diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a19a660..e93f412b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ log = "0.3"
 memchr = "0.1"
 memmap = "0.2"
 num_cpus = "1"
+parking_lot = "0.3"
 regex = { version = "0.1", path = "/home/andrew/rust/regex" }
 regex-syntax = { version = "0.3.1", path = "/home/andrew/rust/regex/regex-syntax" }
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
+thread_local = "0.2"
 walkdir = "0.1"
 
 [features]
@@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ lazy_static = "0.2"
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = true
+panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 31da883c..067b0847 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,27 +9,32 @@ extern crate log;
 extern crate memchr;
 extern crate memmap;
 extern crate num_cpus;
+extern crate parking_lot;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate regex_syntax as syntax;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
+extern crate thread_local;
 extern crate walkdir;
 
+use std::cmp;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process;
 use std::result;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread;
 
-use crossbeam::sync::{MsQueue, TreiberStack};
+use crossbeam::sync::SegQueue;
 use docopt::Docopt;
 use grep::{Grep, GrepBuilder};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use ignore::Ignore;
 use printer::Printer;
-use search::Searcher;
+use search::{InputBuffer, Searcher};
 
 macro_rules! errored {
     ($($tt:tt)*) => {
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ mod walk;
 
 const USAGE: &'static str = "
 Usage: xrep [options] <pattern> [<path> ...]
+       xrep --files [<path> ...]
 
 xrep is like the silver searcher and grep, but faster than both.
 
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ Options:
     -L, --follow        Follow symlinks.
     --hidden            Search hidden directories and files.
     -i, --ignore-case   Case insensitive search.
-    --threads ARG       The number of threads to use. Defaults to the number
+    -t, --threads ARG   The number of threads to use. Defaults to the number
                         of logical CPUs. [default: 0]
 ";
 
@@ -83,18 +89,12 @@ struct Args {
     flag_threads: usize,
 }
 
-impl Args {
-    fn printer<W: io::Write>(&self, wtr: W) -> Printer<W> {
-        Printer::new(wtr)
-    }
-}
-
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Box<Error + Send + Sync>>;
 
 fn main() {
     let args: Args = Docopt::new(USAGE).and_then(|d| d.decode())
                                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
-    match real_main(args) {
+    match run(args) {
         Ok(_) => process::exit(0),
         Err(err) => {
             let _ = writeln!(&mut io::stderr(), "{}", err);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-fn real_main(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
+fn run(mut args: Args) -> Result<()> {
     let mut logb = env_logger::LogBuilder::new();
     if args.flag_debug {
         logb.filter(None, log::LogLevelFilter::Debug);
@@ -111,185 +111,137 @@ fn real_main(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         logb.filter(None, log::LogLevelFilter::Warn);
     }
     if let Err(err) = logb.init() {
-        return errored!("failed to initialize logger: {}", err);
+        errored!("failed to initialize logger: {}", err);
     }
 
-    let mut main = Main::new(args);
-    try!(main.run_workers());
-    let writer = main.run_writer();
-    main.scan();
-    main.finish_workers();
-    main.chan_results.push(Message::Quit);
-    writer.join().unwrap();
+    if args.arg_path.is_empty() {
+        args.arg_path.push("./".to_string());
+    }
+    if args.arg_path.iter().any(|p| p == "-") {
+        errored!("searching <stdin> isn't yet supported");
+    }
+    if args.flag_files {
+        return run_files(args);
+    }
+    let args = Arc::new(args);
+    let mut workers = vec![];
+    let stdout = Arc::new(Mutex::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stdout())));
+
+    let chan_work_send = {
+        let chan_work = Arc::new(SegQueue::new());
+        for _ in 0..args.num_workers() {
+            let grepb =
+                GrepBuilder::new(&args.arg_pattern)
+                .case_insensitive(args.flag_ignore_case);
+            let worker = Worker {
+                args: args.clone(),
+                stdout: stdout.clone(),
+                chan_work: chan_work.clone(),
+                inpbuf: InputBuffer::new(),
+                outbuf: Some(vec![]),
+                grep: try!(grepb.build()),
+            };
+            workers.push(thread::spawn(move || worker.run()));
+        }
+        chan_work
+    };
+
+    for p in &args.arg_path {
+        for path in args.walker(p) {
+            chan_work_send.push(Message::Some(path));
+        }
+    }
+    for _ in 0..workers.len() {
+        chan_work_send.push(Message::Quit);
+    }
+    for worker in workers {
+        worker.join().unwrap();
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
-type ChanWork = Arc<MsQueue<Message<Work>>>;
+fn run_files(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut printer = Printer::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stdout()));
+    for p in &args.arg_path {
+        for path in args.walker(p) {
+            printer.path(path);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
 
