diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04fcf3e..495de42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ target/
 .history
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/rust,visualstudiocode
+gitice.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b09c3dd..c2534b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.13.11"
+version = "0.13.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e094214efbc7fdbbdee952147e493b00e99a4e52817492277e98967ae918165"
+checksum = "ca6f1a0238d7f8f8fd5ee642f4ebac4dbc03e03d1f78fbe7a3ede35dcf7e2224"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "git2",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
  "toml",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -130,9 +132,9 @@ checksum = "2448f6066e80e3bfc792e9c98bf705b4b0fc6e8ef5b43e5889aff0eaa9c58743"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.12.13+1.0.1"
+version = "0.12.14+1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "069eea34f76ec15f2822ccf78fe0cdb8c9016764d0a12865278585a74dbdeae5"
+checksum = "8f25af58e6495f7caf2919d08f212de550cfa3ed2f5e744988938ea292b9f549"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -210,9 +212,27 @@ checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.18"
+version = "0.3.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d36492546b6af1463394d46f0c834346f31548646f6ba10849802c9c9a27ac33"
+checksum = "3831453b3449ceb48b6d9c7ad7c96d5ea673e9b470a1dc578c2ce6521230884c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e0704ee1a7e00d7bb417d0770ea303c1bccbabf0ef1667dae92b5967f5f8a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa563d17ecb180e500da1cfd2b028310ac758de548efdd203e18f283af693f37"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
@@ -225,9 +245,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.116"
+version = "1.0.117"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96fe57af81d28386a513cbc6858332abc6117cfdb5999647c6444b8f43a370a5"
+checksum = "b88fa983de7720629c9387e9f517353ed404164b1e482c970a90c1a4aaf7dc1a"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.117"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cbd1ae72adb44aab48f325a02444a5fc079349a8d804c1fc922aed3f7454c74e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
@@ -235,6 +269,17 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea9c5432ff16d6152371f808fb5a871cd67368171b09bb21b43df8e4a47a3556"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -283,6 +328,12 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9337591893a19b88d8d87f2cec1e73fad5cdfd10e5a6f349f498ad6ea2ffb1e3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7fe0bb3479651439c9112f72b6c505038574c9fbb575ed1bf3b797fa39dd564"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 27448a4..a982f37 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ readme = "README.md"
 anyhow = "1.0.32"
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", default-features = false, features = ["suggestions", "color"] }
 git2 = "0.13.11"
+serde = {version = "1.0.116", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_derive = "1.0.116"
 toml = "0.5.7"
 walkdir = "2.3.1"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5df6857..09b3e6a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 use git2::Repository;
-use std::path::Path;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fs, path::Path};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct PersistableRepo {
+    pub(crate) remote_url: String,
+    pub(crate) head: String,
+}
+
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let dir = match std::env::args().nth(1) {
         Some(d) => d,
@@ -10,25 +17,46 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             return Ok(());
         }
     };
-    let mut items: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
-    for entry in WalkDir::new(dir).into_iter().filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
+
+    let mut repos: HashMap<String, PersistableRepo> = HashMap::new();
+    for entry in WalkDir::new(dir.clone()).into_iter().filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
         if entry.file_type().is_dir() {
             let path = format!("{}/.git", entry.path().display());
             let git_dir = Path::new(&path);
+
             if git_dir.exists() {
                 let repo = Repository::open(git_dir)?;
                 if repo.is_empty()? {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                items.push(format!(
-                    "{} = {}",
-                    entry.path().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
-                    repo.head()?.name().unwrap_or("None")
-                ));
+                let head = repo.head()?;
+                if let Some(head) = head.name() {
+                    if let Ok(upstream) = repo.branch_upstream_name(head) {
+                        if let Ok(remote) = repo.find_remote(
+                            // This is a rather ugly hack, but not sure how else to get the required name
+                            // doesn't seem to work with the full name such as `refs/remotes/origin/master`
+                            upstream.as_str().unwrap().split('/').collect::<Vec<&str>>()[2],
+                        ) {
+                            let path = entry
+                                .path()
+                                .to_string_lossy()
+                                .strip_prefix(&dir)
+                                .unwrap()
+                                .to_string();
+                            repos.insert(
+                                path,
+                                PersistableRepo {
+                                    remote_url: remote.url().unwrap_or("None").to_owned(),
+                                    head: head.to_owned(),
+                                },
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
             }
         };
     }
-    println!("{:#x?}", items);
+    fs::write("gitice.lock", toml::to_string(&repos)?).expect("could not write to lockfile!");
     Ok(())
 }