diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 534d3cd..afbcf7f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ module asciigoat.org/ini
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+require (
+	asciigoat.org/core v0.3.6
+	github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 495d0a7..7d0556b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+asciigoat.org/core v0.3.6 h1:b1vL090OxylmSOwLQryjrmC8FhhCtktMyeJSy1e6LwI=
+asciigoat.org/core v0.3.6/go.mod h1:tXj+JUutxRbcO40ZQRuUVaZ4rnYz1kAZ0nblisV8u74=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 h1:o7IhLm0Msx3BaB+n3Ag7L8EVlByGnpq14C4YWiu/gL8=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab h1:5JxePczlyGAtj6R1MUEFZ/UFud6FfsOejq7xLC2ZIb0=
diff --git a/parser/lexer.go b/parser/lexer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e62bfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/lexer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package parser
+
+import "asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+
+// Run parses the source
+func (p *Parser) Run() error {
+	p.setDefaults()
+	p.pos.Reset()
+
+	return lexer.Run(nil)
+}
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0edfb1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Package parser parses dosini-style files
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+)
+
+// Parser parses a dosini-style document
+type Parser struct {
+	src *lexer.Reader
+
+	pos lexer.Position
+
+	// OnSection is called after a [section] is parsed.
+	// Returning an error will abort the process.
+	OnSection func(pos lexer.Position, name, subname string, hasSubname bool) error
+
+	// OnField is called after a `key = value` entry is parsed
+	// Returning an error will abort the process.
+	OnField func(pos lexer.Position, key, value string) error
+
+	// OnComment is called after a comment is parsed
+	// Returning an error will abort the process.
+	OnComment func(pos lexer.Position, comment string) error
+
+	// OnError is called after each parsing error, which you are allowed to
+	// override.
+	// OnError is called for EOF as well, but this error isn't returned as such by
+	// Parser.Run(). The caller will receive (nil, nil) instead indicating the
+	// processes terminated correctly.
+	OnError func(pos lexer.Position, content string, err error) error
+}
+
+func defaultOnSection(_ lexer.Position, _, _ string, _ bool) error { return nil }
+func defaultOnField(_ lexer.Position, _, _ string) error           { return nil }
+func defaultOnComment(_ lexer.Position, _ string) error            { return nil }
+
+func defaultOnError(pos lexer.Position, content string, err error) error {
+	return &lexer.Error{
+		Line:    pos.Line,
+		Column:  pos.Column,
+		Content: content,
+		Err:     err,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) setDefaults() {
+	if p.OnSection == nil {
+		p.OnSection = defaultOnSection
+	}
+
+	if p.OnField == nil {
+		p.OnField = defaultOnField
+	}
+
+	if p.OnComment == nil {
+		p.OnComment = defaultOnComment
+	}
+
+	if p.OnError == nil {
+		p.OnError = defaultOnError
+	}
+}
+
+// NewParser creates a dosini-style parser using
+// an [io.Reader] as source
+func NewParser(r io.Reader) *Parser {
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &Parser{
+		src: lexer.NewReader(r),
+	}
+}