diff --git a/crates/television/channels.rs b/crates/television/channels.rs
index 5bd6302..671965d 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::entry::Entry;
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
-use television_derive::{CliChannel, Broadcast, UnitChannel};
+use television_derive::{Broadcast, CliChannel, UnitChannel};
 
 mod alias;
 pub mod channels;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub trait OnAir: Send {
 
     /// Check if the channel is currently running.
     fn running(&self) -> bool;
-    
+
     /// Turn off
     fn shutdown(&self);
 }
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/alias.rs b/crates/television/channels/alias.rs
index c0b7519..cb39def 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/alias.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/alias.rs
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
         self.running
     }
 
-    fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
-    }
+    fn shutdown(&self) {}
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::unused_async)]
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/channels.rs b/crates/television/channels/channels.rs
index 9b77378..2639a67 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/channels.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/channels.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,5 @@ impl OnAir for SelectionChannel {
         self.running
     }
 
-    fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
-    }
+    fn shutdown(&self) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/env.rs b/crates/television/channels/env.rs
index 0c945f1..d38eebd 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/env.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/env.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,5 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
         self.running
     }
 
-    fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
-    }
+    fn shutdown(&self) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/files.rs b/crates/television/channels/files.rs
index a01b8e4..27f1a29 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/files.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/files.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct Channel {
     result_count: u32,
     total_count: u32,
     running: bool,
+    crawl_handle: tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>,
     // PERF: cache results (to make deleting characters smoother) but like
     // a shallow cache (maybe more like a stack actually? so we just pop result sets)
 }
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ impl Channel {
             1,
         );
         // start loading files in the background
-        tokio::spawn(load_files(
+        let crawl_handle = tokio::spawn(load_files(
             starting_dir.to_path_buf(),
             matcher.injector(),
         ));
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ impl Channel {
             result_count: 0,
             total_count: 0,
             running: false,
+            crawl_handle,
         }
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
     }
 
     fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
+        self.crawl_handle.abort();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/git_repos.rs b/crates/television/channels/git_repos.rs
index e1fb12f..3d953b1 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/git_repos.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/git_repos.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use color_eyre::owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use devicons::FileIcon;
 use ignore::{overrides::OverrideBuilder, DirEntry};
@@ -6,7 +5,12 @@ use nucleo::{
     pattern::{CaseMatching, Normalization},
     Config, Nucleo,
 };
-use tokio::sync::{oneshot, watch};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
+use tokio::{
+    sync::{oneshot, watch},
+    task::JoinHandle,
+};
 use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -25,7 +29,10 @@ pub struct Channel {
     total_count: u32,
     running: bool,
     icon: FileIcon,
-    crawl_cancellation_tx: watch::Sender<bool>,
+    crawl_handle: JoinHandle<()>,
+    entry_cache: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<String>>>,
+    // TODO: implement cache validation/invalidation
+    cache_valid: bool,
 }
 
 impl Channel {
@@ -36,12 +43,13 @@ impl Channel {
             None,
             1,
         );
+        let entry_cache = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new()));
         // start loading files in the background
-        let (tx, rx) = watch::channel(false);
-        tokio::spawn(crawl_for_repos(
+        // PERF: store the results somewhere in a cache
+        let crawl_handle = tokio::spawn(crawl_for_repos(
             std::env::home_dir().expect("Could not get home directory"),
             matcher.injector(),
-            rx,
+            entry_cache.clone(),
         ));
         Channel {
             matcher,
@@ -50,7 +58,9 @@ impl Channel {
             total_count: 0,
             running: false,
             icon: FileIcon::from("git"),
-            crawl_cancellation_tx: tx,
+            crawl_handle,
+            entry_cache,
+            cache_valid: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +147,8 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
     }
 
