diff --git a/reactor/adapter/__init__.py b/reactor/stackstorm/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from reactor/adapter/__init__.py
rename to reactor/stackstorm/__init__.py
diff --git a/reactor/stackstorm/adapter/__init__.py b/reactor/stackstorm/adapter/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f8c432fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactor/stackstorm/adapter/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import abc
+import six
+
+
+@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+class AdapterBase(object):
+    """
+
+    """
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def start(self):
+        """
+
+        """
+        pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 013b8173bf..b5f3e38d33 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 pymongo
 mongoengine
 oslo.config
+six