diff --git a/src/compiler.zig b/src/compiler.zig
index 459adda..7b75e0e 100644
--- a/src/compiler.zig
+++ b/src/compiler.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const scanner = @import("new_scanner.zig");
+const scanner = @import("scanner.zig");
 const vm = @import("vm.zig");
 const chunks = @import("chunk.zig");
 const tokens = @import("token.zig");
diff --git a/src/new_scanner.zig b/src/new_scanner.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f8160..0000000
--- a/src/new_scanner.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,276 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const tokens = @import("token.zig");
-
-const Token = tokens.Token;
-const TokenType = tokens.TokenType;
-
-const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-
-pub const TokenError = error{
-    Unexpected,
-    Unterminated,
-};
-
-fn isDigit(char: u8) bool {
-    return char >= '0' and char <= '9';
-}
-
-fn isAlpha(c: u8) bool {
-    return (c >= 'a' and c <= 'z') or
-        (c >= 'A' and c <= 'Z') or
-        c == '_';
-}
-
-fn isAlphaNumeric(char: u8) bool {
-    return isAlpha(char) or isDigit(char);
-}
-
-pub const KeywordMap = std.AutoHashMap([]const u8, u6);
-
-/// The book does say that C doesn't have hashmaps. but Zig does. and I can
-/// use it here.
-fn initKeywordMap(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !KeywordMap {
-    var map = KeywordMap.init(allocator);
-
-    const keywords = [][]const u8{
-        "and"[0..],
-        "class"[0..],
-        "else"[0..],
-        "false"[0..],
-        "for"[0..],
-        "fun"[0..],
-        "if"[0..],
-        "nil"[0..],
-        "or"[0..],
-        "print"[0..],
-        "return"[0..],
-        "super"[0..],
-        "this"[0..],
-        "true"[0..],
-        "var"[0..],
-        "while"[0..],
-    };
-
-    const tags = []TokenType{
-        TokenType.AND,
-        TokenType.CLASS,
-        TokenType.ELSE,
-        TokenType.FALSE,
-        TokenType.FOR,
-        TokenType.FUN,
-        TokenType.IF,
-        TokenType.NIL,
-        TokenType.OR,
-        TokenType.PRINT,
-        TokenType.RETURN,
-        TokenType.SUPER,
-        TokenType.THIS,
-        TokenType.TRUE,
-        TokenType.VAR,
-        TokenType.WHILE,
-    };
-
-    for (keywords) |keyword, idx| {
-        var tag = @enumToInt(tags[idx]);
-        _ = try map.put(keyword, tag);
-    }
-
-    return map;
-}
-
-pub const Scanner = struct {
-    source: []const u8,
-    keywords: KeywordMap,
-
-    start: usize = 0,
-    current: usize = 0,
-    line: usize = 1,
-
-    allocator: *Allocator,
-
-    pub fn init(allocator: *Allocator, data: []const u8) !Scanner {
-        return Scanner{
-            .source = data,
-            .keywords = try initKeywordMap(allocator),
-            .allocator = allocator,
-        };
-    }
-
-    fn isAtEnd(self: *Scanner) bool {
-        return self.current >= self.source.len;
-    }
-
-    fn advance(self: *Scanner) u8 {
-        self.current += 1;
-        return self.source[self.current - 1];
-    }
-
-    pub fn currentLexeme(self: *Scanner) []const u8 {
-        return self.source[self.start..self.current];
-    }
-
-    fn makeToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: TokenType) Token {
-        return Token{
-            .ttype = ttype,
-            .lexeme = self.currentLexeme(),
-            .line = self.line,
-        };
-    }
-
-    /// Check if the next character matches what is expected.
-    fn match(self: *Scanner, expected: u8) bool {
-        if (self.isAtEnd()) return false;
-        if (self.source[self.current] != expected) return false;
-
-        self.current += 1;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /// Add a SimpleToken of type_match if the next character is
-    /// `expected`. Adds a SimpleToken of type_nomatch when it is not.
-    fn makeMatchToken(
-        self: *Scanner,
-        expected: u8,
-        type_match: TokenType,
-        type_nomatch: TokenType,
-    ) Token {
-        if (self.match(expected)) {
-            return self.makeToken(type_match);
-        } else {
-            return self.makeToken(type_nomatch);
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn peek(self: *Scanner) u8 {
-        if (self.isAtEnd()) return 0;
-        return self.source[self.current];
-    }
-
