diff --git a/src/lang.zig b/src/lang.zig
index 9724dfb..3af632c 100644
--- a/src/lang.zig
+++ b/src/lang.zig
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const plugin = @import("plugin.zig");
 
 pub const ParseError = error{
-    OutOfMemory,
+    NoCommandGiven,
+    UnknownCommand,
     ArgRequired,
+    FloatParseFail,
     ParseFail,
 };
 
@@ -158,11 +160,6 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
         self.keywords.deinit();
     }
 
-    pub fn reset(self: *Lang) void {
-        self.has_error = false;
-        self.line = 0;
-    }
-
     fn fillKeywords(self: *Lang) !void {
         _ = try self.keywords.put("noop", .Noop);
         _ = try self.keywords.put("load", .Load);
@@ -264,7 +261,7 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
 
     fn expectAny(self: *Lang, count: usize, args: ArgList) !void {
         if (args.len != count) {
-            self.doError("expected {} arguments, found {}", count, args.len);
+            std.debug.warn("expected {} arguments, found {}\n", count, args.len);
             return error.ArgRequired;
         }
     }
@@ -277,7 +274,7 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
         var i: usize = 0;
 
         if (args.len != count) {
-            self.doError("expected {} arguments, found {}", count, args.len);
+            std.debug.warn("expected {} arguments, found {}\n", count, args.len);
             return error.ArgRequired;
         }
 
@@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
         self.has_error = true;
     }
 
-    pub fn parse(self: *Lang, data: []const u8) ParseError!CommandList {
+    pub fn parse(self: *Lang, data: []const u8) !CommandList {
         var splitted_it = std.mem.separate(data, ";");
         try self.fillKeywords();
         var cmds = CommandList.init(self.allocator);
@@ -362,7 +359,7 @@ pub const Lang = struct {
             // construct final Command based on command
             var cmd = Command{ .command = ctype, .args = args };
             self.validateCommand(cmd) catch |err| {
-                //self.doError("error validating command '{}': {}", command, err);
+                self.doError("Unknown command '{}' (length {})", command, command.len);
                 continue;
             };
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 1c7acaf..fe3ce9a 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const langs = @import("lang.zig");
 const runners = @import("runner.zig");
-const printer = @import("printer.zig");
 
 test "scritcher" {
     _ = @import("lang.zig");
@@ -9,17 +8,8 @@ test "scritcher" {
 }
 
 pub fn doRepl(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, args_it: var) !void {
-    var stdout_file = try std.io.getStdOut();
-    const stdout = &stdout_file.outStream().stream;
-
     const scri_path = try (args_it.next(allocator) orelse @panic("expected scri path"));
 
-    var file = try std.fs.File.openWrite(scri_path);
-    defer file.close();
-
-    var out = file.outStream();
-    var stream = &out.stream;
-
     // the thing here is that 'load :0' would load the scri_path, since we
     // now have a 'repl' argument right before it. to counteract that, the
     // initial repl buffer contains 'load :1' instead.
@@ -39,33 +29,19 @@ pub fn doRepl(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, args_it: var) !void {
 
     // TODO start a runner and keep it hot
 
-    var lang = langs.Lang.init(allocator);
-    defer lang.deinit();
-
     while (true) {
-        lang.reset();
         try stdout.print("> ");
 
         var buffer = try std.Buffer.init(allocator, ""[0..]);
         var line = std.io.readLine(&buffer) catch |err| {
-            if (err == error.EndOfStream) break;
+            if (err == error.EndOfStream) return;
             return err;
         };
 
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, line, "push")) {
-            try file.seekTo(0);
-            try printer.printList(cmds, stream);
-            continue;
-        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, line, "list")) {
-            try printer.printList(cmds, stream);
-            continue;
-        }
+        // TODO parse the line through langs.parse, then add the command to cmds
 
-        var cmds_parsed = lang.parse(line) catch |err| {
-            std.debug.warn("repl: error while parsing: {}\n", err);
-            continue;
-        };
-        try cmds.append(cmds_parsed.at(0));
+        // TODO save the line to scri_file? or should we have a special `push`
+        // to do so?
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/printer.zig b/src/printer.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 29aeb9b..0000000
--- a/src/printer.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-const langs = @import("lang.zig");
-
-pub fn printList(list: langs.CommandList, stream: var) !void {
-    for (list.toSlice()) |cmd| {
-        var command = switch (cmd.command) {
-            .Noop => "noop",
-            .Load => "load",
-            .Quicksave => "quicksave",
-            .RunQS => "runqs",
-
-            // TODO rest of commands
-            else => unreachable,
-        };
-
-        try stream.print("{}", command);
-
-        for (cmd.args.toSlice()) |arg| {
-            try stream.print(" {}", arg);
-        }
-
-        try stream.write(";\n");
-    }
-}