diff --git a/cmd/commithook/gico.go b/cmd/commithook/gico.go
index 8e06e9c..52a147a 100644
--- a/cmd/commithook/gico.go
+++ b/cmd/commithook/gico.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/taigrr/gico/types"
 	"github.com/taigrr/gico/ui"
@@ -43,15 +42,6 @@ func NewDataSet() types.DataSet {
 	return make(types.DataSet)
 }
 
-func NewCommit(Author, Message, Repo, Path string, LOC int) types.Commit {
-	ci := types.Commit{
-		Message: Message,
-		Author:  Author, LOC: LOC, TimeStamp: time.Now(),
-		Repo: Repo, Path: Path,
-	}
-	return ci
-}
-
 func loadRepo() {
 }
 
diff --git a/commits/cache.go b/commits/cache.go
index ded46a2..e6ec48e 100644
--- a/commits/cache.go
+++ b/commits/cache.go
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ func init() {
 	repoCache = make(map[string][]types.Commit)
 }
 
+func CacheRepo(path string, commits []types.Commit) {
+	mapTex.Lock()
+	defer mapTex.Unlock()
+	repoCache[path] = commits
+}
+
+func GetCachedRepo(path string, head string) ([]types.Commit, bool) {
+	mapTex.RLock()
+	defer mapTex.RUnlock()
+	if commits, ok := repoCache[path]; !ok {
+		return []types.Commit{}, false
+	} else if len(commits) > 0 && commits[0].Hash == head {
+		return commits, true
+	}
+	return []types.Commit{}, false
+}
+
 func IsRepoCached(path string, head string) bool {
 	mapTex.RLock()
 	defer mapTex.RUnlock()
@@ -36,12 +53,6 @@ func IsRepoCached(path string, head string) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-func CacheRepo(path string, commits []types.Commit) {
-	mapTex.Lock()
-	defer mapTex.Unlock()
-	repoCache[path] = commits
-}
-
 func hashSlice(in []string) string {
 	sort.Strings(in)
 	sb := strings.Builder{}
diff --git a/commits/chancommits.go b/commits/chancommits.go
index 51b1aeb..40841dd 100644
--- a/commits/chancommits.go
+++ b/commits/chancommits.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func YearFreqFromChan(cc chan types.Commit, year int) types.Freq {
 
 func (repo Repo) GetCommitChan() (chan types.Commit, error) {
 	cc := make(chan types.Commit, 30)
-	r := git.Repository(repo)
+	r := git.Repository(repo.Repo)
 	ref, err := r.Head()
 	if err != nil {
 		return cc, err
diff --git a/commits/commits.go b/commits/commits.go
index 4e42ea4..8487d12 100644
--- a/commits/commits.go
+++ b/commits/commits.go
@@ -61,14 +61,26 @@ func (paths RepoSet) Frequency(year int, authors []string) (types.Freq, error) {
 	return gfreq, nil
 }
 
+func (repo Repo) GetHead() (string, error) {
+	r := git.Repository(repo.Repo)
+	ref, err := r.Head()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return ref.String(), nil
+}
+
 func (repo Repo) GetCommitSet() (CommitSet, error) {
 	cs := CommitSet{}
 	commits := []types.Commit{}
-	r := git.Repository(repo)
+	r := git.Repository(repo.Repo)
 	ref, err := r.Head()
 	if err != nil {
 		return cs, err
 	}
+	if cachedRepo, ok := GetCachedRepo(repo.Path, ref.String()); ok {
+		return CommitSet{Commits: cachedRepo}, nil
+	}
 	cIter, err := r.Log(&git.LogOptions{From: ref.Hash()})
 	if err != nil {
 		return cs, err
@@ -80,6 +92,7 @@ func (repo Repo) GetCommitSet() (CommitSet, error) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	cs.Commits = commits
+	CacheRepo(repo.Path, cs.Commits)
 	return cs, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/commits/common.go b/commits/common.go
index 765d618..415d8d9 100644
--- a/commits/common.go
+++ b/commits/common.go
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type (
-	Repo      git.Repository
+	Repo struct {
+		Repo git.Repository
+		Path string
+	}
 	CommitSet struct {
 		Commits []types.Commit
 		Year    int
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ func OpenRepo(directory string) (Repo, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	r, err := git.PlainOpenWithOptions(directory, &(git.PlainOpenOptions{DetectDotGit: true}))
-	return Repo(*r), err
+	return Repo{Repo: *r, Path: directory}, err
 }
 
 func GetMRRepos() (RepoSet, error) {
diff --git a/types/helpers.go b/types/helpers.go
index 6332982..59725a6 100644
--- a/types/helpers.go
+++ b/types/helpers.go
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ func NewDataSet() DataSet {
 	return make(DataSet)
 }
 
-func NewCommit(Author, Message, Repo, Path string, LOC int) Commit {
-	return Commit{
-		Message: Message,
-		Author:  Author, LOC: LOC, TimeStamp: time.Now(),
+func NewCommit(Author, Message, Repo, Path string, Added, Deleted, FilesChanged int) Commit {
+	ci := Commit{
+		Message: Message, Added: Added, Deleted: Deleted,
+		Author: Author, FilesChanged: FilesChanged, TimeStamp: time.Now(),
 		Repo: Repo, Path: Path,
 	}
+	return ci
 }
 
 func (yf Freq) String() string {