diff --git a/src/__pycache__/tree_find.cpython-39.pyc b/src/__pycache__/tree_find.cpython-39.pyc
index 6e3c145..37b2d5d 100644
Binary files a/src/__pycache__/tree_find.cpython-39.pyc and b/src/__pycache__/tree_find.cpython-39.pyc differ
diff --git a/src/tree_find.py b/src/tree_find.py
index b82ff9e..8ae07f6 100644
--- a/src/tree_find.py
+++ b/src/tree_find.py
@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ from colors import RED, YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN , BLUE, PURPLE
 from tree import NerdTree
 
 class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
+  '''
+    @param          startpath              string: the startpath from which to generate
+                                           the json_tree member (the tree representation)
+    @param          opts                   dict: the opts for the tree representation
+  '''
 
-  def __init__(self, startpath, item_name, opts={}):
-    self.item_name = item_name
+  def __init__(self, startpath, opts={}):
+    self.item_name = ''
     self.results = []
+    ## computed tree for find
+    self.json_tree_find = {}
     NerdTree.__init__(self, startpath, opts=opts)
 
   def find_node_recursively(self, node):
     if node['name'] == self.item_name:
-      node.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW})
-      self.results.append(node)
+      node_copy = node.copy()
+      node_copy.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW})
+      self.results.append(node_copy)
 
     children = node.get('children') or []
 
@@ -20,8 +28,9 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
         self.find_node_recursively(item_child)
       else:
         if item_child['name'] == self.item_name:
-          item_child.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW})
-          self.results.append(item_child)
+          item_child_copy = item_child.copy()
+          item_child_copy.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW})
+          self.results.append(item_child_copy)
 
   def find_node(self):
     self.find_node_recursively(self.json_tree)
@@ -49,12 +58,12 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
 
     return (False, [])
 
-  def find_tree_struct(self, item_name):
+  def find_tree_struct(self):
     '''
     '''
     results = self.find_node()
 
-    dont_show_children_nodes = self.opts['dont_show_children_nodes'] if self.opts.get('dont_show_children_nodes') else False
+    dont_show_children_nodes = self.find_opts['dont_show_children_nodes'] if self.find_opts.get('dont_show_children_nodes') else False
 
     if not results:
       return {}
@@ -94,11 +103,31 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
 
     return tree_struct
 
-  def print(self):
-    self.tree_struct = tree_struct = self.find_tree_struct(self.item_name)
-    if not tree_struct:
-      print('No results')
-      return
+  def reset(self, new_item_name, new_opts):
+    self.find_opts = new_opts
+    self.results = []
+    self.item_name = new_item_name
+    self.json_tree_find = {}
 
-    print(self.tree_from_struct(self.tree_struct))
+  def print(self, item_name='', opts={}):
+    if not item_name and not self.item_name:
+      print('Please use a valid search string')
+      return 
+
+    if item_name != self.item_name or self.find_opts != opts:
+      self.reset(item_name, opts)
+      self.json_tree_find = self.find_tree_struct()
+
+      if not self.json_tree_find:
+        print('No results')
+        return
+
+    print(self.tree_from_struct(self.json_tree_find))
+
+  def find(self, item_name, opts={}):
+    '''
+      @param              item_name       the string to search in the tree
+      @param              opts            dict for the find option
+    '''
+    return self.print(item_name, opts=opts)