diff --git a/d/include/psyc/syntax.d b/d/include/psyc/syntax.d
index 2962f57..2a55864 100644
--- a/d/include/psyc/syntax.d
+++ b/d/include/psyc/syntax.d
@@ -8,27 +8,8 @@ const PSYC_CONTENT_SIZE_THRESHOLD = 444;
 /* beyond this a modifier value length must be provided */
 const PSYC_MODIFIER_SIZE_THRESHOLD = 404;
 
-const C_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER = '|';
-const S_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER = "|";
-const PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER = "\n|\n";
-
-const C_GLYPH_SEPARATOR_KEYWORD = '_';
-const S_GLYPH_SEPARATOR_KEYWORD = "_";
-
-const C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET = ':';
-const S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET = ":";
-
-const C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN = '=';
-const S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN = "=";
-
-const C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_AUGMENT = '+';
-const S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_AUGMENT = "+";
-
-const C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_DIMINISH = '-';
-const S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_DIMINISH = "-";
-
-const C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_QUERY = '?';
-const S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_QUERY = "?";
+const PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER_CHAR = '|';
+const PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER =    "\n|\n";
 
 /* might move into routing.h or something */
 const PSYC_ROUTING = 1;
diff --git a/include/psyc/packet.h b/include/psyc/packet.h
index 0a9d41b..e0d5383 100644
--- a/include/psyc/packet.h
+++ b/include/psyc/packet.h
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ typedef enum
 	PSYC_OPERATOR_QUERY    = '?',
 } PsycOperator;
 
+typedef enum
+{
+	PSYC_STATE_NOOP  = 0,
+	PSYC_STATE_RESET = '=',
+	PSYC_STATE_SYNC  = '?',
+} PsycStateOp;
+
 /** Structure for a modifier. */
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -91,15 +98,16 @@ typedef struct
 /** Intermediate struct for a PSYC packet */
 typedef struct
 {
-	PsycHeader routing;	///< Routing header.
-	PsycHeader entity;	///< Entity header.
-	PsycString method; ///< Contains the method.
-	PsycString data; ///< Contains the data.
-	PsycString content; ///< Contains the whole content.
+	PsycHeader routing;   ///< Routing header.
+	PsycHeader entity;    ///< Entity header.
+	char stateop;         ///< State operation. @see PsycStateOp
+	PsycString method;    ///< Contains the method.
+	PsycString data;      ///< Contains the data.
+	PsycString content;   ///< Contains the whole content.
 	size_t routingLength;	///< Length of routing part.
 	size_t contentLength;	///< Length of content part.
-	size_t length;		///< Total length of packet.
-	PsycPacketFlag flag; ///< Packet flag.
+	size_t length;        ///< Total length of packet.
+	PsycPacketFlag flag;  ///< Packet flag.
 } PsycPacket;
 
 /**
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ void psyc_packet_init (PsycPacket *packet,
                        PsycModifier *entity, size_t entitylen,
                        char *method, size_t methodlen,
                        char *data, size_t datalen,
-                       PsycPacketFlag flag);
+                       char stateop, PsycPacketFlag flag);
 
 /** Initialize packet with raw content. */
 void psyc_packet_init_raw (PsycPacket *packet,
diff --git a/include/psyc/parse.h b/include/psyc/parse.h
index 2f8b31d..b290c5f 100644
--- a/include/psyc/parse.h
+++ b/include/psyc/parse.h
@@ -152,42 +152,46 @@ typedef enum {
 	/// Routing modifier parsing done.
 	/// Operator, name & value contains the respective parts.
 	PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING = 2,
+	/// State sync operation.
+	PSYC_PARSE_STATE_SYNC = 3,
+	/// State reset operation.
+	PSYC_PARSE_STATE_RESET = 4,
 	/// Start of an incomplete entity modifier.
 	/// Operator & name are complete, value is incomplete.
-	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_START = 3,
+	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_START = 5,
 	/// Continuation of an incomplete entity modifier.
-	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_CONT = 4,
+	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_CONT = 6,
 	/// End of an incomplete entity modifier.
-	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_END = 5,
+	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_END = 7,
 	/// Entity modifier parsing done in one go.
 	/// Operator, name & value contains the respective parts.
-	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY = 6,
+	PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY = 8,
 	/// Start of an incomplete body.	
 	/// Name contains method, value contains part of the body.
 	/// Used when packet length is given
-	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_START = 7,
+	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_START = 9,
 	/// Continuation of an incomplete body.
 	/// Used when packet length is given
-	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_CONT = 8,
+	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_CONT = 10,
 	/// End of an incomplete body.
 	/// Used when packet length is given
-	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_END = 9,
+	PSYC_PARSE_BODY_END = 11,
 	/// Body parsing done in one go, name contains method, value contains body.
-	PSYC_PARSE_BODY = 10,
+	PSYC_PARSE_BODY = 12,
 	/// Start of an incomplete content, value contains part of content.
 	/// Used when PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING_ONLY is set.
-	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_START = 7,
+	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_START = 9,
 	/// Continuation of an incomplete content.
 	/// Used when PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING_ONLY is set.
-	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_CONT = 8,
+	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_CONT = 10,
 	/// End of an incomplete content.
 	/// Used when PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING_ONLY is set.
-	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_END = 9,
+	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT_END = 11,
 	/// Content parsing done in one go, value contains the whole content.
 	/// Used when PSYC_PARSE_ROUTING_ONLY is set.
-	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT = 10,
+	PSYC_PARSE_CONTENT = 12,
 	/// Finished parsing packet.
-	PSYC_PARSE_COMPLETE = 11,
+	PSYC_PARSE_COMPLETE = 13,
 } PsycParseRC;
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/psyc/syntax.h b/include/psyc/syntax.h
index 105d59e..d46e0c0 100644
--- a/include/psyc/syntax.h
+++ b/include/psyc/syntax.h
@@ -14,32 +14,8 @@
 # define PSYC_MODIFIER_SIZE_THRESHOLD 404
 #endif
 
