diff --git a/src/imports/mvvmdatasynccore/plugins.qmltypes b/src/imports/mvvmdatasynccore/plugins.qmltypes
index c5469d6..26cac33 100644
--- a/src/imports/mvvmdatasynccore/plugins.qmltypes
+++ b/src/imports/mvvmdatasynccore/plugins.qmltypes
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Module {
         Property { name: "key"; type: "string" }
         Property { name: "dataVersion"; type: "int" }
         Property { name: "value"; type: "QByteArray" }
-        Property { name: "varValue"; type: "QVariant" }
+        Property { name: "variantValue"; type: "QVariant" }
     }
     Component {
         name: "QtMvvm::DataSyncSettingsViewModel"
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.cpp b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01cda18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#include "datasyncsettingsaccessor.h"
+#include "datasyncsettingsaccessor_p.h"
+#include <QtCore/QRegularExpression>
+
+#undef logDebug
+#undef logInfo
+#undef logWarning
+#undef logCritical
+#include <QtMvvmCore/private/qtmvvm_logging_p.h>
+
+using namespace QtMvvm;
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessor::DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QObject *parent) :
+	DataSyncSettingsAccessor{QtDataSync::DefaultSetup, parent}
+{}
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessor::DataSyncSettingsAccessor(const QString &setupName, QObject *parent) :
+	DataSyncSettingsAccessor{new QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry>{setupName}, parent}
+{
+	d->store->setParent(this);
+}
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessor::DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QtDataSync::DataStore *store, QObject *parent) :
+	DataSyncSettingsAccessor{new QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry>{store}, parent}
+{
+	d->store->setParent(this);
+}
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessor::DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry> *store, QObject *parent) :
+	ISettingsAccessor{parent},
+	d{new DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate{store}}
+{}
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessor::~DataSyncSettingsAccessor() = default;
+
+bool DataSyncSettingsAccessor::contains(const QString &key) const
+{
+	try {
+		return d->store->keys().contains(key);
+	} catch(QException &e) {
+		logCritical() << "Failed to check if entry" << key << "exists with error:"
+					  << e.what();
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+QVariant DataSyncSettingsAccessor::load(const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue) const
+{
+	try {
+		return d->store->load(key).value();
+	} catch (QtDataSync::NoDataException &e) {
+		Q_UNUSED(e)
+		return defaultValue;
+	} catch (QException &e) {
+		logCritical() << "Failed to load entry" << key << "from datasync settings with error:"
+					  << e.what();
+		return defaultValue;
+	}
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsAccessor::save(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
+{
+	try {
+		d->store->save({key, value});
+	} catch (QException &e) {
+		logCritical() << "Failed to save entry" << key << "to datasync settings with error:"
+					  << e.what();
+	}
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsAccessor::remove(const QString &key)
+{
+	try {
+		auto rmKeys = d->store->keys().filter(QRegularExpression{
+			QStringLiteral(R"__(^%1\/.*)__").arg(QRegularExpression::escape(key)),
+			QRegularExpression::DontCaptureOption
+		});
+		for(const auto &rmKey : rmKeys)
+			d->store->remove(rmKey);
+		d->store->remove(key);
+	} catch (QException &e) {
+		logCritical() << "Failed to remove entry" << key << "from datasync settings with error:"
+					  << e.what();
+	}
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsAccessor::sync()
+{
+	// nothing needs to be done
+}
+
+// ------------- Private Implementation -------------
+
+DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate::DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate(QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry> *store) :
+	store{store}
+{}
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.h b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d1eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_H
+#define QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_H
+
+#include <QtCore/qscopedpointer.h>
+#include <QtMvvmCore/isettingsaccessor.h>
+#include <QtDataSync/datatypestore.h>
+
