diff --git a/src/User/FlatFileUserRepository.php b/src/User/FlatFileUserRepository.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace FreightQuote\User;
+
+class FlatFileUserRepository implements UserRepository
+{
+    private string $pathToUserFile = __DIR__.'/../../storage/users.json';
+
+    public function findByEmail(string $email): ?User
+    {
+        $json = file_get_contents($this->pathToUserFile);
+        $data = json_decode($json, true);
+        foreach ($data as $user) {
+            if ($user['email'] === $email) {
+                return new User($user['email'], $user['password']);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function save(User $user): User
+    {
+    }
+}