diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d43e391..b89af95c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.2] - 2026-01-22
+
+### Fixed
+- Session save no longer panics on serialization errors
+- Web search regex patterns are now cached for better performance
+- Improved panic messages for regex compilation failures
+
+## [0.2.1] - 2026-01-22
+
+### Fixed
+- Resolve clippy warnings for Rust 1.92
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-01-20
 
 ### Changed
@@ -99,7 +111,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Hooks system and config profiles
 - Example skills and launch assets
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/compare/v0.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/compare/v0.2.2...HEAD
+[0.2.2]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/compare/v0.2.1...v0.2.2
+[0.2.1]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1
 [0.2.0]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.2.0
 [0.0.2]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.0.2
 [0.0.1]: https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-CLI/releases/tag/v0.0.1
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 383ef131..9391eb3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deepseek-tui"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arboard",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cd0220e..f7a5a3c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deepseek-tui"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Unofficial DeepSeek CLI - Just run 'deepseek' to start chatting"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/commands/session.rs b/src/commands/session.rs
index f05c45ea..63040bd5 100644
--- a/src/commands/session.rs
+++ b/src/commands/session.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ pub fn save(app: &mut App, path: Option<&str>) -> CommandResult {
 
     match std::fs::create_dir_all(&sessions_dir) {
         Ok(()) => {
-            match std::fs::write(&save_path, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&session).unwrap()) {
+            let json = match serde_json::to_string_pretty(&session) {
+                Ok(j) => j,
+                Err(e) => return CommandResult::error(format!("Failed to serialize session: {e}")),
+            };
+            match std::fs::write(&save_path, json) {
                 Ok(()) => {
                     app.current_session_id = Some(session.metadata.id.clone());
                     CommandResult::message(format!(
diff --git a/src/core/tool_parser.rs b/src/core/tool_parser.rs
index 87be2b34..3b1624b5 100644
--- a/src/core/tool_parser.rs
+++ b/src/core/tool_parser.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ static THINKING_REGEX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
 fn get_tool_call_regex() -> &'static Regex {
     TOOL_CALL_REGEX.get_or_init(|| {
         // Match [TOOL_CALL] ... [/TOOL_CALL] blocks
-        Regex::new(r"(?s)\[TOOL_CALL\]\s*(.*?)\s*\[/TOOL_CALL\]").unwrap()
+        Regex::new(r"(?s)\[TOOL_CALL\]\s*(.*?)\s*\[/TOOL_CALL\]")
+            .expect("TOOL_CALL regex pattern is valid")
     })
 }
 
@@ -61,21 +62,22 @@ fn get_xml_tool_call_regex() -> &'static Regex {
     XML_TOOL_CALL_REGEX.get_or_init(|| {
         // Match <deepseek:tool_call>...</deepseek:tool_call> or similar XML patterns
         Regex::new(r"(?s)<(?:deepseek:)?tool_call[^>]*>\s*(.*?)\s*</(?:deepseek:)?tool_call>")
-            .unwrap()
+            .expect("XML tool_call regex pattern is valid")
     })
 }
 
 fn get_invoke_regex() -> &'static Regex {
     INVOKE_REGEX.get_or_init(|| {
         // Match <invoke name="tool_name">...</invoke> patterns
-        Regex::new(r#"(?s)<invoke\s+name\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"[^>]*>(.*?)</invoke>"#).unwrap()
+        Regex::new(r#"(?s)<invoke\s+name\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"[^>]*>(.*?)</invoke>"#)
+            .expect("invoke regex pattern is valid")
     })
 }
 
 fn get_thinking_regex() -> &'static Regex {
     THINKING_REGEX.get_or_init(|| {
         // Match thinking blocks including partial closing tags
-        Regex::new(r"(?s)</?(?:think|thinking)[^>]*>").unwrap()
+        Regex::new(r"(?s)</?(?:think|thinking)[^>]*>").expect("thinking regex pattern is valid")
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/web_search.rs b/src/tools/web_search.rs
index ff86eca8..91d7e04b 100644
--- a/src/tools/web_search.rs
+++ b/src/tools/web_search.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,34 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+// Cached regex patterns for HTML parsing
+static TITLE_RE: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+static SNIPPET_RE: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+static TAG_RE: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn get_title_re() -> &'static Regex {
+    TITLE_RE.get_or_init(|| {
+        Regex::new(r#"<a[^>]*class=\"result__a\"[^>]*href=\"([^\"]+)\"[^>]*>(.*?)</a>"#)
+            .expect("title regex pattern is valid")
+    })
+}
+
+fn get_snippet_re() -> &'static Regex {
+    SNIPPET_RE.get_or_init(|| {
+        Regex::new(
+            r#"<a[^>]*class=\"result__snippet\"[^>]*>(.*?)</a>|<div[^>]*class=\"result__snippet\"[^>]*>(.*?)</div>"#,
+        )
+        .expect("snippet regex pattern is valid")
+    })
+}
+
+fn get_tag_re() -> &'static Regex {
+    TAG_RE.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"<[^>]+>").expect("tag regex pattern is valid"))
+}
+
 const DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS: usize = 5;
 const MAX_RESULTS: usize = 10;
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 15_000;
@@ -140,12 +166,8 @@ impl ToolSpec for WebSearchTool {
 }
 
 fn parse_duckduckgo_results(html: &str, max_results: usize) -> Vec<WebSearchEntry> {
-    let title_re =
-        Regex::new(r#"<a[^>]*class=\"result__a\"[^>]*href=\"([^\"]+)\"[^>]*>(.*?)</a>"#).unwrap();
-    let snippet_re = Regex::new(
-        r#"<a[^>]*class=\"result__snippet\"[^>]*>(.*?)</a>|<div[^>]*class=\"result__snippet\"[^>]*>(.*?)</div>"#,
-    )
-    .unwrap();
+    let title_re = get_title_re();
+    let snippet_re = get_snippet_re();
     let snippets: Vec<String> = snippet_re
         .captures_iter(html)
         .filter_map(|cap| cap.get(1).or_else(|| cap.get(2)))
@@ -202,8 +224,7 @@ fn normalize_text(text: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 fn strip_html_tags(text: &str) -> String {
-    let tag_re = Regex::new(r"<[^>]+>").unwrap();
-    tag_re.replace_all(text, "").to_string()
+    get_tag_re().replace_all(text, "").to_string()
 }
 
 fn decode_html_entities(text: &str) -> String {