diff --git a/src/example.ts b/src/example.ts
index 4fd8f97..482163e 100644
--- a/src/example.ts
+++ b/src/example.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { Extractor } from './extractor';
 import { JsonSerializer } from './serializers/json.serializer';
 
-const dir = '/path/to/extract/strings/from';
-const dest = '/path/to/save/template/to/template.pot';
-
 const serializer = new JsonSerializer();
 // Or const serializer = new PotSerializer();
 const extractor = new Extractor(serializer);
 
+const src = '/your/project';
+const dest = '/your/project/template.json';
+
 try {
-	const messages: string[] = extractor.extract(dir);
+	const messages: string[] = extractor.extract(src);
 	const output: string = extractor.save(dest);
-	console.log('Done!');
+	console.log({ messages, output });
 } catch (e) {
 	console.log(`Something went wrong: ${e.toString()}`);
 }
diff --git a/src/extractor.ts b/src/extractor.ts
index 3a3446a..8885643 100644
--- a/src/extractor.ts
+++ b/src/extractor.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ export class Extractor {
 
 	public parsers: ParserInterface[] = [
 		new PipeParser(),
-		new ServiceParser(),
-		new DirectiveParser()
+		new DirectiveParser(),
+		new ServiceParser()
 	];
 
 	public globPatterns: string[] = [
-		'/**/*.ts',
-		'/**/*.html'
+		'/**/*.html',
+		'/**/*.ts'
 	];
 
 	public messages: string[] = [];
@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ export class Extractor {
 	 */
 	public extract(dir: string): string[] {
 		let messages = [];
-		this.globPatterns.forEach(globPattern => {
-			const filePaths = glob.sync(dir + globPattern);
-			filePaths
-				.filter(filePath => fs.statSync(filePath).isFile())
-				.forEach(filePath => {
-					const result = this._extractMessages(filePath);
-					messages = [...messages, ...result];
-				});
+
+		this._getFiles(dir).forEach(filePath => {
+			const result = this._extractMessages(filePath);
+			messages = [...messages, ...result];
 		});
 
 		return this.messages = lodash.uniq(messages);
@@ -56,22 +52,38 @@ export class Extractor {
 	public save(destination: string): string {
 		const data = this.serialize();
 		fs.writeFileSync(destination, data);
-
 		return data;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Extract messages from file using specialized parser
+	 * Get all files in dir that matches glob patterns
 	 */
-	protected _extractMessages(filePath: string): string[] {
-		let results = [];
+	protected _getFiles(dir: string): string[] {
+		let results: string[] = [];
 
-		const contents: string = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-		this.parsers.forEach((parser: ParserInterface) => {
-			results = results.concat(parser.process(contents));
+		this.globPatterns.forEach(globPattern => {
+			const files = glob
+				.sync(dir + globPattern)
+				.filter(filePath => fs.statSync(filePath).isFile());
+
+			results = [...results, ...files];
 		});
 
 		return results;
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	/**
+	 * Extract messages from file using parser
+	 */
+	protected _extractMessages(filePath: string): string[] {
+		let results: string[] = [];
+
+		const contents: string = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
+		this.parsers.forEach((parser: ParserInterface) => {
+			results = [...results, ...parser.process(filePath, contents)];
+		});
+
+		return results;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/parsers/abstract-template.parser.ts b/src/parsers/abstract-template.parser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae36faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parsers/abstract-template.parser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export abstract class AbstractTemplateParser {
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if file is of type javascript or typescript and
+	 * makes the assumption that it is an Angular Component
+	 */
+	protected _isAngularComponent(filePath: string): boolean {
+		return new RegExp('\.(ts|js)$', 'i').test(filePath);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extracts inline template from components
+	 */
+	protected _extractInlineTemplate(contents: string): string {
+		const match = new RegExp('template\\s?:\\s?(("|\'|`)(.|[\\r\\n])+?[^\\\\]\\2)').exec(contents);
+		if (match !== null) {
+			return match[1];
+		}
+
+		return '';
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
index 446b81b..872481b 100644
--- a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
@@ -1,66 +1,45 @@
-import {ParserInterface} from './parser.interface';
+import { ParserInterface } from './parser.interface';
+import { AbstractTemplateParser } from './abstract-template.parser';
 import * as $ from 'cheerio';
 
-export class DirectiveParser implements ParserInterface {
+export class DirectiveParser extends AbstractTemplateParser implements ParserInterface {
 
-    public patterns = {
-        template: `template:\\s?(("|'|\`)(.|[\\r\\n])+?[^\\\\]\\2)`
-    };
+	public process(filePath: string, contents: string): string[] {
+		if (this._isAngularComponent(filePath)) {
+			contents = this._extractInlineTemplate(contents);
+		}
 
-    protected _parseTemplate(content) {
-        let results: string[] = [],
-            template = content.trim()
-            // hack for cheerio that doesn't support wrapped attributes
-                .replace('[translate]=', '__translate__=');
+		return this._parseTemplate(contents);
+	}
 
-        $(template).find('[translate],[__translate__]').contents().filter(function() {
-            return this.nodeType === 3; // node type 3 = text node
-        }).each(function() {
-            let key,
-                $this = $(this),
-                element = $(this).parent(),
-                wrappedAttr = element.attr('__translate__'), // previously [translate]=
-                attr = element.attr('translate'); // translate=
+	protected _parseTemplate(template: string): string[] {
+		let results: string[] = [];
 
