diff --git a/nimterop.nimble b/nimterop.nimble
index 49c40d0..8e12ee8 100644
--- a/nimterop.nimble
+++ b/nimterop.nimble
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author      = "genotrance"
 description = "C/C++ interop for Nim"
 license     = "MIT"
 
-bin = @["nimterop/toast"]
+bin = @["nimterop/toast", "nimterop/loaf"]
 installDirs = @["nimterop"]
 
 # Dependencies
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ proc execTest(test: string, flags = "", runDocs = true) =
 task buildTimeit, "build timer":
   exec "nim c --hints:off -d:danger tests/timeit"
 
+task buildLoaf, "build loaf":
+  execCmd("nim c --hints:off -d:danger nimterop/loaf.nim")
+
 task buildToast, "build toast":
   execCmd("nim c --hints:off -d:danger nimterop/toast.nim")
 
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ task test, "Test":
   rmFile("tests/timeit.txt")
 
   buildTimeitTask()
+  buildLoafTask()
   buildToastTask()
 
   basicTask()
diff --git a/nimterop/build/shell.nim b/nimterop/build/shell.nim
index d0a10fb..7c65b71 100644
--- a/nimterop/build/shell.nim
+++ b/nimterop/build/shell.nim
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ proc gitTags*(outdir: string): seq[string] =
     if tag.len != 0:
       result.add tag
 
+proc loafExePath(): string =
+  currentSourcePath.parentDir.parentDir / ("loaf".addFileExt ExeExt)
+
 proc findFiles*(file: string, dir: string, recurse = true, regex = false): seq[string] =
   ## Find all matching files in the specified directory
   ##
@@ -414,8 +417,8 @@ proc findFiles*(file: string, dir: string, recurse = true, regex = false): seq[s
   ##
   ## Turn off recursive search with `recurse`
   var
-    cmd = "nimgrep --follow --filenames --oneline --nocolor $1 \"$2\" $3"
-    recursive = if recurse: "--recursive" else: ""
+    cmd = loafExePath().quoteShell & " find --rexp $1 \"$2\" $3"
+    recursive = if recurse: "--recurse" else: ""
 
   var
     dir = dir
@@ -435,13 +438,8 @@ proc findFiles*(file: string, dir: string, recurse = true, regex = false): seq[s
     (files, ret) = execAction(cmd, die = false)
   if ret == 0:
     for line in files.splitLines():
-      let f =
-        if ": " in line:
-          line.split(": ", maxsplit = 1)[1]
-        else:
-          ""
-      if f.len != 0:
-        result.add f
+      if line.len != 0:
+        result.add line
 
 proc findFile*(file: string, dir: string, recurse = true, first = false, regex = false): string =
   ## Find the file in the specified directory
diff --git a/nimterop/loaf.nim b/nimterop/loaf.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04b377e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nimterop/loaf.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import system except find
+
+import os
+
+import cligen
+
+import strutils except find
+import regex except find
+
+proc findRec(dir: string, pattern: string | Regex, recurse: bool) =
+  for kind, path in walkDir(dir):
+    if kind in [pcDir, pcLinkToDir]:
+      if recurse: findRec(path, pattern, recurse)
+    elif pattern in path:
+      echo path.absolutePath()
+
+proc find(recurse = false, rexp = false, args: seq[string]) =
+  var
+    pat = ""
+    rpat: Regex
+  for arg in args:
+    if not arg.startsWith("-"):
+      if dirExists(arg):
+        if rexp:
+          findRec(arg, rpat, recurse)
+        else:
+          findRec(arg, pat, recurse)
+      else:
+        pat = arg
+        if rexp: rpat = re(arg)
+
+when isMainModule:
+  dispatchMulti([
+    find, help = {
+      "recurse": "recursive search",
+      "rexp": "patterns are regular expressions",
+      "args": "pattern1 dir1 dir2 pattern2 dir3 ..."
+    }
+  ])