-type ChanResults = Arc<MsQueue<Message<Vec<u8>>>>;
+impl Args {
+    fn printer<W: io::Write>(&self, wtr: W) -> Printer<W> {
+        Printer::new(wtr)
+    }
+
+    fn num_workers(&self) -> usize {
+        let mut num = self.flag_threads;
+        if num == 0 {
+            num = cmp::min(8, num_cpus::get());
+        }
+        num
+    }
+
+    fn walker<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> walk::Iter {
+        let wd = WalkDir::new(path).follow_links(self.flag_follow);
+        let mut ig = Ignore::new();
+        ig.ignore_hidden(!self.flag_hidden);
+        walk::Iter::new(ig, wd)
+    }
+}
 
 enum Message<T> {
     Some(T),
     Quit,
 }
 
-struct Main {
-    args: Arc<Args>,
-    chan_work: ChanWork,
-    chan_results: ChanResults,
-    bufs: Arc<Bufs>,
-    workers: Vec<thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
-}
-
-impl Main {
-    fn new(mut args: Args) -> Main {
-        if args.arg_path.is_empty() {
-            args.arg_path.push("./".to_string());
-        }
-        Main {
-            args: Arc::new(args),
-            chan_work: Arc::new(MsQueue::new()),
-            chan_results: Arc::new(MsQueue::new()),
-            bufs: Arc::new(Bufs::new()),
-            workers: vec![],
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn scan(&mut self) {
-        for p in &self.args.arg_path {
-            if p == "-" {
-                eprintln!("searching <stdin> isn't yet supported");
-                continue;
-            }
-            let wd = WalkDir::new(p).follow_links(self.args.flag_follow);
-            let mut ig = Ignore::new();
-            ig.ignore_hidden(!self.args.flag_hidden);
-
-            for ent in walk::Iter::new(ig, wd) {
-                let mut path = ent.path();
-                if let Ok(p) = path.strip_prefix("./") {
-                    path = p;
-                }
-                self.chan_work.push(Message::Some(Work {
-                    path: path.to_path_buf(),
-                    out: self.bufs.pop(),
-                }));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn run_writer(&self) -> thread::JoinHandle<()> {
-        let wtr = Writer {
-            args: self.args.clone(),
-            chan_results: self.chan_results.clone(),
-            bufs: self.bufs.clone(),
-        };
-        thread::spawn(move || wtr.run())
-    }
-
-    fn run_workers(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut num = self.args.flag_threads;
-        if num == 0 {
-            num = num_cpus::get();
-        }
-        if num < 4 {
-            num = 1;
-        } else {
-            num -= 2;
-        }
-        println!("running {} workers", num);
-        for _ in 0..num {
-            try!(self.run_worker());
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn run_worker(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        let grepb =
-            GrepBuilder::new(&self.args.arg_pattern)
-            .case_insensitive(self.args.flag_ignore_case);
-        let worker = Worker {
-            args: self.args.clone(),
-            chan_work: self.chan_work.clone(),
-            chan_results: self.chan_results.clone(),
-            grep: try!(grepb.build()),
-        };
-        self.workers.push(thread::spawn(move || worker.run()));
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn finish_workers(&mut self) {
-        // We can stop all of the works by sending a quit message.
-        // Each worker is guaranteed to receive the quit message exactly
-        // once, so we only need to send `self.workers.len()` of them
-        for _ in 0..self.workers.len() {
-            self.chan_work.push(Message::Quit);
-        }
-        // Now wait for each to finish.
-        while let Some(thread) = self.workers.pop() {
-            thread.join().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-struct Writer {
-    args: Arc<Args>,
-    chan_results: ChanResults,
-    bufs: Arc<Bufs>,
-}
-
-impl Writer {
-    fn run(self) {
-        let mut stdout = io::BufWriter::new(io::stdout());
-        while let Message::Some(res) = self.chan_results.pop() {
-            let _ = stdout.write_all(&res);
-            self.bufs.push(res);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-struct Work {
-    path: PathBuf,
-    out: Vec<u8>,
-}
-
 struct Worker {
     args: Arc<Args>,
-    chan_work: ChanWork,
-    chan_results: ChanResults,
+    stdout: Arc<Mutex<io::BufWriter<io::Stdout>>>,
+    chan_work: Arc<SegQueue<Message<PathBuf>>>,
+    inpbuf: InputBuffer,
+    outbuf: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     grep: Grep,
 }
 
