diff --git a/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values.go b/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values.go
index d7a78421e..16a89b7d1 100644
--- a/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values.go
+++ b/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 package store
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	settingsmsg "github.com/owncloud/ocis/protogen/gen/ocis/messages/settings/v0"
 )
@@ -17,7 +19,12 @@ func (s Store) ListValues(bundleID, accountUUID string) ([]*settingsmsg.Value, e
 
 // ReadValue tries to find a value by the given valueId within the dataPath
 func (s Store) ReadValue(valueID string) (*settingsmsg.Value, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
+	b, err := s.mdc.SimpleDownload(nil, valuePath(valueID))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	val := &settingsmsg.Value{}
+	return val, json.Unmarshal(b, val)
 }
 
 // ReadValueByUniqueIdentifiers tries to find a value given a set of unique identifiers
@@ -27,5 +34,13 @@ func (s Store) ReadValueByUniqueIdentifiers(accountUUID, settingID string) (*set
 
 // WriteValue writes the given value into a file within the dataPath
 func (s Store) WriteValue(value *settingsmsg.Value) (*settingsmsg.Value, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
+	b, err := json.Marshal(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return value, s.mdc.SimpleUpload(nil, valuePath(value.Id), b)
+}
+
+func valuePath(id string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", "settings/values", id)
 }
diff --git a/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values_test.go b/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values_test.go
index 4881f9581..0efc4a203 100644
--- a/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values_test.go
+++ b/settings/pkg/store/metadata/values_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	olog "github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/log"
 	settingsmsg "github.com/owncloud/ocis/protogen/gen/ocis/messages/settings/v0"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 var valueScenarios = []struct {
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func TestValues(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(valueScenarios[index].name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			value := valueScenarios[index].value
 			v, err := s.WriteValue(value)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, value, v)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, value, v)
 
 			v, err = s.ReadValue(value.Id)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, value, v)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, value, v)
 
 		})
 	}