diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 323b9a5..085a60e 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ module Main where
 import Options.Applicative
 import System.IO (hSetBuffering, BufferMode(NoBuffering), stdout)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import Unused.Parser (parseLines)
+import Unused.Parser (parseResults)
 import Unused.Types (TermMatchSet, RemovalLikelihood(..))
+import Unused.TermSearch (SearchResults(..), fromResults)
 import Unused.ResultsClassifier
 import Unused.ResponseFilter (withOneOccurrence, withLikelihoods, ignoringPaths)
 import Unused.Grouping (CurrentGrouping(..), groupedResponses)
-import Unused.CLI (SearchRunner(..), withoutCursor, renderHeader, executeSearch, printParseError, printMissingTagsFileError, printSearchResults, resetScreen, withInterruptHandler)
+import Unused.CLI (SearchRunner(..), withoutCursor, renderHeader, executeSearch, printMissingTagsFileError, printSearchResults, resetScreen, withInterruptHandler)
 import Unused.Cache
 import Unused.TagsSource
 
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ run options = withoutCursor $ do
 
             languageConfig <- loadLanguageConfig
 
-            results <- withCache options $ unlines <$> executeSearch (oSearchRunner options) terms
+            results <- withCache options $ executeSearch (oSearchRunner options) terms
 
-            let response = parseLines languageConfig results
+            let response = parseResults languageConfig results
 
             resetScreen
 
-            either printParseError (printResults options) response
+            printResults options response
 
     return ()
 
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ calculateTagInput :: Options -> IO (Either TagSearchOutcome [String])
 calculateTagInput Options{ oFromStdIn = True } = loadTagsFromPipe
 calculateTagInput Options{ oFromStdIn = False } = loadTagsFromFile
 
-withCache :: Options -> IO String -> IO String
-withCache Options{ oWithCache = True } = cached
+withCache :: Options -> IO SearchResults -> IO SearchResults
+withCache Options{ oWithCache = True } = fmap SearchResults . cached "term-matches" . fmap fromResults
 withCache Options{ oWithCache = False } = id
 
 withInfo :: Parser a -> String -> String -> String -> ParserInfo a
diff --git a/src/Unused/CLI.hs b/src/Unused/CLI.hs
index 5aa2bde..ec3836d 100644
--- a/src/Unused/CLI.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/CLI.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module Unused.CLI
     ) where
 
 import Unused.CLI.Search as X
-import Unused.CLI.SearchError as X
 import Unused.CLI.MissingTagsFileError as X
 import Unused.CLI.SearchResult as X
 import Unused.CLI.Util as X
diff --git a/src/Unused/CLI/Search.hs b/src/Unused/CLI/Search.hs
index 68ae8c5..aa03cab 100644
--- a/src/Unused/CLI/Search.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/CLI/Search.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Unused.CLI.Search
     , executeSearch
     ) where
 
-import Unused.TermSearch (search)
+import Unused.TermSearch (SearchResults, search)
 import Unused.CLI.Util
 import Unused.CLI.ProgressIndicator
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ renderHeader terms = do
     resetScreen
     printAnalysisHeader terms
 
-executeSearch :: SearchRunner -> [String] -> IO [String]
+executeSearch :: SearchRunner -> [String] -> IO SearchResults
 executeSearch runner terms = do
     renderHeader terms
     runSearch runner terms <* resetScreen
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ printAnalysisHeader terms = do
     setSGR [Reset]
     putStr " terms"
 
-runSearch :: SearchRunner -> [String] -> IO [String]
+runSearch :: SearchRunner -> [String] -> IO SearchResults
 runSearch SearchWithProgress    = progressWithIndicator search createProgressBar
 runSearch SearchWithoutProgress = progressWithIndicator search createSpinner
diff --git a/src/Unused/CLI/SearchError.hs b/src/Unused/CLI/SearchError.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index a65dbe3..0000000
--- a/src/Unused/CLI/SearchError.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-module Unused.CLI.SearchError
-    ( printParseError
-    ) where
-
-import Unused.Parser (ParseError)
-import Unused.CLI.Util
-
-printParseError :: ParseError -> IO ()
-printParseError e = do
-    setSGR [SetColor Background Vivid Red]
-    setSGR [SetColor Foreground Vivid White]
-    setSGR [SetConsoleIntensity BoldIntensity]
-
-    putStrLn "\nThere was a problem parsing the data:\n"
-
-    setSGR [Reset]
-
-    setSGR [SetColor Foreground Vivid Red]
-    setSGR [SetConsoleIntensity BoldIntensity]
-
-    print e
-    putStr "\n"
-
-    setSGR [Reset]
diff --git a/src/Unused/Cache.hs b/src/Unused/Cache.hs
index 861451c..a0bbc7d 100644
--- a/src/Unused/Cache.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/Cache.hs
@@ -2,33 +2,45 @@ module Unused.Cache
     ( cached
     ) where
 