+#include "QtMvvmDataSyncCore/qtmvvmdatasynccore_global.h"
+#include "QtMvvmDataSyncCore/datasyncsettingsentry.h"
+
+namespace QtMvvm {
+
+class DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate;
+class Q_MVVMDATASYNCCORE_EXPORT DataSyncSettingsAccessor : public ISettingsAccessor
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+	Q_INTERFACES(QtMvvm::ISettingsAccessor)
+
+public:
+	Q_INVOKABLE explicit DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+	explicit DataSyncSettingsAccessor(const QString &setupName, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+	explicit DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QtDataSync::DataStore *store, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+	explicit DataSyncSettingsAccessor(QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry> *store, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+	~DataSyncSettingsAccessor() override;
+
+	bool contains(const QString &key) const override;
+	QVariant load(const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue) const override;
+	void save(const QString &key, const QVariant &value) override;
+	void remove(const QString &key) override;
+
+public Q_SLOTS:
+	void sync() override;
+
+private:
+	QScopedPointer<DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate> d;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_H
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor_p.h b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd22a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsaccessor_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_P_H
+#define QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_P_H
+
+#include "qtmvvmdatasynccore_global.h"
+#include "datasyncsettingsaccessor.h"
+
+namespace QtMvvm {
+
+class DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate
+{
+public:
+	DataSyncSettingsAccessorPrivate(QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry> *store);
+
+	QtDataSync::DataTypeStore<DataSyncSettingsEntry> *store;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSACCESSOR_P_H
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.cpp b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1baf017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#include "datasyncsettingsentry.h"
+#include <QtCore/QDataStream>
+#if QT_HAS_INCLUDE(<optional>)
+#include <optional>
+#define QTMVVM_HAS_OPTIONAL
+#endif
+using namespace QtMvvm;
+
+namespace QtMvvm {
+
+class DataSyncSettingsEntryData : public QSharedData
+{
+public:
+	inline DataSyncSettingsEntryData() = default;
+	inline DataSyncSettingsEntryData(QString key) :
+		key{std::move(key)}
+	{}
+
+	QString key;
+	int version = QDataStream::Qt_DefaultCompiledVersion;
+	QByteArray data;
+#ifdef QTMVVM_HAS_OPTIONAL
+	mutable std::optional<QVariant> value;
+#else
+	mutable QVariant value;
+#endif
+};
+
+}
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry() :
+	d{new DataSyncSettingsEntryData{}}
+{}
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::~DataSyncSettingsEntry() = default;
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(const DataSyncSettingsEntry &other) = default;
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(DataSyncSettingsEntry &&other) noexcept = default;
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry &DataSyncSettingsEntry::operator=(const DataSyncSettingsEntry &other) = default;
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry &DataSyncSettingsEntry::operator=(DataSyncSettingsEntry &&other) noexcept = default;
+
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, QVariant value) :
+	d{new DataSyncSettingsEntryData{std::move(key)}}
+{
+	setValue(std::move(value));
+}
+
+QString DataSyncSettingsEntry::key() const
+{
+	return d->key;
+}
+
+int DataSyncSettingsEntry::dataVersion() const
+{
+	return d->version;
+}
+
+QVariant DataSyncSettingsEntry::value() const
+{
+#ifdef QTMVVM_HAS_OPTIONAL
+	if(!d->data.isNull() && !d->value) {
+		QDataStream stream{d->data};
+		stream.setVersion(d->version);
+		d->value = QVariant{};
+		stream >> d->value.value();
+	}
+	return d->value.value_or(QVariant{});
+#else
+	if(!d->data.isNull() && !d->value.isValid()) {
+		QDataStream stream{d->data};
+		stream.setVersion(d->version);
+		stream >> d->value;
+	}
+	return d->value;
+#endif
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsEntry::setKey(QString key)
+{
+	d->key = std::move(key);
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsEntry::setDataVersion(int dataVersion)