-#define C_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER	'|'
-#define S_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER	"|"
-#define PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER	      "\n|\n"
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_SEPARATOR_KEYWORD	'_'
-#define	S_GLYPH_SEPARATOR_KEYWORD	"_"
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET		':'
-#define	S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_SET		":"
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN		'='
-#define	S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_ASSIGN		"="
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_AUGMENT	'+'
-#define	S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_AUGMENT	"+"
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_DIMINISH	'-'
-#define	S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_DIMINISH	"-"
-
-#define	C_GLYPH_OPERATOR_QUERY		'?'
-#define	S_GLYPH_OPERATOR_QUERY		"?"
-
-/* might move into routing.h or something */
-#define PSYC_ROUTING			1
-#define PSYC_ROUTING_MERGE		2
-#define PSYC_ROUTING_RENDER		4
+#define PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER_CHAR '|'
+#define PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER	   "\n|\n"
 
 #define PSYC_SYNTAX_H
 #endif
diff --git a/src/packet.c b/src/packet.c
index 8b305b6..e8594fd 100644
--- a/src/packet.c
+++ b/src/packet.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ size_t psyc_modifier_length (PsycModifier *m)
 inline
 PsycPacketFlag psyc_packet_length_check (PsycPacket *p)
 {
-	if (p->data.length == 1 && p->data.data[0] == C_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER)
+	if (p->data.length == 1 && p->data.data[0] == PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER_CHAR)
 		return PSYC_PACKET_NEED_LENGTH;
 
 	if (p->data.length > PSYC_CONTENT_SIZE_THRESHOLD)
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ size_t psyc_packet_length_set (PsycPacket *p)
 		p->contentLength = p->content.length;
 	else
 	{
+		// add state operation
+		if (p->stateop != PSYC_STATE_NOOP)
+			p->contentLength += 2; // op\n
+
 		// add entity header length
 		for (i = 0; i < p->entity.lines; i++)
 			p->contentLength += psyc_modifier_length(&(p->entity.modifiers[i]));
@@ -139,9 +143,9 @@ void psyc_packet_init (PsycPacket *p,
                        PsycModifier *entity, size_t entitylen,
                        char *method, size_t methodlen,
                        char *data, size_t datalen,
-                       PsycPacketFlag flag)
+                       char stateop, PsycPacketFlag flag)
 {
-	*p = (PsycPacket) {{routinglen, routing}, {entitylen, entity},
+	*p = (PsycPacket) {{routinglen, routing}, {entitylen, entity}, stateop,
 	                   {methodlen, method}, {datalen, data}, {0,0}, 0, 0, flag};
 
 	if (flag == PSYC_PACKET_CHECK_LENGTH) // find out if it needs length
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ void psyc_packet_init_raw (PsycPacket *p,
                            char *content, size_t contentlen,
                            PsycPacketFlag flag)
 {
-	*p = (PsycPacket) {{routinglen, routing}, {0,0}, {0,0}, {0,0},
+	*p = (PsycPacket) {{routinglen, routing}, {0,0}, 0, {0,0}, {0,0},
 	                   {contentlen, content}, 0, 0, flag};
 
 	if (flag == PSYC_PACKET_CHECK_LENGTH) // find out if it needs length
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 9dca3c2..51246c6 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ ParseRC psyc_parse_modifier (PsycParseState *state, char *oper,
 	*oper = *(state->buffer.data + state->cursor);
 	ADVANCE_CURSOR_OR_RETURN(PSYC_PARSE_INSUFFICIENT);
 