 impl Worker {
-    fn run(self) {
-        while let Message::Some(mut work) = self.chan_work.pop() {
-            work.out.clear();
-            let printer = self.args.printer(work.out);
-            let searcher = Searcher::new(&self.grep, work.path).unwrap();
-            let buf = searcher.search(printer);
-            self.chan_results.push(Message::Some(buf));
+    fn run(mut self) {
+        loop {
+            let path = match self.chan_work.try_pop() {
+                None => continue,
+                Some(Message::Quit) => break,
+                Some(Message::Some(path)) => path,
+            };
+            let file = match File::open(&path) {
+                Ok(file) => file,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    eprintln!("{}: {}", path.display(), err);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+            let mut outbuf = self.outbuf.take().unwrap();
+            outbuf.clear();
+            let mut printer = self.args.printer(outbuf);
+            {
+                let searcher = Searcher {
+                    grep: &self.grep,
+                    path: &path,
+                    haystack: file,
+                    inp: &mut self.inpbuf,
+                    printer: &mut printer,
+                };
+                if let Err(err) = searcher.run() {
+                    eprintln!("{}", err);
+                }
+            }
+            let outbuf = printer.into_inner();
+            if !outbuf.is_empty() {
+                let mut stdout = self.stdout.lock();
+                let _ = stdout.write_all(&outbuf);
+                let _ = stdout.flush();
+            }
+            self.outbuf = Some(outbuf);
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// A pool of buffers used by each worker thread to write matches.
-struct Bufs {
-    bufs: TreiberStack<Vec<u8>>,
-}
-
-impl Bufs {
-    pub fn new() -> Bufs {
-        Bufs { bufs: TreiberStack::new() }
-    }
-
-    pub fn pop(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        match self.bufs.pop() {
-            None => vec![],
-            Some(buf) => buf,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn push(&self, buf: Vec<u8>) {
-        self.bufs.push(buf);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/printer.rs b/src/printer.rs
index 229fe151..e0885047 100644
--- a/src/printer.rs
+++ b/src/printer.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ impl<W: io::Write> Printer<W> {
         wln!(&mut self.wtr, "{}", path.as_ref().display());
     }
 
+    pub fn path_count<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, path: P, count: u64) {
+        wln!(&mut self.wtr, "{}:{}", path.as_ref().display(), count);
+    }
+
     pub fn count(&mut self, count: u64) {
         wln!(&mut self.wtr, "{}", count);
     }
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index f0e297ab..7d1fc523 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ matches.
 use std::cmp;
 use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use grep::Grep;
-use memchr::memchr;
-use memmap::{Mmap, Protection};
+use grep::{Grep, Match};
+use memchr::{memchr, memrchr};
 
 use printer::Printer;
 
+const READ_SIZE: usize = 8 * (1<<10);
+
 /// Error describes errors that can occur while searching.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -56,89 +56,121 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
     }
 }
 
-/// Searcher searches a memory mapped buffer.
-///
-/// The `'g` lifetime refers to the lifetime of the underlying matcher.
-pub struct Searcher<'g> {
-    grep: &'g Grep,
-    path: PathBuf,
-    mmap: Option<Mmap>,
+pub struct Searcher<'a, R, W: 'a> {
+    pub grep: &'a Grep,
+    pub path: &'a Path,
+    pub haystack: R,
+    pub inp: &'a mut InputBuffer,
+    pub printer: &'a mut Printer<W>,
 }
 