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader
 import System.Directory
+import Data.Csv (FromRecord, ToRecord, HasHeader(..), encode, decode)
+import Data.Vector (toList)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BS
 import Unused.Cache.DirectoryFingerprint (sha)
 
-cached :: IO String -> IO String
-cached f = maybe (writeCache =<< f) return =<< readCache
+cached :: (FromRecord a, ToRecord a) => String -> IO [a] -> IO [a]
+cached context f =
+    runReaderT fromCache =<< cacheFileName context
+  where
+    fromCache = maybe (writeCache =<< liftReaderT f) return =<< readCache
 
-writeCache :: String -> IO String
+writeCache :: ToRecord a => [a] -> ReaderT String IO [a]
 writeCache contents = do
-    createDirectoryIfMissing True cacheDirectory
-    fileName <- cacheFileName
-    writeFile fileName contents
+    liftReaderT $ createDirectoryIfMissing True cacheDirectory
+    fileName <- ask
+    liftReaderT $ BS.writeFile fileName $ encode contents
     return contents
 
-readCache :: IO (Maybe String)
+readCache :: FromRecord a => ReaderT String IO (Maybe [a])
 readCache = do
-    putStrLn "\n\nCalculating cache fingerprint... "
-    fileName <- cacheFileName
-    exists <- doesFileExist fileName
+    fileName <- ask
+    exists <- liftReaderT $ doesFileExist fileName
 
     if exists
-        then Just <$> readFile fileName
+        then fmap processCsv (decode NoHeader <$> liftReaderT (BS.readFile fileName))
         else return Nothing
+  where
+    processCsv = either (const Nothing) (Just . toList)
 
-cacheFileName :: IO String
-cacheFileName = do
+cacheFileName :: String -> IO String
+cacheFileName context = do
+    putStrLn "\n\nCalculating cache fingerprint... "
     currentSha <- sha
-    return $ cacheDirectory ++ "/" ++ currentSha ++ ".cache"
+    return $ cacheDirectory ++ "/" ++ context ++ "-" ++ currentSha ++ ".csv"
 
 cacheDirectory :: String
 cacheDirectory = "tmp/unused"
+
+liftReaderT :: m a -> ReaderT r m a
+liftReaderT m = ReaderT $ const m
diff --git a/src/Unused/Parser.hs b/src/Unused/Parser.hs
index 9db4a05..8581869 100644
--- a/src/Unused/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/Parser.hs
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 module Unused.Parser
-    ( parseLines
-    , ParseError
+    ( parseResults
     ) where
 
 import Data.Bifunctor (second)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 import Unused.Util (groupBy)
-import Unused.Types (ParseResponse, TermMatchSet, TermMatch, resultsFromMatches, tmTerm)
+import Unused.TermSearch (SearchResults, fromResults)
+import Unused.Types (TermMatchSet, resultsFromMatches, tmTerm)
 import Unused.LikelihoodCalculator
-import Unused.Parser.Internal
 
