diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c56d37..3923258 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ raw_data/
 # Cache
 __pycache__
 .mypy_cache
+
+# ignore recommender object
+recommender_saved
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2f126e..5c24e6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ Type:           type
 ## Contributors
 
 - Dileep Kishore
+- Callen Bragdon
+- Conor Shea(It's all coming together)
 
 
 ## Credits
diff --git a/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py b/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
index 8e3bcaf..339a805 100644
--- a/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
+++ b/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .plot_similarity import PlotSimilarity
 from .keyword_similarity import KeywordSimilarity
 from .user_similarity import UserSimilarity
-
+from .utils import save,load,search
 
 def movie_recommender(
         metadata_file: str,
@@ -70,5 +70,8 @@ def movie_recommender(
         recommender = KeywordSimilarity(metadata, credits, keywords)
     elif method == "UserSimilarity":
         recommender = UserSimilarity(metadata, ratings, links)
+    else:
+        raise("Value Error; Unsupported method. use --help to learn more")
     print("Returning recommendations")
+    save(recommender(movie,nhits=nhits),"recommender_saved")
     return recommender(movie, nhits=nhits)