diff --git a/src/tokenizer.rs b/src/tokenizer.rs
index 01511a6..77e8df3 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub enum Token {
     RParen,
     Comma,
     Period,
+    Colon,
     NumLiteral(f64),
     StrLiteral(String),
     Identifier(String),
@@ -26,8 +27,53 @@ pub enum Kw {
     Assign
 }
 
+fn is_digit(c: &char) -> bool {
+    c.is_digit(10)
+}
+
 pub fn tokenize(input: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
+    use self::Token::*;
     let mut tokens = Vec::new();
+    let mut iter = input.chars().peekable();
+
+    while let Some(c) = iter.next() {
+        if char::is_whitespace(c) && c != '\n' {
+            continue;
+        } else if c == '#' {
+            while let Some(c) = iter.next() {
+                if c == '\n' { break; }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let cur_tok =
+        if c == '\n' {
+            Newline
+        } else if c == ';' {
+            Semicolon
+        } else if c == '(' {
+            LParen
+        } else if c == ')' {
+            RParen
+        } else if c == ':' {
+            Colon
+        } else if c == '"' {
+            let mut buffer = String::with_capacity(20);
+            loop {
+                //TODO handle string escapes, interpolation
+                match iter.next() {
+                    Some(x) if x == '"' => break,
+                    Some(x) => buffer.push(x),
+                    None => return tokens,
+                }
+            }
+            StrLiteral(buffer)
+        } else {
+            StrLiteral("DUMMY".to_string())
+        };
+
+        tokens.push(cur_tok);
+    }
+
     tokens
 }