diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs
index eb38167d..b5534f29 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataSourceERI_V1.cs	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Settings.DataModel;
 /// <summary>
 /// An external data source, accessed via an ERI server, cf. https://github.com/MindWorkAI/ERI.
 /// </summary>
-public readonly record struct DataSourceERI_V1 : IExternalDataSource
+public readonly record struct DataSourceERI_V1 : IERIDataSource
 {
     public DataSourceERI_V1()
     {
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IERIDataSource.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IERIDataSource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34874fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/IERIDataSource.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using ERI_Client.V1;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Settings;
+
+public interface IERIDataSource : IExternalDataSource
+{
+    public string Hostname { get; init; }
+    
+    public int Port { get; init; }
+    
+    public AuthMethod AuthMethod { get; init; }
+}
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