-    fn peekNext(self: *Scanner) u8 {
-        if (self.current + 1 >= self.source.len) return 0;
-        return self.source[self.current + 1];
-    }
-
-    fn skipWhitespace(self: *Scanner) void {
-        while (true) {
-            var c = self.peek();
-            switch (c) {
-                ' ', '\r', '\t' => blk: {
-                    _ = self.advance();
-                },
-                '\n' => blk: {
-                    self.line += 1;
-                    _ = self.advance();
-                },
-                else => return,
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn doString(self: *Scanner) !Token {
-        // consume entire string
-        while (self.peek() != '"' and !self.isAtEnd()) {
-            if (self.peek() == '\n') self.line += 1;
-            _ = self.advance();
-        }
-
-        // unterminated string.
-        if (self.isAtEnd()) {
-            return TokenError.Unterminated;
-        }
-
-        // the closing ".
-        _ = self.advance();
-
-        // trim the surrounding quotes.
-        return self.makeToken(.STRING);
-    }
-
-    /// Consume a number
-    fn doNumber(self: *Scanner) Token {
-        while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-        }
-
-        // check if its a number like 12.34, where the '.' character
-        // exists and the one next to it is a digit.
-        if (self.peek() == '.' and isDigit(self.peekNext())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-
-            while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
-                _ = self.advance();
-            }
-        }
-
-        return self.makeToken(.NUMBER);
-    }
-
-    /// Either a keyword or an identifier come out of this.
-    fn doIdentifier(self: *Scanner) Token {
-        while (isAlphaNumeric(self.peek())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-        }
-
-        // after reading the identifier, we check
-        // if it is any of our keywords, if it is, then we add
-        // the specificed keyword type. if not, just .IDENTIFIER
-        var text = self.source[self.start..self.current];
-        var type_opt = self.keywords.get(text);
-        var toktype: TokenType = undefined;
-
-        if (type_opt) |kv| {
-            toktype = @intToEnum(TokenType, kv.value);
-        } else {
-            toktype = TokenType.IDENTIFIER;
-        }
-
-        return self.makeToken(toktype);
-    }
-
-    pub fn scanToken(self: *Scanner) !?Token {
-        self.skipWhitespace();
-        self.start = self.current;
-
-        if (self.isAtEnd()) return self.makeToken(TokenType.EOF);
-
-        var c = self.advance();
-        if (isAlpha(c)) return self.doIdentifier();
-        if (isDigit(c)) return self.doNumber();
-
-        var token = switch (c) {
-            '(' => self.makeToken(.LEFT_PAREN),
-            ')' => self.makeToken(.RIGHT_PAREN),
-            '{' => self.makeToken(.LEFT_BRACE),
-            '}' => self.makeToken(.RIGHT_BRACE),
-            ',' => self.makeToken(.COMMA),
-            '.' => self.makeToken(.DOT),
-            '-' => self.makeToken(.MINUS),
-            '+' => self.makeToken(.PLUS),
-            ';' => self.makeToken(.SEMICOLON),
-            '*' => self.makeToken(.STAR),
-
-            '!' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .BANG_EQUAL, .BANG),
-            '=' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .EQUAL_EQUAL, .EQUAL),
-            '<' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .LESS_EQUAL, .LESS),
-            '>' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .GREATER_EQUAL, .GREATER),
-
-            '/' => blk: {
-                if (self.peekNext() == '/') {
-                    while (self.peek() != '\n' and !self.isAtEnd()) {
-                        _ = self.advance();
-                    }
-
-                    break :blk null;
-                } else {
-                    break :blk self.makeToken(.SLASH);
-                }
-            },
-
-            '"' => try self.doString(),
-
-            else => return TokenError.Unexpected,
-        };
-
-        return token;
-    }
-};
diff --git a/src/scanner.zig b/src/scanner.zig
index b83a7a4..93f8160 100644
--- a/src/scanner.zig
+++ b/src/scanner.zig
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const tokens = @import("token.zig");
 