-parseLines :: [LanguageConfiguration] -> String -> ParseResponse
-parseLines lcs =
-    fmap (matchesToMatchSet lcs) . parse parseTermMatches "matches"
-
-matchesToMatchSet :: [LanguageConfiguration] -> [TermMatch] -> TermMatchSet
-matchesToMatchSet lcs =
-    Map.fromList . map (second $ calculateLikelihood lcs . resultsFromMatches) . groupBy tmTerm
+parseResults :: [LanguageConfiguration] -> SearchResults -> TermMatchSet
+parseResults lcs =
+    Map.fromList . map (second $ calculateLikelihood lcs . resultsFromMatches) . groupBy tmTerm . fromResults
diff --git a/src/Unused/Parser/Internal.hs b/src/Unused/Parser/Internal.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc6c6e..0000000
--- a/src/Unused/Parser/Internal.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-module Unused.Parser.Internal
-    ( parseTermMatches
-    , parseTermMatch
-    , parse
-    , ParseError
-    ) where
-
-import Control.Monad (void)
-import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import Text.Parsec
-import Text.Parsec.String (Parser)
-import Unused.Types (TermMatch(..))
-import Unused.Util (stringToInt)
-
-parseTermMatches :: Parser [TermMatch]
-parseTermMatches = many1 parseTermMatch <* eof
-
-parseTermMatch :: Parser TermMatch
-parseTermMatch = do
-    colonSep
-    path <- pathParser
-    colonSep
-    occurrences <- occurrenceParser
-    colonSep
-    term <- termParser
-    void eol
-
-    return $ TermMatch term path occurrences
-  where
-    colonSep = void $ try $ char ':'
-
-termParser :: Parser String
-termParser = many1 (noneOf "\n")
-
-pathParser :: Parser String
-pathParser = many1 (noneOf ":")
-
-occurrenceParser :: Parser Int
-occurrenceParser =
-    fromMaybe 0 . stringToInt <$> many1 digit
-
-eol :: Parser String
-eol = try (string "\n\r")
-    <|> try (string "\r\n")
-    <|> string "\n"
-    <|> string "\r"
-    <?> "end of line"
diff --git a/src/Unused/TermSearch.hs b/src/Unused/TermSearch.hs
index a5a5b79..3e0e7d9 100644
--- a/src/Unused/TermSearch.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/TermSearch.hs
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 module Unused.TermSearch
-    ( search
+    ( SearchResults(..)
+    , fromResults
+    , search
     ) where
 
 import System.Process
-import Unused.TermSearch.Internal (commandLineOptions)
+import Data.Maybe (mapMaybe)
+import Unused.TermSearch.Types
+import Unused.TermSearch.Internal
 
-search :: String -> IO [String]
+search :: String -> IO SearchResults
 search t = do
-    results <- ag t
-    return $ linesMap suffixTerm results
-  where
-    suffixTerm = (++ (":" ++ t))
-
-linesMap :: (String -> String) -> String -> [String]
-linesMap f =
-    filter empty . map f . lines
-  where
-    empty = not . null
+    results <- lines <$> ag t
+    return $ SearchResults $ mapMaybe (parseSearchResult t) results
 
 ag :: String -> IO String
 ag t = do
diff --git a/src/Unused/TermSearch/Internal.hs b/src/Unused/TermSearch/Internal.hs
index fa394c4..1831231 100644
--- a/src/Unused/TermSearch/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/TermSearch/Internal.hs
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
 module Unused.TermSearch.Internal
     ( commandLineOptions
+    , parseSearchResult
     ) where
 
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Unused.Types (TermMatch(..))
 import Unused.Regex
+import Unused.Util (stringToInt)
 
 commandLineOptions :: String -> [String]
 commandLineOptions t =
     case regexSafeTerm t of
-        True -> ["(\\W|^)" ++ t ++ "(\\W|$)", ".", "-c", "--ackmate"]
-        False -> [t, ".", "-c", "-Q", "--ackmate"]
+        True -> ["(\\W|^)" ++ t ++ "(\\W|$)", "."] ++ baseFlags
+        False -> [t, ".", "-Q"] ++ baseFlags
+  where
+    baseFlags = ["-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
+
+parseSearchResult :: String -> String -> Maybe TermMatch
+parseSearchResult term s =
+    toTermMatch $ map T.unpack $ T.splitOn ":" $ T.pack s
+  where
+    toTermMatch [_, path, count] = Just $ TermMatch term path (countInt count)
+    toTermMatch _ = Nothing
+    countInt = fromMaybe 0 . stringToInt
 
