diff --git a/psb.cabal b/psb.cabal
index e1ebdc2..6382b6e 100644
--- a/psb.cabal
+++ b/psb.cabal
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ common warnings
 library
     hs-source-dirs: src
     exposed-modules: Markdown HTML Logger IR Logger.Shake Psb.Main Utilities Utilities.FilePath Utilities.Action Utilities.Javascript Utilities.CSS Templates Types Config
+    other-modules: Utilities.Parsing
     build-depends:    base >=4.20 && < 4.21, mustache >=2.4.2, shake >= 0.19.8, deriving-aeson >= 0.2.9, aeson, text >= 2.1.2, time, unordered-containers, yaml, megaparsec >= 9.7.0, transformers >= 0.6.2, css-syntax >= 0.1.0.2
     default-extensions: ApplicativeDo DataKinds NamedFieldPuns DerivingVia LambdaCase TypeApplications DeriveGeneric OverloadedRecordDot NamedFieldPuns DuplicateRecordFields DisambiguateRecordFields FlexibleInstances
 
diff --git a/src/Markdown.hs b/src/Markdown.hs
index 34db70b..d9ee925 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Markdown.hs
@@ -23,23 +23,7 @@ import Text.Megaparsec (ParsecT, Stream, Token, Tokens, anySingle, anySingleBut,
 import qualified Text.Megaparsec as MP
 import Text.Megaparsec.Char (alphaNumChar, char, digitChar, newline, space, spaceChar)
 import qualified Text.Megaparsec.Stream as MPS
-
-type Parser = ParsecT Void
-
-class (Token s ~ Char, Stream s, ToText (Tokens s), IsString (Tokens s), Monoid (Tokens s), Eq (Tokens s), Show s) => Characters s
-
-class ToText t where
-  toText :: t -> Text
-
-instance Characters Text
-
-instance ToText Text where
-  toText = id
-
-instance Characters String
-
-instance ToText String where
-  toText = T.pack
+import Utilities.Parsing
 
 string :: (MP.MonadParsec e s m) => Tokens s -> m (Tokens s)
 string = chunk
diff --git a/src/Psb/Main.hs b/src/Psb/Main.hs
index b10ae18..90e7db3 100644
--- a/src/Psb/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Psb/Main.hs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ buildRules = do
   assets
   postsRule
   rss
+  -- TODO: add rules for specifically the checksummed files which depend on the non-checksummed files
   css_resources
   js_resources
 
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Javascript.hs b/src/Utilities/Javascript.hs
index 9f84230..3aff0f0 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Javascript.hs
+++ b/src/Utilities/Javascript.hs
@@ -3,5 +3,87 @@ module Utilities.Javascript
   )
 where
 
+import Control.Applicative (Alternative (many), optional)
+import Data.Maybe (maybeToList)
+import Logger
+import Text.Megaparsec (MonadParsec (try), choice)
+import Utilities.Parsing
+
 minify :: String -> String
 minify = id
+
+-- yeah I guess I'm making a javascript tokenizer
+-- s is either Text or String
+-- Regex will be tokenized
+data Token s
+  = WhiteSpace
+  | LineTerminator
+  | SingleLineComment
+  | MultiLineComment
+  | HashBangComment
+  | Identifier s
+  | PrivateIdentifier s
+  | ReservedWord Reserved
+  | Literal (Literal s)
+  | LParen
+  | RParen
+  | LCurly
+  | RCurly
+  | LSquare
+  | RSquare
+  | Dot
+  | Spread
+  | Semicolon
+  | Comma
+  | OptionalChain
+  | Operator Operator
+
+data Reserved = Await | Break | Case | Catch | Class | Const | Continue | Debugger | Default | Delete | Do | Else | Enum | Export | Extends | FalseVal | Finally | For | Function | If | Import | In | Instanceof | New | Null | Return | Super | Switch | This | Throw | TrueVal | Try | Typeof | Var | Void | While | With | Yield
+
+data Literal s = Number s | String s | Regex s | TemplateFragment (TemplateFragment s)
+
+data TemplateFragment s = NoSub s | TemplateHead s | TemplateMiddle s | TemplateTail s
+
+data Operator = Add | Sub | Mult | Div | Mod | Exp | Inc | Dec | LT | GT | LTEQ | GTEQ | DoubleEqual | NotEqual | TripleEqual | DoubleNotEqual | LeftShift | RightShift {- >>> -} | UnsignedRightShift | BitwiseAnd | BitwiseOr | BitwiseXor | BitwiseNot | LogicalAnd | LogicalOr | LogicalNot {- ?? -} | Nullish | Assign | AddAssign | SubAssign | MultAssign | DivAssign | ModAssign | ExpAssign | LeftShiftAssign | RightShiftAssign | UnsignedRightShiftAssign | BitwiseAndAssign | BitwiseOrAssign | BitwiseXorAssign | LogicalAndAssign | LogicalOrAssign | NullishAssign
+
+tokens :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m [Token s]
+tokens = do
+  hashbang <- (optional hashbang_comment)
+  tokens <- many token
+  pure $ (maybeToList hashbang) ++ tokens
+
+token :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+token =
+  choice
+    [ try comment,
+      try operator,
+      try reserved_word,
+      try identifier,
+      try private_identifier,
+      try literal,
+      try punctuator
+    ]
+
+hashbang_comment :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+hashbang_comment = error "TODO"
+
+comment :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+comment = error "TODO"
+
+operator :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+operator = error "TODO"
+
+reserved_word :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+reserved_word = error "TODO"
+
+identifier :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+identifier = error "TODO"
+
+private_identifier :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+private_identifier = error "TODO"
+
+literal :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+literal = error "TODO"
+
+punctuator :: (Logger m, Characters s) => Parser s m (Token s)
+punctuator = error "TODO"
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Parsing.hs b/src/Utilities/Parsing.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2c6541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Utilities/Parsing.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+
+module Utilities.Parsing where
+
+import Data.String (IsString)
+import Data.Text (Text, pack)
+import Data.Void (Void)
+import Text.Megaparsec (ParsecT, Stream, Token, Tokens)
+
+type Parser = ParsecT Void
+
+class (Token s ~ Char, Stream s, ToText (Tokens s), IsString (Tokens s), Monoid (Tokens s), Eq (Tokens s), Show s) => Characters s
+
+class ToText t where
+  toText :: t -> Text
+
+instance Characters Text
+
+instance ToText Text where
+  toText = id
+
+instance Characters String
+
+instance ToText String where
+  toText = pack