diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c65437..95202fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.youzan</groupId>
   <artifactId>nsq-flume-sink</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>nsq-flume-sink</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
       <version>1.7.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.youzan</groupId>
+      <artifactId>filebackup</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.flume</groupId>
       <artifactId>flume-ng-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQLocalBackupQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQLocalBackupQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2207eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQLocalBackupQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package com.youzan.flume.sink.nsq;
+
+import com.youzan.filebackup.context.BackupContext;
+import com.youzan.filebackup.context.BackupScope;
+import com.youzan.filebackup.context.BackupScopeBuilder;
+import com.youzan.filebackup.context.DefaultBackupContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+/**
+ * Created by lin on 17/4/13.
+ */
+public class NSQLocalBackupQueue {
+    private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NSQLocalBackupQueue.class);
+    private final BackupScope backupScope;
+    private volatile boolean init = false;
+    private AtomicLong cnt = new AtomicLong(0);
+    private final Object SYNC = new Object();
+
+    public NSQLocalBackupQueue(String backupPath, String scopeId, String contextName) {
+        BackupContext context = new DefaultBackupContext(contextName);
+        backupScope = BackupScopeBuilder.create(backupPath, scopeId)
+                .setBackupContext(context)
+                .build();
+        backupScope.init();
+        try {
+            backupScope.openWrite();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Fail to open write, Path: {}, ScopeId: {}, ContextName: {}", backupPath, scopeId, contextName);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            backupScope.openRead();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Fail to open read, Path: {}, ScopeId: {}, ContextName: {}", backupPath, scopeId, contextName);
+        }
+        init = true;
+        logger.info("Local backup initialized.");
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInit() {
+        return this.init;
+    }
+
+    public int writeBackup(byte[] messageContent) throws IOException {
+        if(!isInit())
+            throw new IllegalStateException("BackupQueue is not initialized for write.");
+        int count = this.backupScope.tryWrite(messageContent);
+        if(count > 0) {
+            cnt.incrementAndGet();
+            synchronized (SYNC) {
+                logger.info("Try notifying one waiting read process.");
+                SYNC.notify();
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] readBackup() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        if(!isInit())
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("BackupQueue is not initialized for read.");
+        byte[] messaege = backupScope.tryRead();
+        if(null != messaege) {
+            return messaege;
+        } else {
+            logger.info("Read process wait for write.");
+            SYNC.wait();
+            return readBackup();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        backupScope.closeWrite();
+        //TODO: simply close read
+        backupScope.closeRead();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQSink.java b/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQSink.java
index 6626f93..8c7d268 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/youzan/flume/sink/nsq/NSQSink.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
 /**
  * Created by lin on 17/4/6.
  */
@@ -19,31 +23,69 @@ public class NSQSink extends AbstractSink implements Configurable {
 
     private String lookupAddresses = null;
     private String defaultTopic = null;
+    private String backupPath;
+    private String scopeId;
+    private String backupContext;
     private NSQConfig config = null;
     private Producer producer = null;
+    private NSQLocalBackupQueue backupQueue = null;
+    private ExecutorService exec = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    private final Runnable READTASK = () -> {
+        while(true) {
+            byte[] message = null;
+            try {
+                message = backupQueue.readBackup();
+                if(null != message) {
+                    logger.info("Read one backup message.");
+                    producer.publish(message, defaultTopic);
+                    logger.info("backup message published.");
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logger.error("Fail to read from backup file");
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                logger.error("Interrupted while waiting for notify.");
+            } catch (NSQException e) {
+                logger.error("Fail to publish to NSQd, write back to backup.");
+                try {
+                    backupQueue.writeBackup(message);
+                } catch (IOException e1) {
+                    logger.error("Fail to write to backup queue after read out from backup. Message {}", new String(message));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
 
     @Override
     public Status process() throws EventDeliveryException {
-        Status status;
+        Status status = null;
         String topic;
         Channel ch = getChannel();
         Transaction txn = ch.getTransaction();
         txn.begin();
+        Event event = ch.take();
+        byte[] message = event.getBody();
         try{
-            Event event = ch.take();
             String topicText = event.getHeaders().get("topic");
             if(null != topicText)
                 topic = topicText;
             else
                 topic = defaultTopic;
             //send
-            producer.publish(event.getBody(), topic);
+            producer.publish(message, topic);
             txn.commit();
             status = Status.READY;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             logger.error("Fail to publish to NSQ.", t);
-            txn.rollback();
-            status = Status.BACKOFF;
+            try {
+                backupQueue.writeBackup(message);
+                logger.warn("Failed message write to backup file.");
+                txn.commit();
+                status = Status.READY;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logger.error("Fail to write to backup queue. Message {}", new String(message));
+                txn.rollback();
+                status = Status.BACKOFF;
+            }
             if (t instanceof Error) {
                 throw (Error)t;
             }
@@ -61,11 +103,20 @@ public void start() {
         } catch (NSQException e) {
             logger.error("Fail to start nsq producer.", e);
         }
+        backupQueue = new NSQLocalBackupQueue(backupPath, scopeId, backupContext);
+        final NSQLocalBackupQueue queue = this.backupQueue;
+        exec.submit(READTASK);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void stop () {
         producer.close();
+        exec.shutdown();
+        try {
+            backupQueue.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Fail to close backup queue");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -81,5 +132,9 @@ public void configure(Context context) {
         config = new NSQConfig();
         config.setLookupAddresses(lookupAddresses);
         logger.info("NSQConfig initialized with lookupAddresses:{}, topicName:{}", lookupAddresses, topicName);
+
+        backupPath = context.getString("backupPath");
+        scopeId = context.getString("scopeId");
+        backupContext = context.getString("backupContext");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/test.conf b/src/test/resources/test.conf
index d34c558..c63b093 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/test.conf
+++ b/src/test/resources/test.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ a1.sources.sequence.type = seq
 a1.sinks.nsq.type = com.youzan.flume.sink.nsq.NSQSink
 a1.sinks.nsq.topic = flume_sink
 a1.sinks.nsq.lookupdAddresses = sqs-qa.s.qima-inc.com:4161
+a1.sinks.nsq.backupPath = /tmp/backup
+a1.sinks.nsq.scopeId = nsq_msg_backup
+a1.sinks.nsq.backupContext = flume_sink_backup
+
 
 # Use a channel which buffers events in memory
 a1.channels.c1.type = memory