     fn shutdown(&self) {
-        self.crawl_cancellation_tx.send(true).unwrap();
+        debug!("Shutting down git repos channel");
+        self.crawl_handle.abort();
     }
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
 async fn crawl_for_repos(
     starting_point: std::path::PathBuf,
     injector: nucleo::Injector<DirEntry>,
-    cancellation_rx: watch::Receiver<bool>,
+    entry_cache: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<String>>>,
 ) {
     let mut walker_overrides_builder = OverrideBuilder::new(&starting_point);
     walker_overrides_builder.add(".git").unwrap();
@@ -158,25 +169,31 @@ async fn crawl_for_repos(
 
     walker.run(|| {
         let injector = injector.clone();
-        let cancellation_rx = cancellation_rx.clone();
+        let entry_cache = entry_cache.clone();
         Box::new(move |result| {
-            if let Ok(true) = cancellation_rx.has_changed() {
-                debug!("Crawling for git repos cancelled");
-                return ignore::WalkState::Quit;
-            }
             if let Ok(entry) = result {
-                if entry.file_type().unwrap().is_dir()
-                    && entry.path().ends_with(".git")
-                {
-                    debug!("Found git repo: {:?}", entry.path());
-                    let _ = injector.push(entry, |e, cols| {
-                        cols[0] = e
+                if entry.file_type().unwrap().is_dir() {
+                    // if the dir is already in cache, skip it
+                    let path = entry.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                    if entry_cache.lock().contains(&path) {
+                        return ignore::WalkState::Skip;
+                    }
+                    // if the entry is a .git directory, add its parent to the list
+                    // of git repos and cache it
+                    if entry.path().ends_with(".git") {
+                        let parent_path = entry
                             .path()
                             .parent()
                             .unwrap()
                             .to_string_lossy()
-                            .into();
-                    });
+                            .to_string();
+                        debug!("Found git repo: {:?}", parent_path);
+                        let _ = injector.push(entry, |_e, cols| {
+                            cols[0] = parent_path.clone().into();
+                        });
+                        entry_cache.lock().insert(parent_path);
+                        return ignore::WalkState::Skip;
+                    }
                 }
             }
             ignore::WalkState::Continue
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/stdin.rs b/crates/television/channels/stdin.rs
index 9a95ca1..e7a6b9a 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/stdin.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/stdin.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,5 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
         self.running
     }
 
-    fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
-    }
+    fn shutdown(&self) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/television/channels/text.rs b/crates/television/channels/text.rs
index d66f79f..0ea8527 100644
--- a/crates/television/channels/text.rs
+++ b/crates/television/channels/text.rs
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ pub struct Channel {
     result_count: u32,
     total_count: u32,
     running: bool,
+    crawl_handle: tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>,
 }
 
 impl Channel {
     pub fn new(working_dir: &Path) -> Self {
         let matcher = Nucleo::new(Config::DEFAULT, Arc::new(|| {}), None, 1);
         // start loading files in the background
-        tokio::spawn(load_candidates(
+        let crawl_handle = tokio::spawn(load_candidates(
             working_dir.to_path_buf(),
             matcher.injector(),
         ));
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ impl Channel {
             result_count: 0,
             total_count: 0,
             running: false,
+            crawl_handle,
         }
     }
 
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ impl OnAir for Channel {
     }
 
     fn shutdown(&self) {
-        todo!()
+        self.crawl_handle.abort();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/television/television.rs b/crates/television/television.rs
index 672f83d..451e88a 100644
--- a/crates/television/television.rs
+++ b/crates/television/television.rs
@@ -107,13 +107,18 @@ impl Television {
         self.reset_results_selection();
         self.current_pattern = EMPTY_STRING.to_string();
         self.input.reset();
+        self.channel.shutdown();
         self.channel = channel;
     }
 
+    const MAX_BACKUP_RESULTS: u32 = 1000;
+
     fn backup_current_channel(&mut self) {
         self.last_channel = Some(UnitChannel::from(&self.channel));
-        self.last_channel_results =
-            self.channel.results(self.channel.result_count(), 0);
+        self.last_channel_results = self.channel.results(
+            self.channel.result_count().min(Self::MAX_BACKUP_RESULTS),
+            0,
+        );
     }
 
     fn find(&mut self, pattern: &str) {