diff --git a/config/permanent-cache.php b/config/permanent-cache.php
index a22cfbd..231ec0c 100644
--- a/config/permanent-cache.php
+++ b/config/permanent-cache.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
 return [
-    'store' => env('PERMANENT_CACHE_STORE', 'file'),
+    'default_store' => env('DEFAULT_PERMANENT_CACHE_STORE', 'file'),
 ];
diff --git a/src/Cached.php b/src/Cached.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bcc0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Cached.php
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Vormkracht10\PermanentCache;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use ReflectionException;
+use Vormkracht10\PermanentCache\Events\UpdatingPermanentCacheEvent;
+
+/**
+ * @method mixed run()
+ *
+ * @template T
+ */
+abstract class Cached
+{
+    /**
+     * The driver and identifier that will be used to cache this value.
+     * This value should be in the format 'driver:identifier'.
+     *
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    protected $cache = null;
+
+    /**
+     * The event that this cacher will listen for, this is optional
+     * as it can also be inferred by type hinting an argument
+     * in the run method.
+     *
+     * @var class-string<T>|null
+     */
+    protected $event = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @param T $event
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public final function handle($event = null): void
+    {
+        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($this->cache);
+
+        Cache::driver($driver)->forever($ident,
+            $this->run($event),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public final static function get()
+    {
+        $cache = (new ReflectionClass(static::class))
+            ->getProperty('cache')
+            ->getDefaultValue();
+
+        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($cache);
+
+        return Cache::driver($driver)->get($ident);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return class-string<T>
+     *
+     * @throws ReflectionException
+     */
+    public final static function getListenerEvent(): string
+    {
+        $reflection = new ReflectionClass(static::class);
+
+        $concrete = $reflection->getProperty('event')->getDefaultValue();
+
+        return $concrete ?? ($reflection
+            ->getMethod('run')
+            ->getParameters()
+            [0] ?? null)
+            ?->getType()
+            ?->getName()
+            ?? UpdatingPermanentCacheEvent::class;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $cache
+     *
+     * @return array{string, string}
+     */
+    private static function parseCacheString(string $cache): array
+    {
+        [$driver, $ident] = explode(':', $cache) + [1 => null];
+
+        if (is_null($ident)) {
+            [$driver, $ident] = [config('permanent-cache.default_store'), $driver];
+        }
+
+        return [$driver, $ident];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PermanentCache.php b/src/PermanentCache.php
index 48b8156..b65d981 100755
--- a/src/PermanentCache.php
+++ b/src/PermanentCache.php
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ class PermanentCache
 {
     protected array $cachers = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<int, class-string<Cached>> $cachers
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
     public function caches(array $cachers): self
     {
         foreach ($cachers as $cacher) {
-            $event = $this->resolveEventType($cacher)
-                ?: UpdatingPermanentCacheEvent::class;
+            $event = $cacher::getListenerEvent();
 
             $resolved[$event][] = $cacher;
 
@@ -26,26 +30,6 @@ public function caches(array $cachers): self
         return $this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return class-string|false
-     *
-     * @throws \ReflectionException
-     * @throws \Exception
-     */
-    protected function resolveEventType(string $class): string|false
-    {
-        if (! method_exists($class, 'run')) {
-            throw new \Exception('Every cacher needs a run method.');
-        }
-
-        return ((new \ReflectionClass($class))
-            ->getMethod('run')
-            ->getParameters()[0] ?? null)
-            ?->getType()
-            ?->getName()
-            ?? false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return Collection<class-string, array<class-string>>
      */