diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index de11f86..d7df36b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,25 +4,10 @@ go 1.19
 
 replace asciigoat.org/core => ../core
 
-require github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
-
-require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
-	github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20210922191527-e955255bf517 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
-)
-
-require github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+require (
+	asciigoat.org/core v0.3.0
+	github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b960481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// 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.Lexer
+}
+
+func (*Parser) init() error { return nil }
+
+// Run parses the source
+func (p *Parser) Run() error {
+	if err := p.init(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return lexer.Run(p.initialState)
+}
+
+// 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.NewLexerReader(r),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/parser/states.go b/parser/states.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..166f21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/states.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package parser
+
+import "asciigoat.org/core/lexer"
+
+func (*Parser) initialState() (lexer.StateFn, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}