diff --git a/groups/handler/handler.go b/groups/handler/handler.go
index df4f55a..d3c8201 100644
--- a/groups/handler/handler.go
+++ b/groups/handler/handler.go
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ package handler
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"strings"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/auth"
 	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/errors"
-	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/logger"
+	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/store"
 	pb "github.com/micro/services/groups/proto"
-	gorm2 "github.com/micro/services/pkg/gorm"
-
-	"gorm.io/gorm"
+	"github.com/micro/services/pkg/tenant"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -25,28 +23,48 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Group struct {
-	ID          string
-	Name        string
-	Memberships []Membership
+	ID      string
+	Name    string
+	Members []string
 }
 
-type Membership struct {
-	MemberID string `gorm:"uniqueIndex:idx_membership"`
-	GroupID  string `gorm:"uniqueIndex:idx_membership"`
-	Group    Group
+type Member struct {
+	ID    string
+	Group string
+}
+
+func (g *Group) Key(ctx context.Context) string {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("group:%s", g.ID)
+
+	t, ok := tenant.FromContext(ctx)
+	if !ok {
+		return key
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", t, key)
+}
+
+func (m *Member) Key(ctx context.Context) string {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("member:%s:%s", m.ID, m.Group)
+
+	t, ok := tenant.FromContext(ctx)
+	if !ok {
+		return key
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", t, key)
+
 }
 
 func (g *Group) Serialize() *pb.Group {
-	memberIDs := make([]string, len(g.Memberships))
-	for i, m := range g.Memberships {
-		memberIDs[i] = m.MemberID
+	memberIDs := make([]string, len(g.Members))
+	for i, m := range g.Members {
+		memberIDs[i] = m
 	}
 	return &pb.Group{Id: g.ID, Name: g.Name, MemberIds: memberIDs}
 }
 
-type Groups struct {
-	gorm2.Helper
-}
+type Groups struct{}
 
 func (g *Groups) Create(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateRequest, rsp *pb.CreateResponse) error {
 	_, ok := auth.AccountFromContext(ctx)
@@ -60,18 +78,15 @@ func (g *Groups) Create(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateRequest, rsp *pb.Crea
 
 	// create the group object
 	group := &Group{ID: uuid.New().String(), Name: req.Name}
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
-	}
 
-	if err := db.Create(group).Error; err != nil {
+	// write the group record
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(group.Key(ctx), group)); err != nil {
 		return ErrStore
 	}
 
 	// return the group
 	rsp.Group = group.Serialize()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -85,21 +100,24 @@ func (g *Groups) Read(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ReadRequest, rsp *pb.ReadResp
 		return ErrMissingIDs
 	}
 
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
-	}
-	// query the database
-	var groups []Group
-	if err := db.Model(&Group{}).Preload("Memberships").Where("id IN (?)", req.Ids).Find(&groups).Error; err != nil {
-		return ErrStore
-	}
-
 	// serialize the response
-	rsp.Groups = make(map[string]*pb.Group, len(groups))
-	for _, g := range groups {
-		rsp.Groups[g.ID] = g.Serialize()
+	rsp.Groups = make(map[string]*pb.Group)
+
+	for _, id := range req.Ids {
+		group := &Group{
+			ID: id,
+		}
+		recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+		if err != nil {
+			return ErrStore
+		}
+		if len(recs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := recs[0].Decode(&group); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		rsp.Groups[group.ID] = group.Serialize()
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -117,31 +135,31 @@ func (g *Groups) Update(ctx context.Context, req *pb.UpdateRequest, rsp *pb.Upda
 	if len(req.Name) == 0 {
 		return ErrMissingName
 	}
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
+
+	group := &Group{ID: req.Id}
+
+	recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+	if err == store.ErrNotFound {
+		return ErrNotFound
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
 	}
 
-	return db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
-		// find the group
-		var group Group
-		if err := tx.Where(&Group{ID: req.Id}).First(&group).Error; err == gorm.ErrRecordNotFound {
-			return ErrNotFound
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return ErrStore
-		}
+	// decode the record
+	recs[0].Decode(&group)
 
-		// update the group
-		group.Name = req.Name
-		if err := tx.Save(&group).Error; err != nil {
-			return ErrStore
-		}
+	// set the name
+	group.Name = req.Name
 