-const token = @import("token.zig");
-const main = @import("main.zig");
+const Token = tokens.Token;
+const TokenType = tokens.TokenType;
 
-const TokenList = std.ArrayList(token.Token);
-const TokenType = token.TokenType;
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+
+pub const TokenError = error{
+    Unexpected,
+    Unterminated,
+};
 
 fn isDigit(char: u8) bool {
     return char >= '0' and char <= '9';
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@ fn isAlphaNumeric(char: u8) bool {
 
 pub const KeywordMap = std.AutoHashMap([]const u8, u6);
 
+/// The book does say that C doesn't have hashmaps. but Zig does. and I can
+/// use it here.
 fn initKeywordMap(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !KeywordMap {
     var map = KeywordMap.init(allocator);
 
@@ -72,19 +79,20 @@ fn initKeywordMap(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !KeywordMap {
 }
 
 pub const Scanner = struct {
-    source: []u8,
-    tokens: TokenList,
+    source: []const u8,
     keywords: KeywordMap,
 
     start: usize = 0,
     current: usize = 0,
     line: usize = 1,
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, data: []u8) !Scanner {
+    allocator: *Allocator,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: *Allocator, data: []const u8) !Scanner {
         return Scanner{
             .source = data,
-            .tokens = TokenList.init(allocator),
             .keywords = try initKeywordMap(allocator),
+            .allocator = allocator,
         };
     }
 
@@ -97,49 +105,16 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
         return self.source[self.current - 1];
     }
 
-    pub fn currentLexeme(self: *Scanner) []u8 {
+    pub fn currentLexeme(self: *Scanner) []const u8 {
         return self.source[self.start..self.current];
     }
 
-    fn addSimpleToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: token.TokenType) !void {
-        try self.addToken(token.Token{
-            .Simple = token.SimpleToken.init(
-                ttype,
-                self.currentLexeme(),
-                self.line,
-                {},
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
-    fn addSliceToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: token.TokenType, slice: []u8) !void {
-        try self.addToken(token.Token{
-            .Slice = token.SliceToken.init(
-                ttype,
-                self.currentLexeme(),
-                self.line,
-                slice,
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
-    /// Keep in mind Lox only has a single number type and that is a float one.
-    fn addNumberToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: token.TokenType, num: f32) !void {
-        try self.addToken(token.Token{
-            .Number = token.NumberToken.init(
-                ttype,
-                self.currentLexeme(),
-                self.line,
-                num,
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
-    fn addToken(
-        self: *Scanner,
-        tok: token.Token,
-    ) !void {
-        try self.tokens.append(tok);
+    fn makeToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: TokenType) Token {
+        return Token{
+            .ttype = ttype,
+            .lexeme = self.currentLexeme(),
+            .line = self.line,
+        };
     }
 
     /// Check if the next character matches what is expected.
@@ -153,16 +128,16 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
 
     /// Add a SimpleToken of type_match if the next character is
     /// `expected`. Adds a SimpleToken of type_nomatch when it is not.
-    fn addMatchToken(
+    fn makeMatchToken(
         self: *Scanner,
         expected: u8,
-        type_match: token.TokenType,
-        type_nomatch: token.TokenType,
-    ) !void {
+        type_match: TokenType,
+        type_nomatch: TokenType,
+    ) Token {
         if (self.match(expected)) {
-            try self.addSimpleToken(type_match);
+            return self.makeToken(type_match);
         } else {
-            try self.addSimpleToken(type_nomatch);
+            return self.makeToken(type_nomatch);
         }
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +146,28 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
         return self.source[self.current];
     }
 
-    fn doString(self: *Scanner) !void {
+    fn peekNext(self: *Scanner) u8 {
+        if (self.current + 1 >= self.source.len) return 0;
+        return self.source[self.current + 1];
+    }
+
+    fn skipWhitespace(self: *Scanner) void {
+        while (true) {
+            var c = self.peek();
+            switch (c) {
+                ' ', '\r', '\t' => blk: {
+                    _ = self.advance();
+                },
+                '\n' => blk: {
+                    self.line += 1;
+                    _ = self.advance();
+                },
+                else => return,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn doString(self: *Scanner) !Token {
         // consume entire string
         while (self.peek() != '"' and !self.isAtEnd()) {
             if (self.peek() == '\n') self.line += 1;
@@ -180,27 +176,18 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
 
         // unterminated string.
         if (self.isAtEnd()) {
-            try main.doError(self.line, "Unterminated string.");
-            return;
+            return TokenError.Unterminated;
         }
 
         // the closing ".
         _ = self.advance();
 
         // trim the surrounding quotes.
-        try self.addSliceToken(
-            .STRING,
-            self.source[self.start + 1 .. self.current - 1],
-        );
-    }
-
-    fn peekNext(self: *Scanner) u8 {
-        if (self.current + 1 >= self.source.len) return 0;
-        return self.source[self.current + 1];
+        return self.makeToken(.STRING);
     }
 
     /// Consume a number
-    fn doNumber(self: *Scanner) !void {
+    fn doNumber(self: *Scanner) Token {
         while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
             _ = self.advance();
         }
@@ -215,17 +202,11 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
             }
         }
 
-        // after going through all of the number, we can just use fmt.parseFloat
-
-        var num = try std.fmt.parseFloat(
-            f32,
-            self.source[self.start..self.current],
-        );
-
-        try self.addNumberToken(.NUMBER, num);
+        return self.makeToken(.NUMBER);
     }
 