 regexSafeTerm :: String -> Bool
 regexSafeTerm =
diff --git a/src/Unused/TermSearch/Types.hs b/src/Unused/TermSearch/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3e512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unused/TermSearch/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+
+module Unused.TermSearch.Types
+    ( SearchResults(..)
+    , fromResults
+    ) where
+
+import Unused.Types (TermMatch)
+
+newtype SearchResults = SearchResults [TermMatch] deriving (Monoid)
+
+fromResults :: SearchResults -> [TermMatch]
+fromResults (SearchResults a) = a
diff --git a/src/Unused/Types.hs b/src/Unused/Types.hs
index 5c435f3..9793299 100644
--- a/src/Unused/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Unused/Types.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+
 module Unused.Types
     ( TermMatch(..)
     , TermResults(..)
     , TermMatchSet
-    , ParseResponse
     , RemovalLikelihood(..)
     , Removal(..)
     , Occurrences(..)
@@ -12,15 +13,19 @@ module Unused.Types
     , appOccurrenceCount
     ) where
 
-import Text.Parsec (ParseError)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+import Data.Csv
+import GHC.Generics
 import Unused.Regex
 
 data TermMatch = TermMatch
     { tmTerm :: String
     , tmPath :: String
     , tmOccurrences :: Int
-    } deriving (Eq, Show)
+    } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
+
+instance FromRecord TermMatch
+instance ToRecord TermMatch
 
 data Occurrences = Occurrences
     { oFiles :: Int
@@ -45,8 +50,6 @@ data RemovalLikelihood = High | Medium | Low | Unknown | NotCalculated deriving
 
 type TermMatchSet = Map.Map String TermResults
 
-type ParseResponse = Either ParseError TermMatchSet
-
 totalFileCount :: TermResults -> Int
 totalFileCount = oFiles . trTotalOccurrences
 
diff --git a/test/Unused/Parser/InternalSpec.hs b/test/Unused/Parser/InternalSpec.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c42471..0000000
--- a/test/Unused/Parser/InternalSpec.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-module Unused.Parser.InternalSpec where
-
-import Test.Hspec
-import Unused.Types
-import Unused.Parser.Internal
-
-main :: IO ()
-main = hspec spec
-
-spec :: Spec
-spec = parallel $
-    describe "parseTermMatch" $ do
-        it "parses normal lines" $ do
-            let (Right result) = parse parseTermMatch "source" ":app/files/location:12:simple\n"
-
-            result `shouldBe` TermMatch "simple" "app/files/location" 12
-
-        it "parses weird lines" $ do
-            let (Right result) = parse parseTermMatch "source" ":app/files/location:12:Foo::Bar\n"
-
-            result `shouldBe` TermMatch "Foo::Bar" "app/files/location" 12
diff --git a/test/Unused/ParserSpec.hs b/test/Unused/ParserSpec.hs
index d39e34d..f9f8941 100644
--- a/test/Unused/ParserSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Unused/ParserSpec.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Unused.ParserSpec where
 import Test.Hspec
 import Unused.Types
 import Unused.Parser
+import Unused.TermSearch
 import Unused.ResultsClassifier
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 
@@ -11,13 +12,8 @@ main = hspec spec
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = parallel $
-    describe "parseLines" $ do
+    describe "parseResults" $ do
         it "parses from the correct format" $ do
-            let input = ":app/path/foo.rb:1:method_name\n\
-                        \:app/path/other.rb:1:other\n\
-                        \:app/path/other.rb:5:method_name\n\
-                        \:spec/path/foo_spec.rb:10:method_name\n"
-
             let r1Matches = [ TermMatch "method_name" "app/path/foo.rb" 1
                             , TermMatch "method_name" "app/path/other.rb" 5
                             , TermMatch "method_name" "spec/path/foo_spec.rb" 10
@@ -28,12 +24,14 @@ spec = parallel $
             let r2Results = TermResults "other" r2Matches (Occurrences 0 0) (Occurrences 1 1) (Occurrences 1 1) (Removal High "used once")
 
