diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 753cadf5..d99f8216 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ end
 
 file 'lib/linguist/samples.yml' => Dir['samples/**/*'] do |f|
   require 'linguist/samples'
-  File.open(f.name, 'w') { |io| Linguist::Samples.serialize_to_yaml(Linguist::Samples::DATA, io) }
+  yaml = Linguist::Samples.serialize_to_yaml(Linguist::Samples.data)
+  File.open(f.name, 'w') { |io| io.write yaml }
 end
 
 CLOBBER.include 'lib/linguist/samples.yml'
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ namespace :classifier do
       next if file_language.nil? || file_language == 'Text'
       begin
         data = open(file_url).read
-        guessed_language, score = Linguist::Classifier.new(Samples::DATA).classify(data).first
+        guessed_language, score = Linguist::Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, data).first
 
         total += 1
         guessed_language == file_language ? correct += 1 : incorrect += 1
diff --git a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
index 39d62c0d..3e101e43 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ module Linguist
       if Language.ambiguous?(extname)
         possible_languages = Language.all.select { |l| l.extensions.include?(extname) }.map(&:name)
         if possible_languages.any?
-          if result = Classifier.new(Samples::DATA).classify(data, possible_languages).first
+          if result = Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, data, possible_languages).first
             Language[result[0]]
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/linguist/classifier.rb b/lib/linguist/classifier.rb
index d50f75d7..ce92af30 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/classifier.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/classifier.rb
@@ -3,56 +3,76 @@ require 'linguist/tokenizer'
 module Linguist
   # Language bayesian classifier.
   class Classifier
-    # Public: Initialize a Classifier.
-    def initialize(attrs = {})
-      @tokens_total    = attrs['tokens_total'] || 0
-      @languages_total = attrs['languages_total'] || 0
-      @tokens          = attrs['tokens'] || {}
-      @language_tokens = attrs['language_tokens'] || {}
-      @languages       = attrs['languages'] || {}
-    end
-
     # Public: Train classifier that data is a certain language.
     #
+    # db       - Hash classifier database object
     # language - String language of data
     # data     - String contents of file
     #
     # Examples
     #
-    #   train('Ruby', "def hello; end")
+    #   Classifier.train(db, 'Ruby', "def hello; end")
     #
     # Returns nothing.
-    def train(language, data)
+    def self.train!(db, language, data)
       tokens = Tokenizer.tokenize(data)
 
+      db['tokens_total'] ||= 0
+      db['languages_total'] ||= 0
+      db['tokens'] ||= {}
+      db['language_tokens'] ||= {}
+      db['languages'] ||= {}
+
       tokens.each do |token|
-        @tokens[language] ||= {}
-        @tokens[language][token] ||= 0
-        @tokens[language][token] += 1
-        @language_tokens[language] ||= 0
-        @language_tokens[language] += 1
-        @tokens_total += 1
+        db['tokens'][language] ||= {}
+        db['tokens'][language][token] ||= 0
+        db['tokens'][language][token] += 1
+        db['language_tokens'][language] ||= 0
+        db['language_tokens'][language] += 1
+        db['tokens_total'] += 1
       end
-      @languages[language] ||= 0
-      @languages[language] += 1
-      @languages_total += 1
+      db['languages'][language] ||= 0
+      db['languages'][language] += 1
+      db['languages_total'] += 1
 
       nil
     end
 
     # Public: Guess language of data.
     #
+    # db        - Hash of classifer tokens database.
     # data      - Array of tokens or String data to analyze.
     # languages - Array of language name Strings to restrict to.
     #
     # Examples
     #
-    #   classify("def hello; end")
+    #   Classifier.classify(db, "def hello; end")
     #   # => [ 'Ruby', 0.90], ['Python', 0.2], ... ]
     #
     # Returns sorted Array of result pairs. Each pair contains the
     # String language name and a Float score.
-    def classify(tokens, languages = @languages.keys)
+    def self.classify(db, tokens, languages = nil)
+      languages ||= db['languages'].keys
+      new(db).classify(tokens, languages)
+    end
+
+    # Internal: Initialize a Classifier.
+    def initialize(db = {})
+      @tokens_total    = db['tokens_total']
+      @languages_total = db['languages_total']
+      @tokens          = db['tokens']
+      @language_tokens = db['language_tokens']
+      @languages       = db['languages']
+    end
+
+    # Internal: Guess language of data
+    #
+    # data      - Array of tokens or String data to analyze.
+    # languages - Array of language name Strings to restrict to.
+    #
+    # Returns sorted Array of result pairs. Each pair contains the
+    # String language name and a Float score.
+    def classify(tokens, languages)
       return [] if tokens.nil?
       tokens = Tokenizer.tokenize(tokens) if tokens.is_a?(String)
 
@@ -99,18 +119,5 @@ module Linguist
     def language_probability(language)
       Math.log(@languages[language].to_f / @languages_total.to_f)
     end
-
-    # Public: Returns serializable hash representation.
-    #
-    # Returns Hash.
-    def to_hash
-      {
-        'tokens_total'    => @tokens_total,
-        'languages_total' => @languages_total,
-        'tokens'          => @tokens,
-        'language_tokens' => @language_tokens,
-        'languages'       => @languages
-      }
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/linguist/samples.rb b/lib/linguist/samples.rb
index 85d3193a..b8902c5f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/samples.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/samples.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Linguist
     #
     # Returns Boolean.
     def self.outdated?
-      MD5.hexdigest(DATA) != MD5.hexdigest(classifier.to_hash)
+      MD5.hexdigest(DATA) != MD5.hexdigest(data)
     end
 