-		// serialize the response
-		rsp.Group = group.Serialize()
-		return nil
-	})
+	// save the record
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(group.Key(ctx), group)); err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
+	}
+
+	// serialize the response
+	rsp.Group = group.Serialize()
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (g *Groups) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *pb.DeleteRequest, rsp *pb.DeleteResponse) error {
@@ -154,18 +172,35 @@ func (g *Groups) Delete(ctx context.Context, req *pb.DeleteRequest, rsp *pb.Dele
 		return ErrMissingID
 	}
 
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
-	}
-	// delete from the database
-	if err := db.Delete(&Group{ID: req.Id}).Error; err == gorm.ErrRecordNotFound {
+	group := &Group{ID: req.Id}
+
+	// get the group
+	recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+	if err == store.ErrNotFound {
 		return nil
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return ErrStore
 	}
 
+	// decode the record
+	recs[0].Decode(&group)
+
+	// delete the record
+	if err := store.Delete(group.Key(ctx)); err == store.ErrNotFound {
+		return nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
+	}
+
+	// delete all the members
+	for _, memberId := range group.Members {
+		m := &Member{
+			ID: memberId,
+		}
+		// delete the member
+		store.Delete(m.Key(ctx))
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -174,35 +209,47 @@ func (g *Groups) List(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ListRequest, rsp *pb.ListResp
 	if !ok {
 		errors.Unauthorized("UNAUTHORIZED", "Unauthorized")
 	}
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
-	}
+
 	if len(req.MemberId) > 0 {
 		// only list groups the user is a member of
-		var ms []Membership
-		q := db.Where(&Membership{MemberID: req.MemberId}).Preload("Group.Memberships")
-		if err := q.Find(&ms).Error; err != nil {
-			return err
+		m := &Member{ID: req.MemberId}
+		recs, err := store.Read(m.Key(ctx), store.ReadPrefix())
+		if err != nil {
+			return ErrStore
 		}
-		rsp.Groups = make([]*pb.Group, len(ms))
-		for i, m := range ms {
-			rsp.Groups[i] = m.Group.Serialize()
+
+		for _, rec := range recs {
+			m := &Member{ID: req.MemberId}
+			rec.Decode(&m)
+
+			// get the group
+			group := &Group{ID: m.Group}
+
+			grecs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+			if err != nil {
+				return ErrStore
+			}
+			grecs[0].Decode(&group)
+
+			rsp.Groups = append(rsp.Groups, group.Serialize())
 		}
+
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// load all groups
-	var groups []Group
-	if err := db.Model(&Group{}).Preload("Memberships").Find(&groups).Error; err != nil {
+	group := &Group{}
+
+	// read all the prefixes
+	recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadPrefix())
+	if err != nil {
 		return ErrStore
 	}
 
-	// serialize the response
-	rsp.Groups = make([]*pb.Group, len(groups))
-	for i, g := range groups {
-		rsp.Groups[i] = g.Serialize()
+	// serialize and return response
+	for _, rec := range recs {
+		group := new(Group)
+		rec.Decode(&group)
+		rsp.Groups = append(rsp.Groups, group.Serialize())
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -220,33 +267,54 @@ func (g *Groups) AddMember(ctx context.Context, req *pb.AddMemberRequest, rsp *p
 	if len(req.MemberId) == 0 {
 		return ErrMissingMemberID
 	}
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
+
+	// read the group
+	group := &Group{ID: req.GroupId}
+
+	recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+	if err == store.ErrNotFound {
+		return ErrNotFound
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
 	}
 
-	return db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
-		// check the group exists
-		var group Group
-		if err := tx.Where(&Group{ID: req.GroupId}).First(&group).Error; err == gorm.ErrRecordNotFound {
-			return ErrNotFound
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	// decode the record
+	recs[0].Decode(group)
 
-		// create the membership
-		m := &Membership{MemberID: req.MemberId, GroupID: req.GroupId}
-		err := tx.Create(m).Error
-		// check for membership already existing (unique index violation)
-		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "fk_groups_memberships") {
-			return nil
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return ErrStore
+	var seen bool
+	for _, member := range group.Members {
+		if member == req.MemberId {
+			seen = true
+			break
 		}
+	}
 