-    fn doIdentifier(self: *Scanner) !void {
+    /// Either a keyword or an identifier come out of this.
+    fn doIdentifier(self: *Scanner) Token {
         while (isAlphaNumeric(self.peek())) {
             _ = self.advance();
         }
@@ -243,90 +224,53 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
             toktype = TokenType.IDENTIFIER;
         }
 
-        try self.addSimpleToken(toktype);
+        return self.makeToken(toktype);
     }
 
-    /// Scan through our tokens and add them to the Scanner's token list.
-    fn scanToken(self: *Scanner) !void {
+    pub fn scanToken(self: *Scanner) !?Token {
+        self.skipWhitespace();
+        self.start = self.current;
+
+        if (self.isAtEnd()) return self.makeToken(TokenType.EOF);
+
         var c = self.advance();
+        if (isAlpha(c)) return self.doIdentifier();
+        if (isDigit(c)) return self.doNumber();
 
-        switch (c) {
-            '(' => try self.addSimpleToken(.LEFT_PAREN),
-            ')' => try self.addSimpleToken(.RIGHT_PAREN),
-            '{' => try self.addSimpleToken(.LEFT_BRACE),
-            '}' => try self.addSimpleToken(.RIGHT_BRACE),
-            ',' => try self.addSimpleToken(.COMMA),
-            '.' => try self.addSimpleToken(.DOT),
-            '-' => try self.addSimpleToken(.MINUS),
-            '+' => try self.addSimpleToken(.PLUS),
-            ';' => try self.addSimpleToken(.SEMICOLON),
-            '*' => try self.addSimpleToken(.STAR),
+        var token = switch (c) {
+            '(' => self.makeToken(.LEFT_PAREN),
+            ')' => self.makeToken(.RIGHT_PAREN),
+            '{' => self.makeToken(.LEFT_BRACE),
+            '}' => self.makeToken(.RIGHT_BRACE),
+            ',' => self.makeToken(.COMMA),
+            '.' => self.makeToken(.DOT),
+            '-' => self.makeToken(.MINUS),
+            '+' => self.makeToken(.PLUS),
+            ';' => self.makeToken(.SEMICOLON),
+            '*' => self.makeToken(.STAR),
 
-            '!' => try self.addMatchToken('=', .BANG_EQUAL, .BANG),
-            '=' => try self.addMatchToken('=', .EQUAL_EQUAL, .EQUAL),
-            '<' => try self.addMatchToken('=', .LESS_EQUAL, .LESS),
-            '>' => try self.addMatchToken('=', .GREATER_EQUAL, .GREATER),
+            '!' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .BANG_EQUAL, .BANG),
+            '=' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .EQUAL_EQUAL, .EQUAL),
+            '<' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .LESS_EQUAL, .LESS),
+            '>' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .GREATER_EQUAL, .GREATER),
 
             '/' => blk: {
-                // consume comments
-                if (self.match('/')) {
+                if (self.peekNext() == '/') {
                     while (self.peek() != '\n' and !self.isAtEnd()) {
                         _ = self.advance();
                     }
-                } else if (self.match('*')) {
-                    // multiline block comments are messier to work with, but
-                    // we can still do it!
-                    while (true) {
-                        if (self.isAtEnd()) break;
-                        // check '*/'
-                        if (self.peek() == '*' and self.peekNext() == '/') {
-                            self.current += 2;
-                            break;
-                        }
 
-                        _ = self.advance();
-                    }
+                    break :blk null;
                 } else {
-                    try self.addSimpleToken(.SLASH);
+                    break :blk self.makeToken(.SLASH);
                 }
             },
 
-            ' ', '\r', '\t' => blk: {},
-            '\n' => blk: {
-                self.line += 1;
-            },
-
             '"' => try self.doString(),
 
-            else => {
-                if (isDigit(c)) {
-                    try self.doNumber();
-                } else if (isAlpha(c)) {
-                    try self.doIdentifier();
-                } else {
-                    try main.doError(self.line, "Unexpected character");
-                }
-            },
-        }
-    }
+            else => return TokenError.Unexpected,
+        };
 
-    pub fn scanTokens(self: *Scanner) !TokenList {
-        // while we aren't at the end, we're still consuming
-        // tokens.
-        while (!self.isAtEnd()) {
-            self.start = self.current;
-            try self.scanToken();
-        }
-
-        try self.addToken(token.Token{
-            .Simple = token.SimpleToken.init(
-                .EOF,
-                "",
-                self.line,
-                {},
-            ),
-        });
-
-        return self.tokens;
+        return token;
     }
 };