diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4745d31..274f083 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "partis"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.7.24"
@@ -739,6 +743,7 @@ name = "schala"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "includedir_codegen 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "partis 0.1.0",
  "schala-lang 0.1.0",
  "schala-repl 0.1.0",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 651e8c1..79384be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ authors = ["greg <greg.shuflin@protonmail.com>"]
 
 schala-repl = { path = "schala-repl" }
 schala-lang = { path = "schala-lang/language" }
+partis = { path="partis" }
 # maaru-lang = { path = "maaru" }
 # rukka-lang = { path = "rukka" }
 # robo-lang = { path = "robo" }
diff --git a/partis/Cargo.toml b/partis/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70c8a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/partis/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "partis"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["greg <greg.shuflin@protonmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/partis/src/lib.rs b/partis/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..470eac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/partis/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+struct ParseError { }
+
+enum ParseResult<'a, T> {
+  Success(T, &'a str),
+  Failure(ParseError),
+  Incomplete,
+}
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        assert_eq!(2 + 2, 4);
+    }
+
+}