diff --git a/schala-lang/codegen/src/lib.rs b/schala-lang/codegen/src/lib.rs
index 38ea171..38dd902 100644
--- a/schala-lang/codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ impl Fold for RecursiveDescentFn {
         }
 
         result.map_err(|mut parse_error: ParseError| {
-          parse_error.production_name = Some(stringify!(#ident).to_string());
           parse_error
         })
       }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
index 3f0cddd..78a9afc 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
@@ -82,27 +82,18 @@ struct Error {
 }
 
 fn format_parse_error(error: ParseError, source_reference: &SourceReference) -> String {
-    /*
-    let line_num = error.token.location.line_num;
-    let ch = error.token.location.char_num;
-    */
-    let line_num = 1;
-    let ch = 4;
+    let offset = error.location.offset;
+    let (line_start, line_num, line_from_program) = source_reference.get_line(offset);
+    let ch = offset - line_start;
 
-    let line_from_program = source_reference.get_line(line_num as usize);
     let location_pointer = format!("{}^", " ".repeat(ch));
 
     let line_num_digits = format!("{}", line_num).chars().count();
     let space_padding = " ".repeat(line_num_digits);
 
-    let production = match error.production_name {
-        Some(n) => format!("\n(from production \"{}\")", n),
-        None => "".to_string(),
-    };
-
     format!(
         r#"
-{error_msg}{production}
+{error_msg}
 {space_padding} |
 {line_num} | {}
 {space_padding} | {}
@@ -112,6 +103,5 @@ fn format_parse_error(error: ParseError, source_reference: &SourceReference) ->
         error_msg = error.msg,
         space_padding = space_padding,
         line_num = line_num,
-        production = production
     )
 }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
index 02b554d..7d82575 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@ use crate::{
 /// Represents a parsing error
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ParseError {
-    pub production_name: Option<String>,
     pub msg: String,
+    pub location: Location,
     pub token: Token,
 }
 
 impl ParseError {
     fn new_with_token<T, M>(msg: M, token: Token) -> ParseResult<T>
     where M: Into<String> {
-        Err(ParseError { msg: msg.into(), token, production_name: None })
+        Err(ParseError { msg: msg.into(), location: Default::default(), token, })
     }
 }
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 next_token = Some(&r.next_token);
                 format!(", next token: {}", r.next_token)
             };
-            buf.push_str(&format!("{}`{}`{}\n", indent, r.production_name, effective_token));
+            buf.push_str(&format!("{}`{}`{}\n", indent, "XXX", effective_token));
         }
         buf
     }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
index c5b60d2..8069c9e 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ impl Parser {
     pub(crate) fn parse(
         &mut self,
         input: &str,
-        _source_reference: &SourceReference,
     ) -> Result<AST, ParseError> {
-        schala_parser::program(input, self).map_err(|err: peg::error::ParseError<_>| {
+        use peg::str::LineCol;
+
+        schala_parser::program(input, self).map_err(|err: peg::error::ParseError<LineCol>| {
             let msg = err.to_string();
             ParseError {
-                production_name: Some("some-production".to_string()),
                 msg,
+                location: err.location.offset.into(),
                 token: crate::tokenizing::Token {
                     kind: crate::tokenizing::TokenKind::Semicolon,
                     location: Default::default(),
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
index 4a6fb6f..25c79d2 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ impl SourceReference {
         self.last_source = Some(source.to_string());
     }
 
-    pub fn get_line(&self, line: usize) -> String {
+    // (line_start, line_num, the string itself)
+    pub fn get_line(&self, line: usize) -> (usize, usize, String) {
         //TODO make sure this is utf8-safe
         let start_idx = match self.newline_offsets.binary_search(&line) {
             Ok(index) | Err(index) => index,
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ impl SourceReference {
         let end = self.newline_offsets.get(start_idx + 1).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| last_source.len());
 
         let slice = &last_source.as_bytes()[start..end];
-        std::str::from_utf8(slice).unwrap().to_string()
+        (start, start_idx, std::str::from_utf8(slice).unwrap().to_string())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/util.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/util.rs
index fd5b4a9..c8ca959 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/util.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/util.rs
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ where T: Hash + Eq
 /// Quickly create an AST from a string, with no error checking. For test use only
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub fn quick_ast(input: &str) -> crate::ast::AST {
-    let mut source_reference = crate::schala::SourceReference::new();
     let mut parser = crate::parsing::new::Parser::new();
-    source_reference.load_new_source(input);
-    let output = parser.parse(input, &source_reference);
+    let output = parser.parse(input);
     output.unwrap()
 }