diff --git a/src/morethantext/mod.rs b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
index f38b865..6b1952c 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/mod.rs
+++ b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 pub mod error;
 
-use async_std::{fs::create_dir, path::Path};
+use async_std::{fs::create_dir, path::Path, sync::{Arc, Mutex}};
 use error::DBError;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt};
 
 const DATA: &str = "data";
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 enum CacheEntry {
     Raw(String),
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for CacheEntry {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            CacheEntry::Raw(s) => write!(f, "{}", s),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct MoreThanText;
+pub struct MoreThanText {
+    cache: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, CacheEntry>>>,
+}
 
 impl MoreThanText {
     pub async fn new(dir: &str) -> Result<Self, DBError> {
@@ -26,13 +38,22 @@ impl MoreThanText {
                 }
             }
         }
-        Ok(Self {})
+        Ok(Self {
+            cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
+        })
     }
 
-    async fn add_entry(&self, _entry: CacheEntry) -> String {
+    async fn add_entry(&self, entry: CacheEntry) -> String {
         let id: String = thread_rng().sample_iter(&Alphanumeric).take(32).collect();
+        let mut cache = self.cache.lock().await;
+        cache.insert(id.clone(), entry);
         return id;
     }
+
+    async fn get_entry(&self, id: &str) -> CacheEntry {
+        let cache = self.cache.lock().await;
+        cache.get(id).unwrap().clone()
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -110,4 +131,14 @@ mod cache {
         let id2 = mtt.db.add_entry(data2).await;
         assert_ne!(id1, id2, "Ids should be unique.")
     }
+
+    #[async_std::test]
+    async fn retrieve_cache() {
+        let mtt = MTT::new().await;
+        let data = "something";
+        let expected = CacheEntry::Raw(data.to_string());
+        let id = mtt.db.add_entry(expected).await;
+        let output = mtt.db.get_entry(&id).await;
+        assert_eq!(output.to_string(), data);
+    }
 }