diff --git a/src/lang.zig b/src/lang.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0916aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lang.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const ParseError = error{
+    NoCommandGiven,
+    UnknownCommand,
+};
+
+pub const CommandType = enum {
+    Noop,
+    Load,
+    Amp,
+    Quicksave,
+};
+
+pub const Command = struct {
+    command: CommandType,
+    args: ArgList,
+
+    pub fn print(self: *const Command) void {
+        std.debug.warn("cmd:{}\n", self.command);
+    }
+};
+
+pub const CommandList = std.ArrayList(*Command);
+pub const ArgList = std.ArrayList([]const u8);
+
+pub fn commandToCmdType(command: []const u8) ParseError!CommandType {
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, command, "noop")) {
+        return CommandType.Noop;
+    } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, command, "load")) {
+        return CommandType.Load;
+    } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, command, "amp")) {
+        return CommandType.Amp;
+    } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, command, "quicksave")) {
+        return CommandType.Quicksave;
+    } else {
+        std.debug.warn("Unknown command: '{}'\n", command);
+        return ParseError.UnknownCommand;
+    }
+}
+
+pub const Lang = struct {
+    allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) Lang {
+        return Lang{ .allocator = allocator };
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(self: *Lang, data: []const u8) !CommandList {
+        var splitted_it = std.mem.separate(data, ";");
+        var cmds = CommandList.init(self.allocator);
+
+        while (splitted_it.next()) |stmt_orig| {
+            var stmt = std.mem.trimRight(u8, stmt_orig, "\n");
+
+            if (stmt.len == 0) continue;
+
+            // TODO better tokenizer instead of just tokenize(" ");
+            var tok_it = std.mem.tokenize(stmt, " ");
+
+            var cmd_opt = tok_it.next();
+            if (cmd_opt == null) return ParseError.NoCommandGiven;
+
+            var command = cmd_opt.?;
+            var ctype = try commandToCmdType(command);
+            var args = ArgList.init(self.allocator);
+
+            while (tok_it.next()) |arg| {
+                try args.append(arg);
+            }
+
+            // construct final Command based on command
+            var cmd_ptr = try self.allocator.create(Command);
+            cmd_ptr.* = Command{ .command = ctype, .args = args };
+            try cmds.append(cmd_ptr);
+        }
+
+        return cmds;
+    }
+};
+
+// TODO tests
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index fc61a2c..f75c1ef 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const langs = @import("lang.zig");
 
 const c = @cImport({
     @cInclude("assert.h");
@@ -302,6 +303,37 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.c_allocator);
     const allocator = &arena.allocator;
 
+    var lang = langs.Lang.init(allocator);
+    //defer lang.deinit();
+
+    var args_it = std.process.args();
+
+    const exe_name = try (args_it.next(allocator) orelse @panic("expected exe name"));
+
+    // args[1] is the path to scri file
+    const scri_path = try (args_it.next(allocator) orelse @panic("expected scri path"));
+
+    std.debug.warn("path: '{}'\n", scri_path);
+
+    var file = try std.fs.File.openRead(scri_path);
+    defer file.close();
+
+    // sadly, we read it all into memory. such is life
+    const total_bytes = try file.getEndPos();
+    var data = try allocator.alloc(u8, total_bytes);
+    _ = try file.read(data);
+
+    var cmds = try lang.parse(data);
+    var it = cmds.iterator();
+    while (it.next()) |cmd| {
+        cmd.print();
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn oldMain() !void {
+    var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.c_allocator);
+    const allocator = &arena.allocator;
+
     var in_path: ?[]u8 = null;
     var out_path: ?[]u8 = null;