diff --git a/resources/scripts/scratch b/resources/scripts/scratch
index 16f09096..377806fb 100644
--- a/resources/scripts/scratch
+++ b/resources/scripts/scratch
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-
 # this is a comment
-elem table : globalTableFormatting {
+elem table {
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index abe3a789..00c9b93b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ pub fn main() {
 
     parse_script::<(&str, ErrorKind)>(&input_string);
 
-
     return;
 
     //hprof::start_frame();
diff --git a/src/parser/parser.rs b/src/parser/parser.rs
index 7f9b4bd0..fc22741e 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser/parser.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
+use nom::branch::alt;
+use nom::bytes::complete::{escaped, is_not, take, take_till, take_until, take_while};
+use nom::bytes::complete::{tag, take_while1, take_while_m_n};
+use nom::character::complete::{char, one_of, newline, not_line_ending, anychar};
+use nom::character::complete::alphanumeric1 as alphanumeric;
+use nom::combinator::{cut, map, map_res, opt};
+use nom::error::ParseError;
 use nom::IResult;
 use nom::number::complete::be_u16;
-use nom::bytes::complete::{take, is_not, take_while, escaped};
-use nom::character::complete::{char, one_of};
-use nom::bytes::complete::{take_while1, tag, take_while_m_n};
-use nom::combinator::{map_res, opt, cut};
-use nom::sequence::{preceded, tuple, delimited, terminated};
-use nom::error::ParseError;
-use nom::character::complete::{alphanumeric1 as alphanumeric};
+use nom::sequence::{delimited, preceded, terminated, tuple};
 
-pub fn length_value(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8],&[u8]> {
+pub fn length_value(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], &[u8]> {
     let (input, length) = be_u16(input)?;
     take(length)(input)
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug,PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Color {
-    pub red:     u8,
-    pub green:   u8,
-    pub blue:    u8,
+    pub red: u8,
+    pub green: u8,
+    pub blue: u8,
 }
 
-pub struct ScriptMeta {
-
+pub enum ScriptMeta {
+    Comment(String),
+    Element(String),
+    Meta(String),
 }
 
 pub fn from_hex(input: &str) -> Result<u8, std::num::ParseIntError> {
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn is_hex_digit(c: char) -> bool {
 pub fn hex_primary(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, u8> {
     map_res(
         take_while_m_n(2, 2, is_hex_digit),
-        from_hex
+        from_hex,
     )(input)
 }
 
@@ -46,19 +49,36 @@ pub fn hex_color(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Color> {
     Ok((input, Color { red, green, blue }))
 }
 
-pub fn elem_tag(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, u8> {
+pub fn elem_tag(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
     let (input, _) = tag("elem")(input)?;
     let input = sp(input)?;
-    Ok((input.0, 0))
+    Ok((input.0, input.0))
+}
+
+fn parse_str<'a, E: ParseError<&'a str>>(i: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, &'a str, E> {
+    let chars = "\n";
+    escaped(anychar, '\\', one_of(""))(i)
 }
 
-pub fn comment<'a, E: ParseError<&'a str>>(input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, u8, E> {
+pub fn comment<'a, E: ParseError<&'a str>>(input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, &'a str, E> {
 
-    preceded(char('#'), cut(terminated(escaped(
-        alphanumeric, '\\', one_of("\"n\\")), char('\"')))
+    // if let Ok(t) = preceded(sp, char('#'))(input) {
+    //     let v = take_until("\n")(t.0).unwrap();
+    //     println!("{:?}", t);
+    // }
+
+    let v = preceded(char('#'),
+                     cut(
+                         terminated(
+                             parse_str,
+                             newline,
+                         )
+                     ),
     )(input)?;
-  //  let (input, _) = tag("#")(input)?;
-    Ok(("", 0))
+
+    println!("{:?}", v);
+
+    Ok((v.0, v.0))
 }
 
 fn curlies(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
@@ -78,22 +98,31 @@ fn sp<'a>(i: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, &'a str> {
 
 pub fn parse_script<'a, E: ParseError<&'a str>>(input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, ScriptMeta, E> {
 
-
-    if let Ok(v) = elem_tag(input) {
-        println!("Found elem tag");
-        if let Ok(v) = sp(v.0) {
-            preceded(sp, char(':'));
-            println!("ate some spaces");
-        }
-        else {
-            println!("didn't eat spaces?");
-        }
-    }
-    if let Ok(v) = comment(input) {
-        println!("Found comment tag")
-    }
-
-    return Ok(("", ScriptMeta{}))
+    let x = delimited(
+        sp,
+        alt((map(comment, |s| ScriptMeta::Comment(String::from(s))),
+             map(elem_tag, |s| ScriptMeta::Element(String::from(s)))
+        )),
+        opt(sp),
+    )(input);
+
+    // if let Ok(v) = elem_tag(input) {
+    //     println!("Found elem tag");
+    //     if let Ok(v) = sp(v.0) {
+    //
+    //         println!("ate some spaces");
+    //     }
+    //     else {
+    //         println!("didn't eat spaces?");
+    //     }
+    // }
+    // if let Ok(v) = comment(input) {
+    //     println!("Found comment tag")
+    // }
+
+    let x = x.unwrap().0;
+
+    return Ok((x, ScriptMeta::Comment(String::default())));
 }