diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3f107e..2a491ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
+ahash = "0.3.5"
 err-derive = "0.2.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1bf63f5..1f53d8d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
     fs::File,
     io::{self, BufRead, BufReader},
     num::ParseIntError,
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
+use ahash::AHashMap as HashMap;
 use err_derive::Error;
 
 pub struct Segmenter {