diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11f9441..8b2a2c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ debug = false
 
 [dependencies]
 bon = "2.3.0"
+cached = "0.53.1"
 clap = { version = "4.5.16", features = ["derive"] }
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index 920b816..db1db03 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+use std;
+
 pub mod content;
 pub mod name;
 
@@ -18,3 +22,17 @@ pub fn get_files(dirs: Vec<PathBuf>) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     }
     out
 }
+
+/// A bunch of bad things can happen while you're reading files,
+/// This covers most of them.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Error reading the file.")]
+    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Error parsing the yaml based on expected template.")]
+    SerdeError(#[from] serde_yaml::Error),
+    #[error("Found duplicate property {0} in file contents")]
+    DuplicateProperty(String),
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/file/content.rs b/src/file/content.rs
index 01e5c86..2eaa75c 100644
--- a/src/file/content.rs
+++ b/src/file/content.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
+use cached::proc_macro::cached;
+use front_matter::FrontMatter;
+
+use super::Error;
+
 pub mod body;
 pub mod front_matter;
 pub mod lists;
+
+/// Get all information from a file needed for the rest of the program
+/// Importantly, this is cached, so you don't have to pass around the results
+/// Just run it at the very beginning of the program
+#[cached(result = true)]
+pub fn from_file(path: PathBuf) -> Result<FrontMatter, Error> {
+    let contents = fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(Error::IoError)?;
+    FrontMatter::new(&contents)
+}
diff --git a/src/file/content/front_matter.rs b/src/file/content/front_matter.rs
index b8955ca..9c9a8aa 100644
--- a/src/file/content/front_matter.rs
+++ b/src/file/content/front_matter.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 mod logseq;
 mod yaml;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use super::Error;
 
-use miette::{miette, Result};
-
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct FrontMatter {
     /// The aliases of the file
     pub aliases: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl FrontMatter {
-    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         // Try to parse as YAML
         let out = yaml::Config::new(contents)?;
         if !out.is_empty() {
@@ -28,11 +26,6 @@ impl FrontMatter {
         // If we can't parse it, return the default
         Ok(Self::default())
     }
-
-    pub fn from_file(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<Self> {
-        let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| miette!(e))?;
-        Self::new(&contents)
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/file/content/front_matter/logseq.rs b/src/file/content/front_matter/logseq.rs
index 944b570..8b9d8dc 100644
--- a/src/file/content/front_matter/logseq.rs
+++ b/src/file/content/front_matter/logseq.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use miette::{miette, Result};
 use regex::Regex;
 
+use crate::file::Error;
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// The aliases of the file
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub alias: Vec<String>,
 }
 
-fn parse_csv(contents: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+fn parse_csv(contents: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
     contents
         .split(',')
         .map(|s| Ok(s.trim().to_string()))
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ fn parse_csv(contents: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         // find alias:: and capture the rest of the line as csv
         let re = Regex::new(r"alias::\s*(.*)").expect("Its a constant.");
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ impl Config {
                 // The first capture group is the regex match as a whole
                 // The second is the parenthesized subexpression
                 if caps.len() > 2 {
-                    return Err(miette!("More than one alias property found."));
+                    return Err(Error::DuplicateProperty("alias".to_owned()));
                 }
                 let alias =
                     parse_csv(&caps[1]).expect("Already checked for exactly one capture group.");
diff --git a/src/file/content/front_matter/yaml.rs b/src/file/content/front_matter/yaml.rs
index 20850c8..68005dc 100644
--- a/src/file/content/front_matter/yaml.rs
+++ b/src/file/content/front_matter/yaml.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use miette::{miette, Result};
+use crate::file::Error;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn new(contents: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         // See if contents contains "---" and a newline and another "---" using multiline regex
         let re = regex::Regex::new(r"(?s)---\n(.*)\n---").expect("Its a constant.");
         let frontmatter = re.captures(contents);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl Config {
             None => Ok(Self::default()),
             Some(caps) => {
                 // Parse the YAML
-                serde_yaml::from_str(&caps[1]).map_err(|e| miette!(e))
+                serde_yaml::from_str(&caps[1]).map_err(Error::SerdeError)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/rules/broken_wikilink.rs b/src/rules/broken_wikilink.rs
index b2c3119..66ac202 100644
--- a/src/rules/broken_wikilink.rs
+++ b/src/rules/broken_wikilink.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf};
 use miette::{miette, Diagnostic, NamedSource, Result, SourceSpan};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::{file::content::front_matter::FrontMatter, rules::duplicate_alias::DuplicateAlias};
+use crate::{file::content::from_file, rules::duplicate_alias::DuplicateAlias};
 
 use super::HasCode;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl BrokenWikilink {
         let mut lookup_table = HashMap::<String, PathBuf>::new();
         for file_path in files {
             let front_matter =
-                FrontMatter::from_file(&file_path).expect("This file was reported as existing");
+                from_file(file_path.clone()).map_err(|e| miette!(e))?;
             for alias in front_matter.aliases {
                 if let Some(out) = lookup_table.insert(alias.clone(), file_path.clone()) {
                     return match DuplicateAlias::new(&alias, &out, &file_path) {
diff --git a/src/rules/duplicate_alias.rs b/src/rules/duplicate_alias.rs
index f4361f2..218d636 100644
--- a/src/rules/duplicate_alias.rs
+++ b/src/rules/duplicate_alias.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use bon::Builder;
 use miette::{miette, Diagnostic, NamedSource, Result, SourceOffset, SourceSpan};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::{file::content::front_matter::FrontMatter, sed::MissingSubstringError};
+use crate::{file::content::from_file, sed::MissingSubstringError};
 
 use super::HasCode;
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl DuplicateAlias {
         let mut lookup_table = HashMap::<String, PathBuf>::new();
         let mut duplicates: Vec<DuplicateAlias> = Vec::new();
         for file_path in files {
-            let front_matter = FrontMatter::from_file(&file_path).map_err(|e| miette!(e))?;
+            let front_matter = from_file(file_path.clone()).map_err(|e| miette!(e))?;
             for alias in front_matter.aliases {
                 if let Some(out) = lookup_table.insert(alias.clone(), file_path.clone()) {
                     duplicates.push(