diff --git a/cndict.cabal b/cndict.cabal
--- a/cndict.cabal
+++ b/cndict.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                cndict
-version:             0.8.3
+version:             0.8.4
 synopsis:            Chinese/Mandarin <-> English dictionary, Chinese lexer.
 -- description:
 license:             PublicDomain
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.8
 
-data-files:
-  data/dict.sorted
-
 source-repository head
     type: git
     location: git://github.com/Lemmih/cndict.git
@@ -30,6 +27,7 @@
   build-depends:       base       == 4.*,
                        text       >= 0.11.0.0,
                        bytestring >= 0.9.0.0,
-                       array
+                       array,
+                       file-embed
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   ghc-options:         -Wall
diff --git a/data/dict.sorted b/data/dict.sorted
deleted file mode 100644
# file too large to diff: data/dict.sorted
diff --git a/src/Data/Chinese/CCDict.hs b/src/Data/Chinese/CCDict.hs
--- a/src/Data/Chinese/CCDict.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Chinese/CCDict.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns      #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP               #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 -- | Simplified Chinese <-> English dictionary with pinyin phonetics.
 module Data.Chinese.CCDict
   ( initiate
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@
 import           Data.Text              (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text              as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO           as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding           as T
 import           Paths_cndict
 import           Prelude                hiding (lookup)
 import           System.IO.Unsafe       (unsafePerformIO)
-
+import Data.FileEmbed
 
 import qualified Data.Text.Internal as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Array as T
@@ -56,11 +58,33 @@
     n = length ls
 
 ccDict :: CCDict
-ccDict = mkCCDict utfData
+ccDict = mkCCDict (T.concat
+    [utfData00, utfData01, utfData02, utfData03, utfData04, utfData05, utfData06
+    ,utfData07, utfData08, utfData09, utfData10, utfData11, utfData12, utfData13
+    ,utfData14, utfData15, utfData16, utfData17, utfData18])
   where
-    utfData = unsafePerformIO $ do
-      path  <- getDataFileName "data/dict.sorted"
-      T.readFile path
+    utfData00 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.00")
+    utfData01 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.01")
+    utfData02 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.02")
+    utfData03 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.03")
+    utfData04 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.04")
+    utfData05 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.05")
+    utfData06 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.06")
+    utfData07 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.07")
+    utfData08 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.08")
+    utfData09 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.09")
+    utfData10 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.10")
+    utfData11 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.11")
+    utfData12 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.12")
+    utfData13 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.13")
+    utfData14 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.14")
+    utfData15 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.15")
+    utfData16 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.16")
+    utfData17 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.17")
+    utfData18 = T.decodeUtf8 $(embedFile "data/dict.sorted.18")
+    -- unsafePerformIO $ do
+    --   path  <- getDataFileName "data/dict.sorted"
+    --   T.readFile path
 
 ccDictNth :: Int -> CCDict -> Text
 ccDictNth n (CCDict arr totalLen offsets) =