diff --git a/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py b/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
index 52e3fce..a992b0e 100644
--- a/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
+++ b/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 # ==============================================================================
+import os
 import operator
 import pathlib
 import tarfile
+import pickle
 from collections import Counter, OrderedDict
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
@@ -249,6 +251,15 @@ class ReadingComprehension():
 
         return x_word, prediction_decode
 
+    def save_dictionary(self, dir):
+        with open(os.path.join(dir, 'word_idx_dict.pkl'), 'wb') as outfile:
+            pickle.dump(self.word_idx_dict, outfile)
+
+    def load_dictionary(self, dir):
+        with open(os.path.join(dir, 'word_idx_dict.pkl'), 'rb') as outfile:
+            self.word_idx_dict = pickle.load(outfile)
+            self.idx_word_dict = {v:k for k,v in self.word_idx_dict.items()}
+
     @property
     def vocabulary_size(self):
         return self.word_idx_dict.__len__()