diff --git a/src/main/java/java/src/FileReaderWriter/FileReaderWriter.java b/src/main/java/java/src/FileReaderWriter/FileReaderWriter.java
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+package java.src.FileReaderWriter;
+
+import java.src.Peers.EOnlineState;
+import java.src.Peers.Peer;
+
+public class FileReaderWriter {
+
+    public enum EUpdated {
+        NotUpdated,
+        Updated
+    }
+
+    private static Peer thisPeerBuffer = null;
+
+    public static Peer getThisPeer(EUpdated updateState) {
+        switch (updateState) {
+            case NotUpdated: {
+                if (thisPeerBuffer == null) {
+                    return getThisPeer(EUpdated.Updated);
+                } else {
+                    return thisPeerBuffer;
+                }   
+            }
+            case Updated: {
+                return updateThisPeerBufferFromFile();
+            }
+            default: {
+                System.err.println("Unknown peer update type.");
+                return null;
+            }
+        }  
+    }
+
+    private static synchronized Peer updateThisPeerBufferFromFile() {
+        // TODO unimplemented
+        // read from file this peers data
+        
+        String ipAddress = null;
+        int port = 5000;
+        thisPeerBuffer = new Peer(ipAddress, port, null, EOnlineState.Online); // change to valid data once implemented
+        return thisPeerBuffer;
+    }
+
+    public static synchronized void updatePeerList(Peer updatedPeer) {
+        // TODO update peer list
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/java/src/Peers/Peer.java b/src/main/java/java/src/Peers/Peer.java
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+/**
+ * @author Aaron Moser
+ */
+
+package java.src.Peers;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public record Peer(String ipAddress, int port, List<String> fileList, EOnlineState onlineState) {
+
+    public void addFile(String fileName) {
+        if (!fileList.contains(fileName)) {
+            fileList.add(fileName);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/java/src/Peers/PeerOrganizer.java b/src/main/java/java/src/Peers/PeerOrganizer.java
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+package java.src.Peers;
+
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONTokener;
+
+public class PeerOrganizer {
+    private Peer localPeer;
+
+    public Peer getLocalPeer() {
+        return this.localPeer;
+    }
+
+    public List<Peer> getPeers() {
+        List<Peer> peersAsList = new LinkedList<Peer>();
+
+        try (FileReader reader = new FileReader("./src/main/resources/peers.json")) {
+            // Parse JSON file into a JSONObject
+            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(new JSONTokener(reader));
+            
+            JSONArray peers = jsonObject.getJSONArray("peers");
+
+            peers.forEach((peer) -> {
+                
+            });
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}