diff --git a/dict.go b/dict.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a753d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dict.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package jiebago
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type WordTagFreq struct {
+	Word, Tag string
+	Freq      float64
+}
+
+func DictPath(dictFileName string) (string, error) {
+	if filepath.IsAbs(dictFileName) {
+		return dictFileName, nil
+	}
+	var dictFilePath string
+	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return dictFilePath, err
+	}
+	dictFilePath = filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(pwd, dictFileName))
+	return dictFilePath, nil
+}
+
+func ParseDictFile(dictFile *os.File) (wtfs []*WordTagFreq, err error) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(dictFile)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		fields := strings.Split(line, " ")
+		length := len(fields)
+		word := fields[0]
+		word = strings.Replace(word, "\ufeff", "", 1)
+		wtf := &WordTagFreq{Word: word}
+		if length > 1 {
+			wtf.Freq, err = strconv.ParseFloat(fields[1], 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		if length > 2 {
+			wtf.Tag = fields[2]
+		}
+		wtfs = append(wtfs, wtf)
+	}
+	if err = scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return wtfs, nil
+}
diff --git a/trie.go b/trie.go
index 9354727..389cd97 100644
--- a/trie.go
+++ b/trie.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package jiebago
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/gob"
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -48,36 +46,30 @@ func (t *Trie) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func newTrie(fileName string) (*Trie, error) {
-	var filePath string
-	var trie *Trie
-	if filepath.IsAbs(fileName) {
-		filePath = fileName
-	} else {
-		pwd, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		filePath = filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(pwd, fileName))
-	}
-
-	fi, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+func newTrie(dictFileName string) (*Trie, error) {
+	dictFilePath, err := DictPath(dictFileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Printf("Building Trie..., from %s\n", filePath)
-	h := fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte(filePath)))
+
+	dictFileInfo, err := os.Stat(dictFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Building Trie..., from %s\n", dictFilePath)
+	h := fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte(dictFilePath)))
 	cacheFileName := fmt.Sprintf("jieba.%s.cache", h)
 	cacheFilePath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), cacheFileName)
 	isDictCached := true
-	cacheFileInfo, err := os.Stat(cacheFilePath)
 
+	cacheFileInfo, err := os.Stat(cacheFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		isDictCached = false
 	}
 
 	if isDictCached {
-		isDictCached = cacheFileInfo.ModTime().After(fi.ModTime())
+		isDictCached = cacheFileInfo.ModTime().After(dictFileInfo.ModTime())
 	}
 
 	var cacheFile *os.File
@@ -88,6 +80,9 @@ func newTrie(fileName string) (*Trie, error) {
 		}
 		defer cacheFile.Close()
 	}
+
+	var trie *Trie
+
 	if isDictCached {
 		dec := gob.NewDecoder(cacheFile)
 		err = dec.Decode(&trie)
@@ -101,27 +96,20 @@ func newTrie(fileName string) (*Trie, error) {
 	if !isDictCached {
 		trie = &Trie{Total: 0.0, Freq: make(map[string]float64)}
 
-		file, openError := os.Open(filePath)
-		if openError != nil {
-			return nil, openError
+		dictFile, err := os.Open(dictFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		defer file.Close()
+		defer dictFile.Close()
 
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			line := scanner.Text()
-			words := strings.Split(line, " ")
-			word, freqStr := words[0], words[1]
-			freq, err := strconv.ParseFloat(freqStr, 64)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			trie.addWord(word, freq)
-		}
-		if scanErr := scanner.Err(); scanErr != nil {
-			return nil, scanErr
+		wtfs, err := ParseDictFile(dictFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		for _, wtf := range wtfs {
+			trie.addWord(wtf)
+		}
 		// dump trie
 		cacheFile, err = os.OpenFile(cacheFilePath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -129,7 +117,7 @@ func newTrie(fileName string) (*Trie, error) {
 		}
 		defer cacheFile.Close()
 		enc := gob.NewEncoder(cacheFile)
-		err := enc.Encode(trie)
+		err = enc.Encode(trie)
 		if err != nil {
 			return trie, err
 		} else {
@@ -139,10 +127,10 @@ func newTrie(fileName string) (*Trie, error) {
 	return trie, nil
 }
 
-func (t *Trie) addWord(word string, freq float64) {
-	t.Freq[word] = freq
-	t.Total += freq
-	runes := []rune(word)
+func (t *Trie) addWord(wtf *WordTagFreq) {
+	t.Freq[wtf.Word] = wtf.Freq
+	t.Total += wtf.Freq
+	runes := []rune(wtf.Word)
 	count := len(runes)
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
 		wfrag := string(runes[0 : i+1])
@@ -151,38 +139,28 @@ func (t *Trie) addWord(word string, freq float64) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-func addWord(word string, freq float64, tag string) {
-	if len(tag) > 0 {
-		UserWordTagTab[word] = strings.TrimSpace(tag)
+func addWord(wtf *WordTagFreq) {
+	if len(wtf.Tag) > 0 {
+		UserWordTagTab[wtf.Word] = strings.TrimSpace(wtf.Tag)
 	}
-	T.addWord(word, freq)
+	T.addWord(wtf)
 }
 
-func LoadUserDict(filePath string) error {
-	file, openError := os.Open(filePath)
-	if openError != nil {
-		return openError
+func LoadUserDict(dictFilePath string) error {
+	dictFile, err := os.Open(dictFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	defer file.Close()
+	defer dictFile.Close()
 
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		words := strings.Split(line, " ")
-		word, freqStr := words[0], words[1]
-		word = strings.Replace(word, "\ufeff", "", 1)
-		freq, freqErr := strconv.ParseFloat(freqStr, 64)
-		if freqErr != nil {
-			continue // TODO: how to handle wrong type of frequency?
-		}
-		tag := ""
-		if len(words) == 3 {
-			tag = words[2]
-		}
-		addWord(word, freq, tag)
+	wtfs, err := ParseDictFile(dictFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-
-	return scanner.Err()
+	for _, wtf := range wtfs {
+		addWord(wtf)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func SetDictionary(dict_path string) (err error) {