-            // only support string values for now
-            if(wrappedAttr && wrappedAttr.match(/^['"].*['"]$/)) {
-                key = wrappedAttr.substr(1, wrappedAttr.length - 2);
-            } else if(attr) {
-                key = attr;
-            }
+		template = this._normalizeTemplateAttributes(template);
 
-            if(!key) {
-                key = $this.text().replace(/\\n/gi, '').trim();
-            }
+		$(template).find('[translate]')
+			.each((i: number, element: CheerioElement) => {
+				const $element = $(element);
+				const attr = $element.attr('translate');
+				const text = $element.text();
 
-            if(key) {
-                results.push(key);
-            }
-        });
+				if (attr) {
+					results.push(attr);
+				} else if (text) {
+					results.push(text);
+				}
+			});
 
-        return results;
-    }
+		return results;
+	}
 
-    public process(contents: string): string[] {
-        const regExp = new RegExp(this.patterns.template, 'gi');
-
-        let results: string[] = [],
-            hasTemplate = false,
-            matches;
-
-        while(matches = regExp.exec(contents)) {
-            let content = matches[1]
-                .substr(1, matches[1].length - 2);
-
-            hasTemplate = true;
-            results = results.concat(this._parseTemplate(content));
-        }
-
-        if(!hasTemplate) {
-            this._parseTemplate(contents);
-        }
-
-        return results;
-    }
+	/**
+	 * Angular's `[attr]="'val'"` syntax is not valid HTML,
+	 * so Cheerio is not able to parse it.
+	 * This method replaces `[attr]="'val'""` with `attr="val"`
+	 */
+	protected _normalizeTemplateAttributes(template: string): string {
+		return template.replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]="'([^\"]*)'"/g, '$1="$2"');
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/parsers/parser.interface.ts b/src/parsers/parser.interface.ts
index 5c06327..5820aba 100644
--- a/src/parsers/parser.interface.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/parser.interface.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export interface ParserInterface {
 
-	process(contents: string): string[];
+	process(filePath: string, contents: string): string[];
 
 }
diff --git a/src/parsers/pipe.parser.ts b/src/parsers/pipe.parser.ts
index 17baf3a..cce8479 100644
--- a/src/parsers/pipe.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/pipe.parser.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 import { ParserInterface } from './parser.interface';
+import { AbstractTemplateParser } from './abstract-template.parser';
 
-export class PipeParser implements ParserInterface {
+export class PipeParser extends AbstractTemplateParser implements ParserInterface {
 
-	public patterns = {
-		pipe: `(['"\`])([^\\1\\r\\n]*)\\1\\s+\\|\\s*translate(:.*?)?`
-	};
+	public process(filePath: string, contents: string): string[] {
+		if (this._isAngularComponent(filePath)) {
+			contents = this._extractInlineTemplate(contents);
+		}
 
-	public process(contents: string): string[] {
+		return this._parseTemplate(contents);
+	}
+
+	protected _parseTemplate(template: string): string[] {
 		let results: string[] = [];
 
-		for (let patternName in this.patterns) {
-			const regExp = new RegExp(this.patterns[patternName], 'g');
+		const regExp = new RegExp('([\'"`])([^\\1\\r\\n]*)\\1\\s+\\|\\s*translate(:.*?)?', 'g');
 
-			let matches;
-			while (matches = regExp.exec(contents)) {
-				results.push(matches[2]);
-			}
+		let matches;
+		while (matches = regExp.exec(template)) {
+			results.push(matches[2]);
 		}
 
 		return results;
diff --git a/src/parsers/service.parser.ts b/src/parsers/service.parser.ts
index e3b0b29..976d49c 100644
--- a/src/parsers/service.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/service.parser.ts
@@ -2,48 +2,25 @@ import { ParserInterface } from './parser.interface';
 
 export class ServiceParser implements ParserInterface {
 
-	public patterns = {
-		translateServiceMethods: `{{TRANSLATE_SERVICE}}\.(?:get|instant)\\s*\\\(\\s*(['"\`])([^\\1\\r\\n]+)\\1`,
-	};
-
-	public process(contents: string): string[] {
+	public process(filePath: string, contents: string): string[] {
 		let results: string[] = [];
 
 		const translateServiceVar = this._extractTranslateServiceVar(contents);
 		if (!translateServiceVar) {
-			return [];
+			return results;
 		}
 
-		for (let patternName in this.patterns) {
-			const regExp = this._createRegExp(patternName, {
-				'TRANSLATE_SERVICE': translateServiceVar
-			});
+		const methodPattern: string = '(?:get|instant)\\s*\\\(\\s*([\'"`])([^\\1\\r\\n]+)\\1';
+		const regExp: RegExp = new RegExp(`${translateServiceVar}\.${methodPattern}`, 'g');
 
-			let matches;
-			while (matches = regExp.exec(contents)) {
-				results.push(matches[2]);
-			}
+		let matches;
+		while (matches = regExp.exec(contents)) {
+			results.push(matches[2]);
 		}
 
 		return results;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Create regular expression, replacing placeholders with real values
-	 */
-	protected _createRegExp(patternName: string, replaceVars: {} = {}): RegExp {
-		if (!this.patterns.hasOwnProperty(patternName)) {
-			throw new Error('Invalid pattern name');
-		}
-
-		let pattern = this.patterns[patternName];
-		Object.keys(replaceVars).forEach(key => {
-			pattern = pattern.replace('{{' + key + '}}', replaceVars[key]);
-		});
-
-		return new RegExp(pattern, 'g');
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Extract name of TranslateService variable for use in patterns
 	 */