diff --git a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/SModeration.java b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/SModeration.java
index 9749d25..60338a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/SModeration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/SModeration.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package de.shiewk.smoderation;
 
+import de.shiewk.smoderation.storage.PunishmentContainer;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
 public final class SModeration extends JavaPlugin {
 
+    public static final PunishmentContainer container = new PunishmentContainer();
+
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
         // Plugin startup logic
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/Punishment.java b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/Punishment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0fa0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/Punishment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package de.shiewk.smoderation.punishments;
+
+import de.shiewk.smoderation.util.ByteUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+public class Punishment {
+    public final PunishmentType type;
+    public final long time;
+    public final long until;
+    public final UUID by;
+    public final UUID to;
+
+    protected Punishment(PunishmentType type, long time, long until, UUID by, UUID to) {
+        this.type = type;
+        this.time = time;
+        this.until = until;
+        this.by = by;
+        this.to = to;
+    }
+
+    public static Punishment mute(long time, long until, UUID by, UUID to){
+        return new Punishment(PunishmentType.MUTE, time, until, by, to);
+    }
+
+    public static Punishment ban(long time, long until, UUID by, UUID to){
+        return new Punishment(PunishmentType.BAN, time, until, by, to);
+    }
+
+    public static Punishment kick(long time, UUID by, UUID to){
+        return new Punishment(PunishmentType.KICK, time, time, by, to);
+    }
+
+    public static final int BUFFER_LENGTH = 52;
+
+    public byte[] toBytes(){
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(BUFFER_LENGTH);
+        buffer.putInt(0, type.ordinal());
+        buffer.putLong(4, time);
+        buffer.putLong(12, until);
+        buffer.put(20, ByteUtil.uuidToBytes(by));
+        buffer.put(36, ByteUtil.uuidToBytes(to));
+        return buffer.array();
+    }
+
+    public static @NotNull Punishment fromBytes(byte[] bytes){
+        if (bytes.length != BUFFER_LENGTH){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("the array has to be %s in length".formatted(BUFFER_LENGTH));
+        }
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
+        final int ptypeIndex = buffer.getInt(0);
+        PunishmentType ptype;
+        try {
+            ptype = PunishmentType.values()[ptypeIndex];
+        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The punishment type %s does not exist.".formatted(ptypeIndex));
+        }
+        final long time = buffer.getLong(4);
+        final long until = buffer.getLong(12);
+        final byte[] byBytes = new byte[16];
+        System.arraycopy(bytes, 20, byBytes, 0, 16);
+        final byte[] toBytes = new byte[16];
+        System.arraycopy(bytes, 36, toBytes, 0, 16);
+        final UUID by = ByteUtil.bytesToUuid(byBytes);
+        final UUID to = ByteUtil.bytesToUuid(toBytes);
+        return new Punishment(ptype, time, until, by, to);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Punishment{" +
+                "type=" + type +
+                ", time=" + time +
+                ", until=" + until +
+                ", by=" + by +
+                ", to=" + to +
+                '}';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/PunishmentType.java b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/PunishmentType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3197474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/punishments/PunishmentType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package de.shiewk.smoderation.punishments;
+
+public enum PunishmentType {
+    MUTE,
+    KICK,
+    BAN
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/storage/PunishmentContainer.java b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/storage/PunishmentContainer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1299b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/storage/PunishmentContainer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package de.shiewk.smoderation.storage;
+
+import de.shiewk.smoderation.punishments.Punishment;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class PunishmentContainer {
+
+    private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<Punishment> punishments = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+
+    public PunishmentContainer(){}
+
+    public void add(Punishment punishment){
+        punishments.add(punishment);
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable Punishment remove(int index){
+        return punishments.remove(index);
+    }
+
+    public boolean remove(Punishment punishment){
+        return punishments.remove(punishment);
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable Punishment find(Predicate<Punishment> predicate){
+        for (Punishment punishment : new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>(punishments)) {
+            if (predicate.test(punishment)){
+                return punishment;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable Punishment findByTimestamp(long timestamp){
+        return find(punishment -> punishment.time == timestamp);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/util/ByteUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/util/ByteUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eae96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/shiewk/smoderation/util/ByteUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package de.shiewk.smoderation.util;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for byte-based saving of integers, longs and UUIDs
+ */
+public abstract class ByteUtil {
+    private ByteUtil(){}
+
+    public static byte[] longToBytes(long v){
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(8);
+        buffer.putLong(v);
+        return buffer.array();
+    }
+
+    public static long bytesToLong(byte[] i){
+        if (i.length != 8){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("length must be 8");
+        }
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(8);
+        buffer.put(0, i);
+        return buffer.getLong(0);
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] uuidToBytes(UUID uuid){
+        byte[] l = longToBytes(uuid.getLeastSignificantBits());
+        byte[] m = longToBytes(uuid.getMostSignificantBits());
+        return new byte[]{
+                m[0], m[1], m[2], m[3], m[4], m[5], m[6], m[7],
+                l[0], l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4], l[5], l[6], l[7]
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static UUID bytesToUuid(byte[] i){
+        if (i.length != 16){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("length must be 16, was " + i.length);
+        }
+        long l = bytesToLong(new byte[]{ i[8], i[9], i[10], i[11], i[12], i[13], i[14], i[15] });
+        long m = bytesToLong(new byte[]{ i[0], i[1], i[2], i[3], i[4], i[5], i[6], i[7] });
+        return new UUID(m, l);
+    }
+}