diff --git a/lib/UserBackend.php b/lib/UserBackend.php
index 210a33f..fa06750 100644
--- a/lib/UserBackend.php
+++ b/lib/UserBackend.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace OCA\GlobalSiteSelector;
 
-use OC\User\Backend;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
@@ -19,14 +18,19 @@
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserBackend;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
-use OCP\User\Backend\ICountUsersBackend;
+use OCP\User\Backend\ABackend;
+use OCP\User\Backend\ICheckPasswordBackend;
+use OCP\User\Backend\IGetDisplayNameBackend;
+use OCP\User\Backend\ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend;
+use OCP\User\Backend\ISetDisplayNameBackend;
 use OCP\User\Events\UserFirstTimeLoggedInEvent;
 use OCP\UserInterface;
+use Override;
 
-class UserBackend implements IUserBackend, UserInterface, ICountUsersBackend {
+class UserBackend extends ABackend implements IUserBackend, UserInterface, ICheckPasswordBackend, IGetDisplayNameBackend, ISetDisplayNameBackend, ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend {
 	private string $dbName = 'global_scale_users';
 
-	/** @var UserInterface[] */
+	/** @var list<UserInterface> */
 	private static array $backends = [];
 
 	public function __construct(
@@ -39,36 +43,11 @@ public function __construct(
 	) {
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Backend name to be shown in user management
-	 *
-	 * @return string the name of the backend to be shown
-	 * @since 0.11.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function getBackendName(): string {
 		return 'user_globalsiteselector';
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Check if backend implements actions
-	 *
-	 * @param int $actions bitwise-or'ed actions
-	 *
-	 * Returns the supported actions as int to be
-	 * compared with \OC\User\Backend::CREATE_USER etc.
-	 *
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
-	public function implementsActions($actions): bool {
-		$availableActions = Backend::CHECK_PASSWORD;
-		$availableActions |= Backend::GET_DISPLAYNAME;
-		$availableActions |= Backend::COUNT_USERS;
-
-		return (bool)($availableActions & $actions);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Creates a user if it does not exist.
 	 *
@@ -103,15 +82,7 @@ public function createUserIfNotExists(string $uid): void {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * delete a user
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid The username of the user to delete
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function deleteUser($uid): bool {
 		if ($this->userExistsInDatabase($uid)) {
 			/* @var $qb IQueryBuilder */
@@ -126,17 +97,7 @@ public function deleteUser($uid): bool {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get a list of all users
-	 *
-	 * @param string $search
-	 * @param null|int $limit
-	 * @param null|int $offset
-	 *
-	 * @return string[] an array of all uids
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function getUsers($search = '', $limit = null, $offset = null): array {
 		/* @var $qb IQueryBuilder */
 		$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
@@ -165,13 +126,8 @@ public function getUsers($search = '', $limit = null, $offset = null): array {
 		return $uids;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * counts the users in the database
-	 *
-	 * @return int|bool
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
-	public function countUsers(): int {
+	#[Override]
+	public function countUsers(int $limit = 0): int|false {
 		$query = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select($query->func()->count('uid'))
 			->from($this->dbName);
@@ -180,28 +136,13 @@ public function countUsers(): int {
 		return $result->fetchColumn();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * check if a user exists
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid the username
-	 *
-	 * @return boolean
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function userExists($uid): bool {
-		if ($backend = $this->getActualUserBackend($uid)) {
-			return $backend->userExists($uid);
-		} else {
-			return $this->userExistsInDatabase($uid);
-		}
+		return $this->userExistsInDatabase($uid);
 	}
 
+	#[Override]
 	public function setDisplayName(string $uid, string $displayName): bool {
-		if ($backend = $this->getActualUserBackend($uid)) {
-			return $backend->setDisplayName($uid, $displayName);
-		}
-
 		if ($this->userExistsInDatabase($uid)) {
 			$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
 			$qb->update($this->dbName)
@@ -215,47 +156,25 @@ public function setDisplayName(string $uid, string $displayName): bool {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get display name of the user
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid user ID of the user
-	 *
-	 * @return string display name
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function getDisplayName($uid): string {
-		if ($backend = $this->getActualUserBackend($uid)) {
-			return $backend->getDisplayName($uid);
-		} else {
-			if ($this->userExistsInDatabase($uid)) {
-				$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
-				$qb->select('displayname')
-					->from($this->dbName)
-					->where($qb->expr()->eq('uid', $qb->createNamedParameter($uid)))
-					->setMaxResults(1);
-				$result = $qb->executeQuery();
-				$users = $result->fetchAll();
-				if (isset($users[0]['displayname'])) {
-					return $users[0]['displayname'];
-				}
+		if ($this->userExistsInDatabase($uid)) {
+			$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
+			$qb->select('displayname')
+				->from($this->dbName)
+				->where($qb->expr()->eq('uid', $qb->createNamedParameter($uid)))
+				->setMaxResults(1);
+			$result = $qb->executeQuery();
+			$users = $result->fetchAll();
+			if (isset($users[0]['displayname'])) {
+				return $users[0]['displayname'];
 			}
 		}
 
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get a list of all display names and user ids.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $search
-	 * @param string|null $limit
-	 * @param string|null $offset
-	 *
-	 * @return array an array of all displayNames (value) and the corresponding uids (key)
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function getDisplayNames($search = '', $limit = null, $offset = null): array {
 		$qb = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
 		$qb->select('uid', 'displayname')
@@ -290,13 +209,7 @@ public function getDisplayNames($search = '', $limit = null, $offset = null): ar
 		return $uids;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Check if a user list is available or not
-	 *
-	 * @return boolean if users can be listed or not
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[Override]
 	public function hasUserListings(): bool {
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -329,60 +242,20 @@ public function getCurrentUserId(): string {
 		return '';
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Check if the provided token is correct
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid The username
-	 * @param string $password The password
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 *
-	 * There is no password, authentication happens on the global site selector master
-	 */
-	public function checkPassword(string $uid, string $password) {
+	#[Override]
+	public function checkPassword(string $loginName, string $password) {
 		// if the user was successfully authenticated by the global site selector
 		// master and forwarded to the client the uid is stored in the session.
 		// In this case we can trust the global site selector that the password was
 		// checked.
 		$currentUid = $this->session->get('globalScale.uid');
-		if ($currentUid === $uid) {
-			return $uid;
+		if ($currentUid === $loginName) {
+			return $loginName;
 		}
 
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets the actual user backend of the user
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid
-	 *
-	 * @return null|UserInterface
-	 */
-	public function getActualUserBackend(string $uid): ?UserInterface {
-		foreach (self::$backends as $backend) {
-			if ($backend->userExists($uid)) {
-				return $backend;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers the used backends, used later to get the actual user backend
-	 * of the user.
-	 *
-	 * @param UserInterface[] $backends
-	 */
-	public function registerBackends(array $backends): void {
-		foreach ($backends as $backend) {
-			if (!($backend instanceof UserBackend)) {
-				self::$backends[] = $backend;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	public function updateAttributes(string $uid, array $attributes): void {
 		$user = $this->userManager->get($uid);
 
@@ -444,10 +317,6 @@ public function updateAttributes(string $uid, array $attributes): void {
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether $uid exists in the database
-	 *
-	 * @param string $uid
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected function userExistsInDatabase(string $uid): bool {
 		/* @var $qb IQueryBuilder */