diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 950c09879..de371e923 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     ReferenceInfoError,
     /// Image probably doesn't exist or has wrong format
     ImageLoadError,
+    /// Could not initialize the license detector
+    LicenseDetectorError,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
             Error::BareGitRepo => "Unable to run onefetch on bare git repos",
             Error::ReferenceInfoError => "Error while retrieving reference information",
             Error::ImageLoadError => "Could not load the specified image",
+            Error::LicenseDetectorError => "Could not initialize the license detector",
         };
         write!(f, "{}", content)
     }
diff --git a/src/info.rs b/src/info.rs
index 5855c64d3..7e73c45d7 100644
--- a/src/info.rs
+++ b/src/info.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use colored::{Color, ColoredString, Colorize};
 use git2::Repository;
 use image::DynamicImage;
-use license;
+use license::Detector;
 
 use crate::image_backends;
 use crate::language::Language;
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ impl Info {
     }
 
     fn get_project_license(dir: &str) -> Result<String> {
+        let detector = Detector::new()?;
+
         let output = fs::read_dir(dir)
             .map_err(|_| Error::ReadDirectory)?
             .filter_map(std::result::Result::ok)
@@ -596,7 +598,8 @@ impl Info {
                 }, // TODO: multiple prefixes, like COPYING?
             )
             .filter_map(|entry| {
-                license::from_text(&fs::read_to_string(entry).unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into()))
+                let contents = fs::read_to_string(entry).unwrap_or_default();
+                detector.analyze(&contents)
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .join(", ");
diff --git a/src/license.rs b/src/license.rs
index 8ca6b166e..6705d80e5 100644
--- a/src/license.rs
+++ b/src/license.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 use askalono::{Store, TextData};
 
+use crate::Error;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
 static CACHE_DATA: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../resources/license-cache.bin.gz");
 
-pub fn from_text(text: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    match Store::from_cache(CACHE_DATA) {
-        Ok(store) => match store.analyze(&TextData::from(text)) {
-            Ok(license) => Some(license.name),
-            Err(_) => None,
-        },
-        Err(_) => None,
+pub struct Detector {
+    store: Store,
+}
+
+impl Detector {
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
+        Store::from_cache(CACHE_DATA)
+            .map(|store| Self { store })
+            .map_err(|_| Error::LicenseDetectorError)
+    }
+
+    pub fn analyze(&self, text: &str) -> Option<String> {
+        self.store
+            .analyze(&TextData::from(text))
+            .ok()
+            .map(|license| license.name)
     }
 }