diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9ac46cc3..dc118756f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ find_package(qdmi REQUIRED)
 # Find QInfo package
 find_package(qinfo REQUIRED)
 
+# Find sys-sage package
+find_package(sys-sage REQUIRED)
+
 # Find the Threads package
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ foreach(src_file ${ANALYSIS_PASSES_SOURCE_FILES})
     qdmi
     qinfo
     #fomac
+    sys-sage
     utilities)
 
   target_include_directories(${target_name}
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ foreach(src_file ${TRANSFORMATION_PASSES_SOURCE_FILES})
     qdmi
     qinfo
     #fomac
+    sys-sage
     utilities
   )
 
diff --git a/cmake/Findqdmi.cmake b/cmake/Findqdmi.cmake
index 1e4331904..b05dece61 100644
--- a/cmake/Findqdmi.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Findqdmi.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
     qdmi
     GIT_REPOSITORY git@github.com:Munich-Quantum-Software-Stack/QDMI.git
-    GIT_TAG develop
+    GIT_TAG ibm-backend-testing
 )
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(qdmi)
diff --git a/cmake/Findsys-sage.cmake b/cmake/Findsys-sage.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebd742d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Findsys-sage.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    sys-sage
+    GIT_REPOSITORY git@github.com:Durganshu/sys-sage.git
+    GIT_TAG qc-integration
+)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(sys-sage)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ArchitectureFactory.cpp b/src/ArchitectureFactory.cpp
index 1c19bc548..dce687131 100644
--- a/src/ArchitectureFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/ArchitectureFactory.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "ArchitectureFactory.hpp"
-
+#include <sys-sage.hpp>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <set>
 #include <utility>
@@ -7,34 +7,17 @@
 namespace mqt {
 
 Architecture createArchitecture(QDMI_Device dev) {
-  int num_qubits = 0;
-
-  int err = QDMI_query_qubits_num(dev, &num_qubits);
-  if (err != QDMI_SUCCESS)
-    throw std::runtime_error("Could not get number of qubits via QDMI");
-  if (num_qubits == 0)
-    throw std::runtime_error("Number of qubits cannot be zero");
-
-  QDMI_Qubit qubits;
-
-  // create a coupling map
-  err = QDMI_query_all_qubits(dev, &qubits);
+  
+  // QdmiParser: sys-sage's interface to qdmi (for retrieving the static topology)
+  QdmiParser qdmi;
 
-  if (err != QDMI_SUCCESS || qubits == NULL)
-    throw std::runtime_error("Could not get qubits via QDMI");
+  // An instance to QuantumBackend for storing the topology
+  QuantumBackend qc = createQcTopo(dev);
 
-  CouplingMap cm{};
-  for (int i = 0; i < num_qubits; i++)
-  {
-    if (qubits[i].coupling_mapping != NULL && qubits[i].size_coupling_mapping)
-    {
-      for (int j = 0; j < qubits[i].size_coupling_mapping; j++)
-        cm.emplace(i, qubits[i].coupling_mapping[j]);
-    }
-  }
+  std::uint16_t num_qubits = qc.GetNumberofQubits();
 
-  free(qubits);
+  CouplingMap cm = qc.GetAllCouplingMaps();
 
-  return {static_cast<std::uint16_t>(num_qubits), cm};
+  return {num_qubits, cm};  
 }
 } // namespace mqt