-	if (state->part == PSYC_PART_CONTENT && state->buffer.data[state->cursor] == '\n' &&
-	    (*oper == PSYC_OPERATOR_ASSIGN || *oper == PSYC_OPERATOR_QUERY))
-		return PARSE_SUCCESS; // only oper is present, used for state sync/reset
-
 	ParseRC ret = psyc_parse_keyword(state, name);
 	if (ret == PARSE_ERROR)
 		return PSYC_PARSE_ERROR_MOD_NAME;
@@ -287,6 +283,24 @@ PsycParseRC psyc_parse (PsycParseState *state, char *oper,
 			// method does not start with a glyph.
 			if (psyc_is_glyph(state->buffer.data[state->cursor]))
 			{
+				ADVANCE_CURSOR_OR_RETURN(PSYC_PARSE_INSUFFICIENT);
+				if (state->contentParsed == 0 && state->buffer.data[state->cursor] == '\n')
+				{
+					*oper = *(state->buffer.data + state->cursor - 1);
+					switch (*oper)
+					{
+						case PSYC_STATE_SYNC:
+							state->contentParsed += 2;
+							return PSYC_PARSE_STATE_SYNC;
+						case PSYC_STATE_RESET:
+							state->contentParsed += 2;
+							return PSYC_PARSE_STATE_RESET;
+						default:
+							return PSYC_PARSE_ERROR_MOD_NAME;
+					}
+				}
+				state->cursor--;
+
 				ret = psyc_parse_modifier(state, oper, name, value);
 				state->contentParsed += state->cursor - pos;
 
diff --git a/src/render.c b/src/render.c
index bd26745..887f82e 100644
--- a/src/render.c
+++ b/src/render.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "lib.h"
+#include <psyc/packet.h>
 #include <psyc/render.h>
 #include <psyc/syntax.h>
 
@@ -46,25 +47,24 @@ static inline
 size_t psyc_render_modifier (PsycModifier *mod, char *buffer)
 {
 	size_t cur = 0;
+
 	buffer[cur++] = mod->oper;
+	memcpy(buffer + cur, mod->name.data, mod->name.length);
+	cur += mod->name.length;
+	if (cur == 1)
+		return cur; // error, name can't be empty
 
-	if (mod->name.length > 0)
+	if (mod->flag == PSYC_MODIFIER_NEED_LENGTH)
 	{
-		memcpy(buffer + cur, mod->name.data, mod->name.length);
-		cur += mod->name.length;
-
-		if (mod->flag == PSYC_MODIFIER_NEED_LENGTH)
-		{
-			buffer[cur++] = ' ';
-			cur += itoa(mod->value.length, buffer + cur, 10);
-		}
-
-		buffer[cur++] = '\t';
-		memcpy(buffer + cur, mod->value.data, mod->value.length);
-		cur += mod->value.length;
+		buffer[cur++] = ' ';
+		cur += itoa(mod->value.length, buffer + cur, 10);
 	}
 
+	buffer[cur++] = '\t';
+	memcpy(buffer + cur, mod->value.data, mod->value.length);
+	cur += mod->value.length;
 	buffer[cur++] = '\n';
+
 	return cur;
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ PsycRenderRC psyc_render (PsycPacket *packet, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 		cur += itoa(packet->contentLength, buffer + cur, 10);
 
 	if (packet->flag == PSYC_PACKET_NEED_LENGTH || packet->content.length ||
-	    packet->entity.lines || packet->method.length || packet->data.length)
+	    packet->stateop || packet->entity.lines ||
+	    packet->method.length || packet->data.length)
 		buffer[cur++] = '\n'; // start of content part if there's content or length
 
 	if (packet->content.length) // render raw content if present
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ PsycRenderRC psyc_render (PsycPacket *packet, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		if (packet->stateop) {
+			buffer[cur++] = packet->stateop;
+			buffer[cur++] = '\n';
+		}
+
 		// render entity modifiers
 		for (i = 0; i < packet->entity.lines; i++)
 			cur += psyc_render_modifier(&packet->entity.modifiers[i], buffer + cur);
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ PsycRenderRC psyc_render (PsycPacket *packet, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 	}
 
 	// add packet delimiter
-	buffer[cur++] = C_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER;
+	buffer[cur++] = PSYC_PACKET_DELIMITER_CHAR;
 	buffer[cur++] = '\n';
 
 	// actual length should be equal to pre-calculated length at this point
diff --git a/test/test_psyc.c b/test/test_psyc.c
index c9961b6..ad052ee 100644
--- a/test/test_psyc.c
+++ b/test/test_psyc.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ int test_input (int i, char *recvbuf, size_t nbytes) {
 				packet->routing.lines++;
 				break;
 
+			case PSYC_PARSE_STATE_SYNC:
+			case PSYC_PARSE_STATE_RESET:
+				packet->stateop = oper;
+				break;
+
 			case PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_START:
 			case PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_CONT:
 			case PSYC_PARSE_ENTITY_END:
diff --git a/test/test_render.c b/test/test_render.c
index 8e55ec0..58f6036 100644
--- a/test/test_render.c
+++ b/test/test_render.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ int testPresence (const char *avail, int availlen,
 	                 entity, PSYC_NUM_ELEM(entity),
 	                 PSYC_C2ARG("_notice_presence"),
 	                 NULL, 0,
+	                 PSYC_STATE_NOOP,
 	                 PSYC_PACKET_CHECK_LENGTH);
 
 	char buffer[512];
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ int testList (const char *rendered, uint8_t verbose)
 	                 entity, PSYC_NUM_ELEM(entity),
 	                 PSYC_C2ARG("_test_list"),
 	                 PSYC_C2ARG("list test"),
+	                 PSYC_STATE_NOOP,
 	                 PSYC_PACKET_CHECK_LENGTH);
 
 	char buffer[512];