreedom.plex.cache.SQLPlayerData;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.config.Config;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.handlers.CommandHandler;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.handlers.ListenerHandler;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment.PunishmentManager;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.rank.RankManager;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.storage.MongoConnection;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.storage.RedisConnection;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ public class Plex extends JavaPlugin
 
     private RankManager rankManager;
 
+    private PunishmentManager punishmentManager;
+
     private AdminList adminList;
 
     public static Plex get()
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ public class Plex extends JavaPlugin
         rankManager.importDefaultRanks();
         PlexLog.log("Rank Manager initialized");
 
+        punishmentManager = new PunishmentManager();
+        PlexLog.log("Punishment Manager initialized");
+
         adminList = new AdminList();
 
         generateWorlds();
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/DataUtils.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/DataUtils.java
index df3b7c2..03592c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/DataUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/DataUtils.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 
 public class DataUtils
 {
+                /* PLEX PLAYER METHODS */
+
     public static boolean hasPlayedBefore(UUID uuid)
     {
         if (Plex.get().getStorageType() == StorageType.MONGO)
@@ -64,4 +66,6 @@ public class DataUtils
         }
     }
 
+    /*           REDIS METHODS AT ONE POINT FOR BANS, AND JSON METHODS FOR PUNISHMENTS       */
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/listener/impl/PlayerListener.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/listener/impl/PlayerListener.java
index 909dc05..5388f22 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/listener/impl/PlayerListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/listener/impl/PlayerListener.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import me.totalfreedom.plex.command.impl.FionnCMD;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.listener.PlexListener;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.player.PlexPlayer;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.player.PunishedPlayer;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment.Punishment;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment.PunishmentType;
 import me.totalfreedom.plex.util.PlexLog;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
@@ -99,8 +101,14 @@ public class PlayerListener extends PlexListener
             {
                 event.setJoinMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + player.getName() + " is " + plexPlayer.getRankFromString().getLoginMSG());
             }
-
         }
+
+        /*Punishment test = new Punishment(player.getUniqueId(), player.getUniqueId());
+        test.setPunishedUsername(player.getName());
+        test.setReason("hii");
+        test.setType(PunishmentType.FREEZE);
+        plugin.getPunishmentManager().insertPunishment(PlayerCache.getPunishedPlayer(player.getUniqueId()), test);*/
+
     }
 
     // saving the player's data
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/Punishment.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/Punishment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..727a5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/Punishment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+public class Punishment
+{
+
+    private final UUID punished;
+    private final UUID punisher;
+
+    private final List<String> IPS;
+
+    private String punishedUsername;
+
+    private PunishmentType type;
+    private String reason;
+    private boolean customTime;
+    private long endDate;
+
+    public Punishment(UUID punished, UUID punisher)
+    {
+        this.punished = punished;
+        this.punisher = punisher;
+        this.IPS = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+        this.punishedUsername = "";
+        this.type = null;
+        this.reason = "";
+        this.customTime = false;
+        this.endDate = 0;
+    }
+
+    public String toJSON()
+    {
+        return new Gson().toJson(this);
+    }
+
+    public static Punishment fromJson(String json)
+    {
+        return new Gson().fromJson(json, Punishment.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentManager.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cadd49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.Plex;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.cache.DataUtils;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.player.PunishedPlayer;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.util.PlexLog;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONTokener;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class PunishmentManager
+{
+
+    public void insertPunishment(PunishedPlayer player, Punishment punishment)
+    {
+        File folder = new File(Plex.get().getDataFolder() + File.separator + "punishments");
+        if (!folder.exists())
+        {
+            folder.mkdir();
+        }
+
+        File file = new File(folder, player.getUuid() + ".json");
+        if (!file.exists())
+        {
+            try {
+                file.createNewFile();
+                PlexLog.log("Created new punishment file for " + player.getUuid() + " (" + DataUtils.getPlayer(punishment.getPunished()).getName() + ")");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if (isNotEmpty(file))
+            {
+                JSONTokener tokener = new JSONTokener(new FileInputStream(file));
+                JSONObject object = new JSONObject(tokener);
+                object.getJSONObject(punishment.getPunished().toString()).getJSONArray("punishments").put(punishment.toJSON());
+
+                FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
+                writer.append(object.toString(8));
+                writer.flush();
+                writer.close();
+            } else {
+                JSONObject object = new JSONObject();
+                Map<String, List<String>> punishments = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+                List<String> punishmentList = Lists.newArrayList();
+                punishmentList.add(punishment.toJSON());
+
+                punishments.put("punishments", punishmentList);
+                object.put(punishment.getPunished().toString(), punishments);
+
+                FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
+                writer.append(object.toString(8));
+                writer.flush();
+                writer.close();
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isNotEmpty(File file) {
+        try {
+            return !FileUtils.readFileToString(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).trim().isEmpty();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentType.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa200ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/punishment/PunishmentType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package me.totalfreedom.plex.punishment;
+
+public enum PunishmentType
+{
+    MUTE, FREEZE, BAN;
+
+}