+	// already a member
+	if seen {
 		return nil
-	})
+	}
+
+	// add the member
+	group.Members = append(group.Members, req.MemberId)
+
+	// save the record
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(group.Key(ctx), group)); err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
+	}
+
+	// add the member record
+
+	m := &Member{
+		ID:    req.MemberId,
+		Group: group.ID,
+	}
+
+	// write the record
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(m.Key(ctx), m)); err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (g *Groups) RemoveMember(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RemoveMemberRequest, rsp *pb.RemoveMemberResponse) error {
@@ -262,14 +330,44 @@ func (g *Groups) RemoveMember(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RemoveMemberRequest,
 		return ErrMissingMemberID
 	}
 
-	db, err := g.GetDBConn(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Error connecting to DB: %v", err)
-		return errors.InternalServerError("DB_ERROR", "Error connecting to DB")
+	// read the group
+	group := &Group{ID: req.GroupId}
+
+	// read the gruop
+	recs, err := store.Read(group.Key(ctx), store.ReadLimit(1))
+	if err == store.ErrNotFound {
+		return ErrNotFound
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
 	}
-	// delete the membership
-	m := &Membership{MemberID: req.MemberId, GroupID: req.GroupId}
-	if err := db.Where(m).Delete(m).Error; err != nil {
+
+	// decode the record
+	recs[0].Decode(&group)
+
+	// new member id list
+	var members []string
+
+	for _, member := range group.Members {
+		if member == req.MemberId {
+			continue
+		}
+		members = append(members, member)
+	}
+
+	// update the member
+	group.Members = members
+
+	// save the record
+	if err := store.Write(store.NewRecord(group.Key(ctx), group)); err != nil {
+		return ErrStore
+	}
+
+	// delete the member
+	m := &Member{
+		ID:    req.MemberId,
+		Group: group.ID,
+	}
+	if err := store.Delete(m.Key(ctx)); err != nil {
 		return ErrStore
 	}
 
diff --git a/groups/handler/handler_test.go b/groups/handler/handler_test.go
index aa249c8..9916234 100644
--- a/groups/handler/handler_test.go
+++ b/groups/handler/handler_test.go
@@ -2,37 +2,21 @@ package handler_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/auth"
+	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/store"
+	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/store/memory"
 	"github.com/micro/services/groups/handler"
 	pb "github.com/micro/services/groups/proto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func testHandler(t *testing.T) *handler.Groups {
-	// connect to the database
-	addr := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_URL")
-	if len(addr) == 0 {
-		addr = "postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable"
-	}
-	sqlDB, err := sql.Open("pgx", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to open connection to DB %s", err)
-	}
-
-	// clean any data from a previous run
-	if _, err := sqlDB.Exec(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "micro_someID_groups", "micro_someID_memberships" CASCADE`); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error cleaning database: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	h := &handler.Groups{}
-	h.DBConn(sqlDB).Migrations(&handler.Group{}, &handler.Membership{})
-	return h
+	store.DefaultStore = memory.NewStore()
+	return &handler.Groups{}
 }
 func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	h := testHandler(t)
diff --git a/groups/main.go b/groups/main.go
index b910377..02c2156 100644
--- a/groups/main.go
+++ b/groups/main.go
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
-
 	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service"
-	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/config"
 	"github.com/micro/micro/v3/service/logger"
 	"github.com/micro/services/groups/handler"
 	pb "github.com/micro/services/groups/proto"
-
-	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/stdlib"
 )
 
-var dbAddress = "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/groups?sslmode=disable"
-
 func main() {
 	// Create service
 	srv := service.New(
@@ -21,20 +14,8 @@ func main() {
 		service.Version("latest"),
 	)
 
-	// Connect to the database
-	cfg, err := config.Get("groups.database")
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("Error loading config: %v", err)
-	}
-	addr := cfg.String(dbAddress)
-	sqlDB, err := sql.Open("pgx", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("Failed to open connection to DB %s", err)
-	}
-	h := &handler.Groups{}
-	h.DBConn(sqlDB).Migrations(&handler.Group{}, &handler.Membership{})
 	// Register handler
-	pb.RegisterGroupsHandler(srv.Server(), h)
+	pb.RegisterGroupsHandler(srv.Server(), new(handler.Groups))
 
 	// Run service
 	if err := srv.Run(); err != nil {