+{
+	if(d->version == dataVersion)
+		return;
+
+	if(d->data.isNull())
+		d->version = dataVersion;
+	else {
+		// update the internally stored data based on the version
+		auto mValue = value();
+		d->version = dataVersion;
+		setValue(mValue);
+	}
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsEntry::setValue(QVariant value)
+{
+#ifdef QTMVVM_HAS_OPTIONAL
+	d->value.reset();
+#else
+	d->value.clear();
+#endif
+	d->data.clear();
+	QDataStream stream{&d->data, QIODevice::WriteOnly};
+	stream.setVersion(d->version);
+	stream << value;
+	d->value = std::move(value);
+}
+
+QByteArray DataSyncSettingsEntry::valueData() const
+{
+	return d->data;
+}
+
+void DataSyncSettingsEntry::setValueData(QByteArray data)
+{
+#ifdef QTMVVM_HAS_OPTIONAL
+	d->value.reset();
+#else
+	d->value.clear();
+#endif
+	d->data = std::move(data);
+}
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.h b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ef55ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsentry.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#ifndef QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSENTRY_H
+#define QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSENTRY_H
+
+#include <QtCore/qobject.h>
+#include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
+#include <QtCore/qshareddata.h>
+
+#include "QtMvvmDataSyncCore/qtmvvmdatasynccore_global.h"
+
+namespace QtMvvm {
+
+class DataSyncSettingsEntryData;
+struct Q_MVVMDATASYNCCORE_EXPORT DataSyncSettingsEntry
+{
+	Q_GADGET
+
+	Q_PROPERTY(QString key READ key WRITE setKey USER true)
+	Q_PROPERTY(int dataVersion READ dataVersion WRITE setDataVersion)
+	Q_PROPERTY(QByteArray value READ valueData WRITE setValueData)
+
+	Q_PROPERTY(QVariant variantValue READ value WRITE setValue STORED false)
+
+public:
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry();
+	~DataSyncSettingsEntry();
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry(const DataSyncSettingsEntry &other);
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry(DataSyncSettingsEntry &&other) noexcept;
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry &operator=(const DataSyncSettingsEntry &other);
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry &operator=(DataSyncSettingsEntry &&other) noexcept;
+
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, QVariant value);
+	template <typename T>
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const T &value);
+
+	QString key() const;
+	int dataVersion() const;
+
+	QVariant value() const;
+	template <typename T>
+	T value() const;
+
+	void setKey(QString key);
+	void setDataVersion(int dataVersion);
+	void setValue(QVariant value);
+
+private:
+	QByteArray valueData() const;
+	void setValueData(QByteArray value);
+
+	QSharedDataPointer<DataSyncSettingsEntryData> d;
+};
+
+// ------------- Generic Implementation -------------
+
+template<typename T>
+DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const T &value) :
+	DataSyncSettingsEntry{std::move(key), QVariant::fromValue(value)}
+{}
+
+template<typename T>
+T DataSyncSettingsEntry::value() const
+{
+	return value().template value<T>();
+}
+
+}
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QtMvvm::DataSyncSettingsEntry)
+
+#endif // QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSENTRY_H
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp
index bc0d649..823639e 100644
--- a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h"
 #include "datasyncsettingsviewmodel_p.h"
-#include <QtCore/QDataStream>
-#include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
 #undef logDebug
 #undef logInfo
@@ -40,8 +38,8 @@ void DataSyncSettingsViewModel::saveValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &va
 	try {
 		d->store->save({key, value});
 	} catch (QException &e) {
-		qCritical() << "Failed to save entry" << key << "to datasync settings with error:"
-					<< e.what();
+		logCritical() << "Failed to save entry" << key << "to datasync settings with error:"
+					  << e.what();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -50,43 +48,11 @@ void DataSyncSettingsViewModel::resetValue(const QString &key)
 	try {
 		d->store->remove(key);
 	} catch (QException &e) {
-		qCritical() << "Failed to remove entry" << key << "from datasync settings with error:"
-					<< e.what();
+		logCritical() << "Failed to remove entry" << key << "from datasync settings with error:"
+					  << e.what();
 	}
 }
 
-
-
-DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry() = default;
-
-DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const QVariant &value) :
-	_key{std::move(key)}
-{
-	setValue(value);
-}
-
-QString DataSyncSettingsEntry::key() const
-{
-	return _key;
-}
-
-QVariant DataSyncSettingsEntry::value() const
-{
-	QVariant value;
-	QDataStream stream(_value);
-	stream.setVersion(_dataVersion);
-	stream >> value;
-	return value;
-}
-
-void DataSyncSettingsEntry::setValue(const QVariant &value)
-{
-	_value.clear();
-	QDataStream stream(&_value, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-	_dataVersion = stream.version();
-	stream << value;
-}
-
 // ------------- Private Implementation -------------
 
 DataSyncSettingsViewModelPrivate::DataSyncSettingsViewModelPrivate(DataSyncSettingsViewModel *q_ptr) :
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h
index 92dfa62..43c4a68 100644
--- a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h
@@ -7,38 +7,10 @@
 #include <QtMvvmCore/settingsviewmodel.h>
 
 #include "QtMvvmDataSyncCore/qtmvvmdatasynccore_global.h"
+#include "QtMvvmDataSyncCore/datasyncsettingsentry.h"
 
 namespace QtMvvm {
 
-struct Q_MVVMDATASYNCCORE_EXPORT DataSyncSettingsEntry
-{
-	Q_GADGET
-
-	Q_PROPERTY(QString key MEMBER _key USER true)
-	Q_PROPERTY(int dataVersion MEMBER _dataVersion)
-	Q_PROPERTY(QByteArray value MEMBER _value)
-
-	Q_PROPERTY(QVariant varValue READ value WRITE setValue STORED false)
-
-public:
-	DataSyncSettingsEntry();
-	DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const QVariant &value);
-	template <typename T>
-	DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const T &value);
-
-	QString key() const;
-	QVariant value() const;
-	template <typename T>
-	T value() const;
-
-	void setValue(const QVariant &value);
-
-private:
-	QString _key;
-	int _dataVersion = 0;
-	QByteArray _value;
-};
-
 class DataSyncSettingsViewModelPrivate;
 class Q_MVVMDATASYNCCORE_EXPORT DataSyncSettingsViewModel : public QtMvvm::SettingsViewModel
 {
@@ -56,21 +28,6 @@ private:
 	QScopedPointer<DataSyncSettingsViewModelPrivate> d;
 };
 
-// ------------- Generic Implementation -------------
-
-template<typename T>
-DataSyncSettingsEntry::DataSyncSettingsEntry(QString key, const T &value) :
-	DataSyncSettingsEntry{std::move(key), QVariant::fromValue(value)}
-{}
-
-template<typename T>
-T DataSyncSettingsEntry::value() const
-{
-	return value().template value<T>();
-}
-
 }
 
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QtMvvm::DataSyncSettingsEntry)
-
 #endif // QTMVVM_DATASYNCSETTINGSVIEWMODEL_H
diff --git a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/mvvmdatasynccore.pro b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/mvvmdatasynccore.pro
index 58db5fb..a096c0c 100644
--- a/src/mvvmdatasynccore/mvvmdatasynccore.pro
+++ b/src/mvvmdatasynccore/mvvmdatasynccore.pro
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ HEADERS += \
 	exchangedevicesmodel.h \
 	exchangedevicesmodel_p.h \
     datasyncsettingsviewmodel.h \
-    datasyncsettingsviewmodel_p.h
+    datasyncsettingsviewmodel_p.h \
+    datasyncsettingsaccessor.h \
+    datasyncsettingsentry.h \
+    datasyncsettingsaccessor_p.h
 
 SOURCES += \
 	datasyncviewmodel.cpp \
@@ -26,7 +29,9 @@ SOURCES += \
 	identityeditviewmodel.cpp \
 	networkexchangeviewmodel.cpp \
 	exchangedevicesmodel.cpp \
-    datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp
+    datasyncsettingsviewmodel.cpp \
+    datasyncsettingsaccessor.cpp \
+    datasyncsettingsentry.cpp
 
 TRANSLATIONS += \
 	translations/qtmvvmdatasynccore_de.ts \