diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el b/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
index 64bb76ed..7ad7d261 100644
--- a/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
@@ -535,11 +535,6 @@ The current directory is assumed to be the project's root otherwise."
     (bind-key "C-(" 'sp-backward-slurp-sexp smartparens-mode-map)
     (bind-key "C-{" 'sp-backward-barf-sexp smartparens-mode-map)))
 
-(defun imalison:start-ansi-term ()
-  (interactive)
-  (ansi-term (getenv "SHELL")))
-
-(imalison:prefix-alternatives imalison:term imalison:start-ansi-term ansi-term)
 (use-package term
   :config
   (progn
@@ -711,6 +706,7 @@ The current directory is assumed to be the project's root otherwise."
     (add-to-list 'load-dirs "~/.emacs.d/load.d")
     (defvar site-lisp "/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/")
     (when (file-exists-p site-lisp) (add-to-list 'load-dirs site-lisp))))
+(imalison:prefix-alternatives imalison:term term-projectile ansi-term)
 
 (use-package recentf
   ;; binding is in helm.
@@ -2116,6 +2112,7 @@ window is active in the perspective."
 (bind-key "s-<return>" 'toggle-frame-fullscreen)
 (bind-key "M-|" 'imalison:shell-command-on-region)
 (bind-key "C--" 'undo)
+(bind-key "C-c 8" 'imalison:term)
 
 (fset 'global-set-key-to-use-package
       (lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro." (interactive "p")
diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/contextual-value-manager.el b/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/contextual-value-manager.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25a32a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/contextual-value-manager.el
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+(require 'eieio)
+
+(defclass cvm-contextual-value-manager ()
+  ((identifier-manager :initarg :identifier-manager)
+   (builder :initarg :builder)))
+
+(defmethod cvm-contextual-value ((cvm cvm-contextual-value-manager))
+  (let ((identifier (cvm-get-identifier (oref cvm :identifier-manager))))
+    (or (cvm-get-value (oref cvm :identifier-manager) identifier)
+        (cvm-build-and-save cvm identifier))))
+
+(defmethod cvm-build-and-save ((cvm cvm-contextual-value-manager) identifier)
+  (let ((value (cvm-build (oref cvm :builder) identifier)))
+    (cvm-set-value (oref cvm :identifier-manager) identifier value)
+    value))
+
+(defclass cvm-identifier-manager () nil
+  :abstract t)
+
+(defmethod cvm-get-identifier ((generator cvm-identifier-manager))
+  nil)
+
+(defmethod cvm-get-value ((generator cvm-identifier-manager) identifier)
+  nil)
+
+(defmethod cvm-set-value ((generator cvm-identifier-manager) identifier value)
+  nil)
+
+(defclass cvm-builder () nil
+  :abstract t)
+
+(defmethod cvm-build ((builder cvm-builder) identifier)
+  nil)
+
+(provide 'contextual-value-manager)
diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/term-projectile.el b/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/term-projectile.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eaa5fbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/load.d/term-projectile.el
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+(require 'eieio)
+(require 'projectile)
+(require 'contextual-value-manager)
+
+
+(defclass term-projectile-identifier-manager (cvm-identifier-manager eieio-singleton)
+  ((identifier-to-value :initarg :identifier-to-value :initform nil)))
+
+(defmethod cvm-get-identifier ((manager term-projectile-identifier-manager))
+  (when (projectile-project-p)
+    (intern (projectile-project-root))))
+
+(defmethod cvm-get-value ((manager term-projectile-identifier-manager) identifier)
+  (let ((buffer (plist-get (oref manager :identifier-to-value) identifier)))
+    (when (and buffer (buffer-live-p buffer))
+      buffer)))
+
+(defmethod cvm-set-value ((manager term-projectile-identifier-manager) identifier value)
+  (oset manager :identifier-to-value (plist-put (oref manager :identifier-to-value) identifier value)))
+
+(defclass term-builder (cvm-builder eieio-singleton) nil)
+
+(defmethod cvm-build ((builder term-builder) identifier)
+  (let* ((term-name (build-term-name builder identifier))
+         (program (getenv "SHELL"))
+         (directory (if identifier (symbol-name identifier) "~"))
+         (buffer (get-buffer (term-ansi-make-term term-name program))))
+    (with-current-buffer buffer
+      (term-mode)
+      (term-char-mode)
+      (let (term-escape-char)
+        (term-set-escape-char ?\C-x)))
+    buffer))
+
+(defmethod build-term-name ((builder term-builder) identifier)
+  (format  "term: %s" (symbol-name identifier)))
+
+(defclass projectile-term-manager (cvm-contextual-value-manager eieio-singleton) nil)
+
+(make-instance projectile-term-manager
+               :builder (make-instance term-builder)
+               :identifier-manager (make-instance term-projectile-identifier-manager))
+
+(defun term-projectile ()
+  (interactive)
+  (switch-to-buffer (cvm-contextual-value (make-instance projectile-term-manager))))
+
+(switch-to-buffer (cvm-contextual-value (make-instance projectile-term-manager)))
+
+(cvm-get-identifier (make-instance term-projectile-identifier-manager))
+
+(provide 'term-projectile)