diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c56d37..a64612b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ raw_data/
 # Cache
 __pycache__
 .mypy_cache
+
+# ignore pickled
+pickled*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2f126e..323cef2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Type:           type
 ## Contributors
 
 - Dileep Kishore
+- Howard Fan
 
 
 ## Credits
diff --git a/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py b/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
index 8e3bcaf..91752a9 100644
--- a/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
+++ b/movie_recommender/movie_recommender.py
@@ -16,6 +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(
@@ -70,5 +71,9 @@ def movie_recommender(
         recommender = KeywordSimilarity(metadata, credits, keywords)
     elif method == "UserSimilarity":
         recommender = UserSimilarity(metadata, ratings, links)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Method {} not supported'.format(method))
+    print("Saving recommendations")
+    save(recommender)
     print("Returning recommendations")
     return recommender(movie, nhits=nhits)