     # Public: Iterate over each sample.
@@ -98,52 +98,50 @@ module Linguist
     # Public: Build Classifier from all samples.
     #
     # Returns trained Classifier.
-    def self.classifier
+    def self.data
       require 'linguist/classifier'
       require 'linguist/language'
 
-      classifier = Classifier.new
-      each { |sample|
+      db = {}
+      each do |sample|
         language = Language.find_by_alias(sample[:language])
         data     = File.read(sample[:path])
-        classifier.train(language.name, data)
-      }
-      classifier
+        Classifier.train!(db, language.name, data)
+      end
+      db
     end
     
     # Public: Serialize samples data to YAML.
     #
-    # data - Hash
-    # io   - IO object to write to
+    # db - Hash
     #
-    # Returns nothing.
-    def self.serialize_to_yaml(data, io)
-      data = ""
+    # Returns String.
+    def self.serialize_to_yaml(db)
+      out = ""
       escape = lambda { |s| s.inspect.gsub(/\\#/, "\#") }
 
-      data << "languages_total: #{data['languages_total']}\n"
-      data << "tokens_total: #{data['tokens_total']}\n"
+      out << "languages_total: #{db['languages_total']}\n"
+      out << "tokens_total: #{db['tokens_total']}\n"
 
-      data << "languages:\n"
-      data['languages'].sort.each do |language, count|
-        data << "  #{escape.call(language)}: #{count}\n"
+      out << "languages:\n"
+      db['languages'].sort.each do |language, count|
+        out << "  #{escape.call(language)}: #{count}\n"
       end
 
-      data << "language_tokens:\n"
-      data['language_tokens'].sort.each do |language, count|
-        data << "  #{escape.call(language)}: #{count}\n"
+      out << "language_tokens:\n"
+      db['language_tokens'].sort.each do |language, count|
+        out << "  #{escape.call(language)}: #{count}\n"
       end
 
-      data << "tokens:\n"
-      data['tokens'].sort.each do |language, tokens|
-        data << "  #{escape.call(language)}:\n"
+      out << "tokens:\n"
+      db['tokens'].sort.each do |language, tokens|
+        out << "  #{escape.call(language)}:\n"
         tokens.sort.each do |token, count|
-          data << "    #{escape.call(token)}: #{count}\n"
+          out << "    #{escape.call(token)}: #{count}\n"
         end
       end
 
-      io.write data
-      nil
+      out
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_classifier.rb b/test/test_classifier.rb
index 890696fb..33f3bae9 100644
--- a/test/test_classifier.rb
+++ b/test/test_classifier.rb
@@ -24,39 +24,39 @@ class TestClassifier < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_classify
-    classifier = Classifier.new
-    classifier.train "Ruby", fixture("ruby/foo.rb")
-    classifier.train "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.h")
-    classifier.train "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.m")
+    db = {}
+    Classifier.train! db, "Ruby", fixture("ruby/foo.rb")
+    Classifier.train! db, "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.h")
+    Classifier.train! db, "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.m")
 
-    results = classifier.classify(fixture("objective-c/hello.m"))
+    results = Classifier.classify(db, fixture("objective-c/hello.m"))
     assert_equal "Objective-C", results.first[0]
 
     tokens  = Tokenizer.tokenize(fixture("objective-c/hello.m"))
-    results = classifier.classify(tokens)
+    results = Classifier.classify(db, tokens)
     assert_equal "Objective-C", results.first[0]
   end
 
   def test_restricted_classify
-    classifier = Classifier.new
-    classifier.train "Ruby", fixture("ruby/foo.rb")
-    classifier.train "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.h")
-    classifier.train "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.m")
+    db = {}
+    Classifier.train! db, "Ruby", fixture("ruby/foo.rb")
+    Classifier.train! db, "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.h")
+    Classifier.train! db, "Objective-C", fixture("objective-c/Foo.m")
 
-    results = classifier.classify(fixture("objective-c/hello.m"), ["Objective-C"])
+    results = Classifier.classify(db, fixture("objective-c/hello.m"), ["Objective-C"])
     assert_equal "Objective-C", results.first[0]
 
-    results = classifier.classify(fixture("objective-c/hello.m"), ["Ruby"])
+    results = Classifier.classify(db, fixture("objective-c/hello.m"), ["Ruby"])
     assert_equal "Ruby", results.first[0]
   end
 
   def test_instance_classify_empty
-    results = Classifier.new(Samples::DATA).classify("")
+    results = Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, "")
     assert results.first[1] < 0.5, results.first.inspect
   end
 
   def test_instance_classify_nil
-    assert_equal [], Classifier.new(Samples::DATA).classify(nil)
+    assert_equal [], Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, nil)
   end
 
   def test_verify
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TestClassifier < Test::Unit::TestCase
       languages = Language.all.select { |l| l.extensions.include?(extname) }.map(&:name)
       next unless languages.length > 1
 
-      results = Classifier.new(Samples::DATA).classify(File.read(sample[:path]), languages)
+      results = Classifier.classify(Samples::DATA, File.read(sample[:path]), languages)
       assert_equal language.name, results.first[0], "#{sample[:path]}\n#{results.inspect}"
     end
   end