diff --git a/datastore/sharedds.nim b/datastore/sharedds.nim
index c97f839..e20b22b 100644
--- a/datastore/sharedds.nim
+++ b/datastore/sharedds.nim
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ import ./fsds
 
 import pretty
 
-export key, query, ThreadBackend
+export key, query
 
 push: {.upraises: [].}
 
 type
-
   SharedDatastore* = ref object of Datastore
     # stores*: Table[Key, SharedDatastore]
     tds: ThreadDatastorePtr
diff --git a/datastore/threadbackend.nim b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
index 69e6e31..0167608 100644
--- a/datastore/threadbackend.nim
+++ b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
@@ -31,38 +31,12 @@ type
 
   TResult*[T] = SharedPtr[ThreadResult[T]]
 
-  ThreadBackendKind* {.pure.} = enum
-    NoBackend
-    TestBackend
-    FSBackend
-    SQliteBackend
-
-  ThreadBackend* = object
-    case kind*: ThreadBackendKind
-    of FSBackend:
-      root*: StringBuffer
-      depth*: int
-      caseSensitive*: bool
-      ignoreProtected*: bool
-    of SQliteBackend:
-      discard
-    of TestBackend:
-      count*: int
-    of NoBackend:
-      discard
-
   ThreadDatastore* = object
     tp*: Taskpool
-    backend*: ThreadBackendKind
     ds*: Datastore
 
   ThreadDatastorePtr* = SharedPtr[ThreadDatastore]
 
-  Test* = object
-    count*: ThreadBackendKind
-
-  TestPtr* = SharedPtr[Test]
-
 proc newThreadResult*[T](
     tp: typedesc[T]
 ): Result[TResult[T], ref CatchableError] =
@@ -76,7 +50,6 @@ proc newThreadResult*[T](
 
 proc getTask*(
   ret: TResult[DataBuffer],
-  backend: ThreadBackendKind,
   key: KeyBuffer,
 ) =
   # return ok(DataBuffer.new())
@@ -98,13 +71,12 @@ proc get*(
   let bkey = StringBuffer.new(key.id())
   print "bkey: ", bkey
 
-  tds[].tp.spawn getTask(ret, tds[].backend, bkey)
+  tds[].tp.spawn getTask(ret, bkey)
 
 import os
 
 proc putTask*(
   ret: TResult[void],
-  backend: ThreadBackendKind,
   key: KeyBuffer,
   data: DataBuffer,
 ) =
@@ -127,4 +99,4 @@ proc put*(
   print "bkey: ", bkey
   print "bval: ", bval
 
-  tds[].tp.spawn putTask(ret, tds[].backend, bkey, bval)
+  tds[].tp.spawn putTask(ret, bkey, bval)
diff --git a/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim b/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
index 81ef17e..7ae3ca4 100644
--- a/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
+++ b/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ suite "Test Basic SharedDatastore":
 
     var sds: SharedDatastore
 
-    let backend = ThreadBackend(
-      kind: TestBackend,
-    )
     let mem = MemoryDatastore.new()
     let res = await newSharedDataStore(mem)
     check res.isOk()
@@ -50,30 +47,21 @@ suite "Test Basic SharedDatastore":
     res3.cancel()
     # print "res3: ", res3
 
-# suite "Test Basic FSDatastore":
-#   let
-#     path = currentSourcePath() # get this file's name
-#     basePath = "tests_data"
-#     basePathAbs = path.parentDir / basePath
-#     key = Key.init("/a/b").tryGet()
-#     bytes = "some bytes".toBytes
-#     otherBytes = "some other bytes".toBytes
+suite "Test Basic FSDatastore":
 
-#   var
-#     fsStore: FSDatastore
+  var
+    memStore: MemoryDatastore
+    key = Key.init("/a/b").tryGet()
+    bytes = "some bytes".toBytes
+    otherBytes = "some other bytes".toBytes
 
-#   setupAll:
-#     removeDir(basePathAbs)
-#     require(not dirExists(basePathAbs))
-#     createDir(basePathAbs)
+  setupAll:
+    memStore = MemoryDatastore.new()
 
-#     fsStore = FSDatastore.new(root = basePathAbs, depth = 3).tryGet()
+  teardownAll:
+    (await memStore.close()).get()
 
-#   teardownAll:
-#     removeDir(basePathAbs)
-#     require(not dirExists(basePathAbs))
-
-#   basicStoreTests(fsStore, key, bytes, otherBytes)
+  basicStoreTests(memStore, key, bytes, otherBytes)
 
 # suite "Test Misc FSDatastore":
 #   let