diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2199fb61..5dd28186 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ winit = "0.22.0"
 hprof = "0.1.3"
 rusttype = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["gpu_cache"] }
 vulkano_text = "0.12.0"
-petgraph = "0.5.1"
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+petgraph = "0.5.1"
+nom = "6.0.0-alpha3"
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diff --git a/resources/scripts/scratch b/resources/scripts/scratch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16f09096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/scratch
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+# this is a comment
+elem table : globalTableFormatting {
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/event_system.rs b/src/event_system.rs
index 21b450db..c6205b24 100644
--- a/src/event_system.rs
+++ b/src/event_system.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ use specs::{Component, Entities, Join, System, VecStorage, Write, WriteStorage};
 use vulkano::swapchain::Surface;
 use winit::window::Window;
 
-use crate::canvas::canvas_frame::CanvasFrame;
-use crate::canvas::compu_frame::CompuFrame;
 use crate::PersistentState;
 use crate::render_system::Position;
 use crate::util::tr_event::{TrEvent, TrEventExtension, TrWindowEvent};
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cba58c95..abe3a789 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ extern crate nalgebra as na;
 extern crate rand;
 extern crate specs;
 extern crate time;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate nom;
 
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ pub mod canvas;
 pub mod render_system;
 pub mod compu_system;
 pub mod event_system;
+pub mod parser;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct PersistentState {
@@ -72,61 +75,26 @@ struct TrSprite {
 }
 
 
+use std::fs;
+use nom::sequence::{preceded, tuple};
+use nom::bytes::complete::{take_while1, tag, take_while_m_n};
+use nom::character::complete::line_ending;
+use nom::error::ErrorKind;
+use nom::combinator::map_res;
+use nom::IResult;
+use crate::parser::parser::{Color, hex_color, parse_script};
 
-use logos::Logos;
-
-#[derive(Logos, Debug, PartialEq)]
-enum Token {
-    // Tokens can be literal strings, of any length.
-    #[token("fast")]
-    Fast,
-
-    #[token(".")]
-    Period,
-
-    // Or regular expressions.
-    #[regex("[a-zA-Z]+")]
-    Text,
-
-    // Logos requires one token variant to handle errors,
-    // it can be named anything you wish.
-    #[error]
-    // We can also use this variant to define whitespace,
-    // or any other matches we wish to skip.
-    #[regex(r"[ \t\n\f]+", logos::skip)]
-    Error,
-}
 
 pub fn main() {
 
     //https://dylanede.github.io/cassowary-rs/cassowary/index.html
 
-    let mut lex = Token::lexer("Create ridiculously fast Lexers.");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), Some(Token::Text));
-    assert_eq!(lex.span(), 0..6);
-    assert_eq!(lex.slice(), "Create");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), Some(Token::Text));
-    assert_eq!(lex.span(), 7..19);
-    assert_eq!(lex.slice(), "ridiculously");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), Some(Token::Fast));
-    assert_eq!(lex.span(), 20..24);
-    assert_eq!(lex.slice(), "fast");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), Some(Token::Text));
-    assert_eq!(lex.span(), 25..31);
-    assert_eq!(lex.slice(), "Lexers");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), Some(Token::Period));
-    assert_eq!(lex.span(), 31..32);
-    assert_eq!(lex.slice(), ".");
-
-    assert_eq!(lex.next(), None);
+    let input_string = fs::read_to_string("./resources/scripts/scratch").unwrap();
 
+    parse_script::<(&str, ErrorKind)>(&input_string);
 
 
+    return;
 
     //hprof::start_frame();
     //let g = hprof::enter("vulkan preload");
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2819a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod parser;
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diff --git a/src/parser/parser.rs b/src/parser/parser.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f9b4bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/parser.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+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};
+
+pub fn length_value(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8],&[u8]> {
+    let (input, length) = be_u16(input)?;
+    take(length)(input)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug,PartialEq)]
+pub struct Color {
+    pub red:     u8,
+    pub green:   u8,
+    pub blue:    u8,
+}
+
+pub struct ScriptMeta {
+
+}
+
+pub fn from_hex(input: &str) -> Result<u8, std::num::ParseIntError> {
+    u8::from_str_radix(input, 16)
+}
+
+pub fn is_hex_digit(c: char) -> bool {
+    c.is_digit(16)
+}
+
+pub fn hex_primary(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, u8> {
+    map_res(
+        take_while_m_n(2, 2, is_hex_digit),
+        from_hex
+    )(input)
+}
+
+pub fn hex_color(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Color> {
+    let (input, _) = tag("#")(input)?;
+    let (input, (red, green, blue)) = tuple((hex_primary, hex_primary, hex_primary))(input)?;
+
+    Ok((input, Color { red, green, blue }))
+}
+
+pub fn elem_tag(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, u8> {
+    let (input, _) = tag("elem")(input)?;
+    let input = sp(input)?;
+    Ok((input.0, 0))
+}
+
+pub fn comment<'a, E: ParseError<&'a str>>(input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, u8, E> {
+
+    preceded(char('#'), cut(terminated(escaped(
+        alphanumeric, '\\', one_of("\"n\\")), char('\"')))
+    )(input)?;
+  //  let (input, _) = tag("#")(input)?;
+    Ok(("", 0))
+}
+
+fn curlies(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
+    delimited(char('{'), is_not("}"), char('}'))(input)
+}
+
+/// parser combinators are constructed from the bottom up:
+/// first we write parsers for the smallest elements (here a space character),
+/// then we'll combine them in larger parsers
+fn sp<'a>(i: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, &'a str> {
+    let chars = " \t\r\n";
+
+    // nom combinators like `take_while` return a function. That function is the
+    // parser,to which we can pass the input
+    take_while(move |c| chars.contains(c))(i)
+}
+
+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{}))
+}
+
+
+/*
+// ( and any amount of bytes ). Returns the bytes between the ()
+fn parens(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
+  delimited(char('('), is_not(")"), char(')'))(input)
+}
+
+// `take_while_m_n` parses between `m` and `n` bytes (inclusive) that match
+// a predicate. `parse_hex` here parses between 1 and 6 hexadecimal numerals.
+let parse_hex = take_while_m_n(1, 6, |c: char| c.is_ascii_hexdigit());
+*/
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