             (Right config) <- loadConfig
-            let (Right result) = parseLines config input
+            let searchResults = r1Matches ++ r2Matches
+
+            let result = parseResults config $ SearchResults searchResults
 
             result `shouldBe`
                 Map.fromList [ ("method_name", r1Results), ("other", r2Results) ]
 
         it "handles empty input" $ do
             (Right config) <- loadConfig
-            let (Left result) = parseLines config ""
-            show result `shouldContain` "unexpected end of input"
+            let result = parseResults config $ SearchResults []
+            result `shouldBe` Map.fromList []
diff --git a/test/Unused/TermSearch/InternalSpec.hs b/test/Unused/TermSearch/InternalSpec.hs
index c632d89..9a5ff3a 100644
--- a/test/Unused/TermSearch/InternalSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Unused/TermSearch/InternalSpec.hs
@@ -4,19 +4,27 @@ module Unused.TermSearch.InternalSpec
     ) where
 
 import Test.Hspec
+import Unused.Types
 import Unused.TermSearch.Internal
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec spec
 
 spec :: Spec
-spec = parallel $
+spec = parallel $ do
     describe "commandLineOptions" $ do
         it "does not use regular expressions when the term contains non-word characters" $ do
-            commandLineOptions "can_do_things?" `shouldBe` ["can_do_things?", ".", "-c", "-Q", "--ackmate"]
-            commandLineOptions "no_way!" `shouldBe` ["no_way!", ".", "-c", "-Q", "--ackmate"]
-            commandLineOptions "[]=" `shouldBe` ["[]=", ".", "-c", "-Q", "--ackmate"]
-            commandLineOptions "window.globalOverride" `shouldBe` ["window.globalOverride", ".", "-c", "-Q", "--ackmate"]
+            commandLineOptions "can_do_things?" `shouldBe` ["can_do_things?", ".", "-Q", "-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
+            commandLineOptions "no_way!" `shouldBe` ["no_way!", ".", "-Q", "-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
+            commandLineOptions "[]=" `shouldBe` ["[]=", ".", "-Q", "-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
+            commandLineOptions "window.globalOverride" `shouldBe` ["window.globalOverride", ".", "-Q", "-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
 
         it "uses regular expression match with surrounding non-word matches for accuracy" $
-            commandLineOptions "awesome_method" `shouldBe` ["(\\W|^)awesome_method(\\W|$)", ".", "-c", "--ackmate"]
+            commandLineOptions "awesome_method" `shouldBe` ["(\\W|^)awesome_method(\\W|$)", ".", "-c", "--ackmate", "--ignore-dir", "tmp/unused"]
+
+    describe "parseSearchResult" $ do
+        it "parses normal results from `ag` to a TermMatch" $
+            parseSearchResult "method_name" ":app/models/foo.rb:123" `shouldBe` (Just $ TermMatch "method_name" "app/models/foo.rb" 123)
+
+        it "returns Nothing when it cannot parse" $
+            parseSearchResult "method_name" "" `shouldBe` Nothing
diff --git a/unused.cabal b/unused.cabal
index 38e4f20..896a813 100644
--- a/unused.cabal
+++ b/unused.cabal
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ data-files:          data/config.yml
 library
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   exposed-modules:     Unused.TermSearch
+                     , Unused.TermSearch.Types
                      , Unused.TermSearch.Internal
                      , Unused.Parser
-                     , Unused.Parser.Internal
                      , Unused.Types
                      , Unused.Util
                      , Unused.Regex
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ library
                      , Unused.TagsSource
                      , Unused.CLI
                      , Unused.CLI.Search
-                     , Unused.CLI.SearchError
                      , Unused.CLI.MissingTagsFileError
                      , Unused.CLI.SearchResult
                      , Unused.CLI.SearchResult.ColumnFormatter
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ library
   other-modules:       Paths_unused
   build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
                      , process
-                     , parsec
                      , containers
                      , filepath
                      , directory
@@ -61,6 +59,10 @@ library
                      , bytestring
                      , text
                      , unordered-containers
+                     , cassava
+                     , vector
+                     , mtl
+                     , transformers
   ghc-options:         -Wall -Werror -O2
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@ test-suite unused-test
                      , hspec
                      , containers
   other-modules:       Unused.ParserSpec
-                     , Unused.Parser.InternalSpec
                      , Unused.ResponseFilterSpec
                      , Unused.TypesSpec
                      , Unused.LikelihoodCalculatorSpec