diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5be16df..d7df36b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ go 1.19
 
 replace asciigoat.org/core => ../core
 
-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..ab8b919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// 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
+
+	OnSection func(pos lexer.Position, name, subname string, hasSubname bool) error
+	OnField   func(pos lexer.Position, key, value string) error
+	OnComment func(pos lexer.Position, comment string) error
+	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
+	}
+}
+
+// Run parses the source
+func (p *Parser) Run() error {
+	p.setDefaults()
+
+	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.NewReader(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
+}