diff --git a/pixelocr/glyphdb.py b/pixelocr/glyphdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3026ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixelocr/glyphdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2014  Andrey Golovizin
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import pickle
+from os import path
+
+
+class GlyphDB(object):
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        if path.isfile(self.filename):
+            with open(self.filename, 'rb') as fileobj:
+                self.data = pickle.load(fileobj)
+        else:
+            self.data = {}
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.data.__getitem__(key)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        return self.data.__setitem__(key, value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        return self.data.__delitem__(key)
+
+    def save(self):
+        with open(self.filename, 'wb') as fileobj:
+            pickle.dump(self.data, fileobj)
diff --git a/pixelocr/gui/ocrengine.py b/pixelocr/gui/ocrengine.py
index b78e22b..2dd2d54 100644
--- a/pixelocr/gui/ocrengine.py
+++ b/pixelocr/gui/ocrengine.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import pickle
 from glob import glob
 from os import path
 from queue import Queue
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ from PyQt4.QtCore import (
 
 from ..image import Image
 from ..page import Page, Glyph, Space
+from ..glyphdb import GlyphDB
 
 
 class OCREngine(QThread):
@@ -37,21 +37,11 @@ class OCREngine(QThread):
         super().__init__()
         self.dirname = dirname
         self.filenames = glob(path.join(dirname, '*.png'))
-        self.glyphdb_filename = path.join(self.dirname, 'glyphdb.pickle')
-        self.glyphdb = self.load_glyphdb()
+        self.glyphdb = GlyphDB(path.join(self.dirname, 'glyphdb.pickle'))
         self.help_queue = Queue()
 
-    def load_glyphdb(self):
-        if path.isfile(self.glyphdb_filename):
-            with open(self.glyphdb_filename, 'rb') as glyphdb_file:
-                glyphdb = pickle.load(glyphdb_file)
-        else:
-            glyphdb = {}
-        return glyphdb
-
     def save_glyphdb(self):
-        with open(self.glyphdb_filename, 'wb') as glyphdb_file:
-            pickle.dump(self.glyphdb, glyphdb_file)
+        self.glyphdb.save()
 
     def load_page(self, filename):
         return Page(Image.fromfile(filename).unframe(10))