-impl<'g> Searcher<'g> {
-    /// Create a new memory map based searcher using the given matcher for the
-    /// file path given.
-    pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-        grep: &'g Grep,
-        path: P,
-    ) -> Result<Searcher<'g>, Error> {
-        let file = try!(File::open(&path).map_err(|err| {
-            Error::from_io(err, &path)
-        }));
-        let md = try!(file.metadata().map_err(|err| {
-            Error::from_io(err, &path)
-        }));
-        let mmap =
-            if md.len() == 0 {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(try!(Mmap::open(&file, Protection::Read).map_err(|err| {
-                    Error::from_io(err, &path)
-                })))
-            };
-        Ok(Searcher {
-            grep: grep,
-            path: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
-            mmap: mmap,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Execute the search, writing the results to the printer given and
-    /// returning the underlying buffer.
-    pub fn search<W: io::Write>(&self, printer: Printer<W>) -> W {
-        Search {
-            grep: &self.grep,
-            path: &*self.path,
-            buf: self.buf(),
-            printer: printer,
-        }.run()
-    }
-
-    /// Execute the search, returning a count of the number of hits.
-    pub fn count(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.grep.iter(self.buf()).count() as u64
-    }
-
-    fn buf(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.mmap.as_ref().map(|m| unsafe { m.as_slice() }).unwrap_or(&[])
-    }
-}
-
-struct Search<'a, W> {
-    grep: &'a Grep,
-    path: &'a Path,
-    buf: &'a [u8],
-    printer: Printer<W>,
-}
-
-impl<'a, W: io::Write> Search<'a, W> {
-    fn run(mut self) -> W {
-        let is_binary = self.is_binary();
-        let mut it = self.grep.iter(self.buf).peekable();
-        if is_binary && it.peek().is_some() {
-            self.printer.binary_matched(self.path);
-            return self.printer.into_inner();
+impl<'a, R: io::Read, W: io::Write> Searcher<'a, R, W> {
+    #[inline(never)]
+    pub fn run(mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.inp.reset();
+        let mut mat = Match::default();
+        loop {
+            let ok = try!(self.inp.fill(&mut self.haystack).map_err(|err| {
+                Error::from_io(err, &self.path)
+            }));
+            if !ok {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            loop {
+                let ok = self.grep.read_match(
+                    &mut mat,
+                    &mut self.inp.buf[..self.inp.lastnl],
+                    self.inp.pos);
+                if !ok {
+                    break;
+                }
+                self.inp.pos = mat.end() + 1;
+                self.printer.matched(self.path, &self.inp.buf, &mat);
+            }
         }
-        for m in it {
-            self.printer.matched(self.path, self.buf, &m);
-        }
-        self.printer.into_inner()
-    }
-
-    fn is_binary(&self) -> bool {
-        if self.buf.len() >= 4 && &self.buf[0..4] == b"%PDF" {
-            return true;
-        }
-        memchr(b'\x00', &self.buf[0..cmp::min(1024, self.buf.len())]).is_some()
     }
 }
+
+pub struct InputBuffer {
+    buf: Vec<u8>,
+    tmp: Vec<u8>,
+    pos: usize,
+    lastnl: usize,
+    end: usize,
+    first: bool,
+    is_binary: bool,
+}
+
+impl InputBuffer {
+    pub fn new() -> InputBuffer {
+        InputBuffer {
+            buf: vec![0; READ_SIZE],
+            tmp: vec![],
+            pos: 0,
+            lastnl: 0,
+            end: 0,
+            first: true,
+            is_binary: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn reset(&mut self) {
+        self.pos = 0;
+        self.lastnl = 0;
+        self.end = 0;
+        self.first = true;
+        self.is_binary = false;
+    }
+
+    fn fill<R: io::Read>(&mut self, rdr: &mut R) -> Result<bool, io::Error> {
+        if self.lastnl < self.end {
+            self.tmp.clear();
+            self.tmp.extend_from_slice(&self.buf[self.lastnl..self.end]);
+            self.buf[0..self.tmp.len()].copy_from_slice(&self.tmp);
+            self.end = self.tmp.len();
+        } else {
+            self.end = 0;
+        }
+        self.pos = 0;
+        self.lastnl = 0;
+        while self.lastnl == 0 {
+            if self.buf.len() - self.end < READ_SIZE {
+                let min_len = READ_SIZE + self.buf.len() - self.end;
+                let new_len = cmp::max(min_len, self.buf.len() * 2);
+                self.buf.resize(new_len, 0);
+            }
+            let n = try!(rdr.read(
+                &mut self.buf[self.end..self.end + READ_SIZE]));
+            if self.first {
+                if is_binary(&self.buf[self.end..self.end + n]) {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+            }
+            self.first = false;
+            if n == 0 {
+                if self.end == 0 {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+                self.lastnl = self.end;
+                break;
+            }
+            // We know there is no nl between self.start..self.end since:
+            //   1) If this is the first iteration, then any bytes preceding
+            //      self.end do not contain nl by construction.
+            //   2) Subsequent iterations only occur if no nl could be found.
+            self.lastnl =
+                memrchr(b'\n', &self.buf[self.end..self.end + n])
+                .map(|i| self.end + i)
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            self.end += n;
+        }
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_binary(buf: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    if buf.len() >= 4 && &buf[0..4] == b"%PDF" {
+        return true;
+    }
+    memchr(b'\x00', &buf[0..cmp::min(1024, buf.len())]).is_some()
+}
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index e60e2605..524e6f0b 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ crate that can efficiently skip and ignore files and directories specified in
 a user's ignore patterns.
 */
 
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use walkdir::{self, DirEntry, WalkDir, WalkDirIterator};
 
 use ignore::Ignore;
@@ -39,9 +41,9 @@ impl Iter {
 }
 
 impl Iterator for Iter {
-    type Item = DirEntry;
+    type Item = PathBuf;
 
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<DirEntry> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         while let Some(ev) = self.it.next() {
             match ev {
                 Err(err) => {
@@ -74,7 +76,11 @@ impl Iterator for Iter {
                     if !ent.file_type().is_file() {
                         continue;
                     }
-                    return Some(ent);
+                    let mut path = ent.path();
+                    if let Ok(p) = path.strip_prefix("./") {
+                        path = p;
+                    }
+                    return Some(path.to_path_buf());
                 }
             }
         }