diff --git a/sparse_vector/src/main.rs b/sparse_vector/src/main.rs
index 948087c..67e9298 100644
--- a/sparse_vector/src/main.rs
+++ b/sparse_vector/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-use std::ops::{Add, Mul, Sub};
-use std::thread;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
-use futures::executor::block_on;
 use rand::Rng;
-use futures::future::{join_all};
 use jemalloc_ctl::{stats, epoch};
 
 #[global_allocator]
@@ -12,8 +9,7 @@ static ALLOC: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
 /// Only stores more efficiently when at least 50% of all elements are zeros
 pub struct SparseVec {
-    values: Vec<f64>,
-    indices: Vec<usize>,
+    map: BTreeMap<usize, f64>
 }
 
 impl SparseVec {
@@ -21,9 +17,8 @@ impl SparseVec {
     pub fn dot(&self, other: &SparseVec) -> f64 {
         let mut sum = 0.0;
 
-        for index in 0..other.indices.len() {
-            // exponential search for an element in the second vector to have the same index
-            sum += binary_search(self.indices[index], &other.indices, &other.values) * self.values[index];
+        for (k, v) in self.map.iter() {
+            sum += v * other.map.get(k).unwrap_or(&0.0);
         }
 
         sum
@@ -32,49 +27,22 @@ impl SparseVec {
     pub fn new(elements: usize, non_null: f64) -> Self {
         let non_zero_elements = (elements as f64 * non_null) as usize;
 
-        let mut values = Vec::with_capacity(non_zero_elements);
-        let mut indices = Vec::with_capacity(non_zero_elements);
+        let mut map = BTreeMap::new();
 
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 
         for i in 0..non_zero_elements {
-            values.push(0.5);
-
             let idx = i as f32 / non_zero_elements as f32 * (elements as f32 - 4.0) + rng.gen_range(0.0..3.0);
-            indices.push(idx as usize);
+
+            map.insert(idx as usize, 0.5);
         }
 
         Self {
-            values,
-            indices
+            map
         }
     }
 }
 
-#[inline]
-fn binary_search(target: usize, indices: &[usize], values: &[f64]) -> f64 {
-    let mut range = 0..indices.len();
-    loop {
-        let mut median = (range.end - range.start) >> 1;
-        if median == 0 {
-            break;
-        }
-        median += range.start;
-
-        if indices[median] == target {
-            return values[median];
-        }
-
-        if indices[median] > target {
-            range.end = median;
-        } else {
-            range.start = median;
-        }
-    }
-
-    0.0
-}
-
 macro_rules! time {
     ($name:literal, $block:expr) => {{
         let start = Instant::now();
@@ -99,7 +67,7 @@ fn main() {
     println!("Estimated size on heap: {}", ByteSize::b((non_zero_elements * heap_element_size) as u64));
     println!("Size on stack: {} B", std::mem::size_of::<SparseVec>());
 
-    let mut vec: SparseVec;
+    let vec: SparseVec;
 
     time!("Sparse vector creation", {
         // generate a vector