diff --git a/qctoolkit/serialization.py b/qctoolkit/serialization.py
index ef486922d..57dda619a 100644
--- a/qctoolkit/serialization.py
+++ b/qctoolkit/serialization.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import json
 
-__all__ = ["StorageBackend", "FilesystemBackend", "ZipFileBackend", "CachingBackend", "Serializable", "Serializer", "AnonymousSerializable"]
+__all__ = ["StorageBackend", "FilesystemBackend", "ZipFileBackend", "CachingBackend", "Serializable", "Serializer",
+           "AnonymousSerializable", "DictBackend"]
 
 
 class StorageBackend(metaclass=ABCMeta):
diff --git a/tests/serialization_tests.py b/tests/serialization_tests.py
index 692b57c13..4782db65e 100644
--- a/tests/serialization_tests.py
+++ b/tests/serialization_tests.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
 
 from qctoolkit.serialization import FilesystemBackend, Serializer, CachingBackend, Serializable, ExtendedJSONEncoder,\
-    ZipFileBackend, AnonymousSerializable
+    ZipFileBackend, AnonymousSerializable, DictBackend
 from qctoolkit.pulses.table_pulse_template import TablePulseTemplate
 from qctoolkit.pulses.sequence_pulse_template import SequencePulseTemplate
 from qctoolkit.expressions import Expression
@@ -281,6 +281,34 @@ def test_get_not_existing(self) -> None:
             self.caching_backend.get(name)
 
 
+class DictBackendTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.backend =DictBackend()
+
+    def test_put(self):
+        self.backend.put('a', 'data')
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.backend.storage, {'a': 'data'})
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FileExistsError):
+            self.backend.put('a', 'data2')
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        self.backend.put('a', 'data')
+        self.backend.put('b', 'data2')
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.backend.get('a'), 'data')
+        self.assertEqual(self.backend.get('b'), 'data2')
+
+    def test_exists(self):
+        self.backend.put('a', 'data')
+        self.backend.put('b', 'data2')
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.backend.exists('a'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.backend.exists('b'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.backend.exists('c'))
+
+
 class SerializerTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self) -> None: