diff --git a/src/backup.rs b/src/backup.rs
index 06b5edde..5cca5885 100644
--- a/src/backup.rs
+++ b/src/backup.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ pub use chunk_stat::*;
 
 pub use proxmox_protocol::Chunker;
 
+mod read_chunk;
+pub use read_chunk::*;
+
 mod chunk_store;
 pub use chunk_store::*;
 
diff --git a/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs b/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
index b616d23a..4374d37b 100644
--- a/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
+++ b/src/backup/dynamic_index.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::tools;
 use super::IndexFile;
 use super::chunk_stat::*;
 use super::chunk_store::*;
+use super::read_chunk::*;
 use proxmox_protocol::Chunker;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -243,12 +244,6 @@ impl IndexFile for DynamicIndexReader {
     }
 }
 
-/// The ReadChunk trait allows reading backup data chunks (local or remote)
-pub trait ReadChunk {
-    /// Returns the decoded chunk data
-    fn read_chunk(&self, digest:&[u8; 32]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>;
-}
-
 pub struct BufferedDynamicReader<S> {
     store: S,
     index: DynamicIndexReader,
diff --git a/src/backup/read_chunk.rs b/src/backup/read_chunk.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d873b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backup/read_chunk.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use failure::*;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use super::datastore::*;
+use super::crypt_config::*;
+use super::data_chunk::*;
+
+/// The ReadChunk trait allows reading backup data chunks (local or remote)
+pub trait ReadChunk {
+    /// Returns the decoded chunk data
+    fn read_chunk(&self, digest:&[u8; 32]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>;
+}
+
+pub struct LocalChunkReader {
+    store: DataStore,
+    crypt_config: Option<Arc<CryptConfig>>,
+}
+
+impl LocalChunkReader {
+
+    pub fn new(store: DataStore, crypt_config: Option<Arc<CryptConfig>>) -> Self {
+        Self { store, crypt_config }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ReadChunk for LocalChunkReader {
+
+    fn read_chunk(&self, digest:&[u8; 32]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+
+        let digest_str = proxmox::tools::digest_to_hex(digest);
+        println!("READ CHUNK {}", digest_str);
+
+        let (path, _) = self.store.chunk_path(digest);
+        let raw_data = crate::tools::file_get_contents(&path)?;
+        let chunk = DataChunk::from_raw(raw_data, *digest)?;
+        chunk.verify_crc()?;
+
+        let raw_data = match self.crypt_config {
+            Some(ref crypt_config) => chunk.decode(Some(crypt_config))?,
+            None => chunk.decode(None)?,
+        };
+
+        Ok(raw_data)
+    }
+}