diff --git a/src/desktop.rs b/src/desktop.rs
index c1fe8b9..9f752ef 100644
--- a/src/desktop.rs
+++ b/src/desktop.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
 use eyre::{Context, Result};
 use freedesktop_file_parser::{DesktopFile, EntryType};
-use palette::{IntoColor, Oklab, Oklaba};
+use palette::{IntoColor, Oklab, Oklaba, color_difference::EuclideanDistance};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, ffi::OsStr, fs::DirEntry, path::Path};
 
+pub struct DesktopEntries {
+    entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>,
+}
+
+pub struct DesktopEntry {
+    pub _id: String,
+    pub file: DesktopFile,
+    pub avg_icon_color: Oklab,
+}
+
+impl DesktopEntries {
+    pub fn count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.entries.len()
+    }
+    pub fn find_entry(&self, color: Oklab) -> Option<&DesktopEntry> {
+        self.entries.iter().min_by(|x, y| {
+            f32::total_cmp(
+                &diff_color(x.avg_icon_color, color),
+                &diff_color(y.avg_icon_color, color),
+            )
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn diff_color(icon: Oklab, color: Oklab) -> f32 {
+    icon.distance_squared(color)
+}
+
 fn walkdir(path: &Path, f: &mut impl FnMut(&DirEntry) -> Result<()>) -> Result<()> {
     for entry in path.read_dir()? {
         let entry = entry?;
@@ -14,7 +42,7 @@ fn walkdir(path: &Path, f: &mut impl FnMut(&DirEntry) -> Result<()>) -> Result<(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn find_desktop_files() -> Result<Vec<(DesktopFile, Oklab)>> {
+pub(crate) fn find_desktop_files() -> Result<DesktopEntries> {
     // https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry/latest/file-naming.html
     let paths = std::env::var("XDG_DATA_DIRS").unwrap_or("/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/".into());
     let paths = std::env::split_paths(&paths);
@@ -55,7 +83,14 @@ pub(crate) fn find_desktop_files() -> Result<Vec<(DesktopFile, Oklab)>> {
                     .decode()
                     .wrap_err_with(|| format!("decoding {}", icon.display()))?;
                 let color = average_color(&icon);
-                results.insert(id, (file, color));
+                results.insert(
+                    id.clone(),
+                    DesktopEntry {
+                        _id: id,
+                        file,
+                        avg_icon_color: color,
+                    },
+                );
             }
 
             Ok(())
@@ -63,7 +98,9 @@ pub(crate) fn find_desktop_files() -> Result<Vec<(DesktopFile, Oklab)>> {
         .wrap_err_with(|| format!("{}", base.display()))?;
     }
 
-    Ok(results.into_values().collect())
+    Ok(DesktopEntries {
+        entries: results.into_values().collect(),
+    })
 }
 
 fn average_color(image: &image::DynamicImage) -> palette::Oklab {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cee2f7b..b3df73a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use eyre::{Context, Result, bail};
-use freedesktop_file_parser::{DesktopFile, EntryType};
+use freedesktop_file_parser::EntryType;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
-use palette::{FromColor, IntoColor, Oklab, color_difference::EuclideanDistance};
+use palette::{FromColor, IntoColor, Oklab};
 use smithay_client_toolkit::{
     compositor::{CompositorHandler, CompositorState},
     output::{OutputHandler, OutputState},
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ use wayland_client::{
     protocol::{wl_buffer, wl_output::WlOutput, wl_pointer::WlPointer, wl_seat::WlSeat, wl_shm},
 };
 
+use crate::desktop::DesktopEntries;
+
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     env_logger::builder()
         .filter(None, log::LevelFilter::Info)
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let desktop_files = desktop::find_desktop_files().wrap_err("loading .desktop files")?;
     info!(
         "Loaded {} desktop icons in {:?}",
-        desktop_files.len(),
+        desktop_files.count(),
         now.elapsed()
     );
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ struct App {
     shm: Shm,
     seat_state: SeatState,
 
-    desktop_files: Vec<(DesktopFile, Oklab)>,
+    desktop_files: DesktopEntries,
     pointers: HashMap<WlSeat, WlPointer>,
     layer_surfaces: Vec<OutputSurface>,
 }
@@ -400,13 +402,10 @@ impl PointerHandler for App {
 
                 let oklab: Oklab = srgb.into_format::<f32>().into_color();
 
-                let best_match = self
-                    .desktop_files
-                    .iter()
-                    .min_by_key(|(_, icon_color)| (oklab.distance(*icon_color) * 1000000.0) as u32);
+                let best_match = self.desktop_files.find_entry(oklab);
 
                 if let Some(best_match) = best_match
-                    && let EntryType::Application(app) = &best_match.0.entry.entry_type
+                    && let EntryType::Application(app) = &best_match.file.entry.entry_type
                     && let Some(exec) = &app.exec
                 {
                     // lol terrible implementation that works well enough