diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7b45833..f1ea844 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,100 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43d5b281e737544384e969a5ccad3f1cdd24b48086a0fc1b2a5262a26b8f4f4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5192cca8006f1fd4f7237516f40fa183bb07f8fbdfedaa0036de5ea9b0b45e78"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.53"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c9e340e012a1bf4935f5282ed1436d1489548e8f72308207ea5df0e23d2d03f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.53"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d76b5d13eaa18c901fd2f7fca939fefe3a0727a953561fefdf3b2922b8569d00"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d728cc89cf3aee9ff92b05e62b19ee65a02b5702cff7d5a377e32c6ae29d8d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "marginal"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "nom",
 ]
 
@@ -23,3 +113,36 @@ checksum = "df9761775871bdef83bee530e60050f7e54b1105350d6884eb0fb4f46c2f9405"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index abff013..4ef899d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-nom = "8.0.0"
+clap = "4.5.53"
+nom = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/src/ast.rs b/src/ast.rs
index e6a8ab0..3474045 100644
--- a/src/ast.rs
+++ b/src/ast.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,4 @@
-// Grammar rules:
-//
-// Markdown     ::= Block Markdown | Block
-//
-// Block        ::= (Heading | CodeBlock | Quote | Paragraph) "\n\n"
-// Heading      ::= "#{1,6}\s" Inline
-// CodeBlock    ::= "```.*\n" "(.*?\n)*" "```"
-// Quote        ::= ">" Block
-// Paragraph    ::= Inline
-//
-// Inline       ::= InlineElem Inline | InlineElem
-// InlineElem   ::= Bold | Italic | Code | Link | Text
-// Bold         ::= "\*" Inline "\*"
-// Italic       ::= "_" Inline "_"
-// Code         ::= "`" "[.^`]*" "`"
-// Link         ::= "\[" Inline "\]\(" Href "\)"
-// Href         ::= "[.^\)]*"
-// Text         ::= "[.^`*_\[]*"
+use std::fmt::Display;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Inline {
@@ -36,34 +19,16 @@ impl Href {
     }
 }
 
-/*
-pub struct Markdown {
-    block: Block,
-    rest: Option<Box<Markdown>>,
+impl Display for Href {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.0)
+    }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Block {
-    Heading(HeadingBlock),
-    Code(CodeBlock),
-    Quote(QuoteBlock),
-    Paragraph(ParagraphBlock),
+    Heading { inner: Vec<Inline>, level: u8 },
+    Code { content: String, lang: String },
+    Quote { inner: Box<Block> },
+    Paragraph { inner: Vec<Inline> },
 }
-
-pub struct HeadingBlock {
-    level: u8,
-    content: Inline,
-}
-
-pub struct CodeBlock {
-    lang: String,
-    content: String,
-}
-
-pub struct QuoteBlock {
-    content: Box<Block>,
-}
-
-pub struct ParagraphBlock {
-    content: String,
-}
-*/
diff --git a/src/generator/block.rs b/src/generator/block.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3febbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generator/block.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use crate::ast::Block;
+
+use super::ToHtml;
+
+impl ToHtml for Vec<Block> {
+    fn to_html(&self) -> String {
+        let mut html = String::new();
+        for block in self.iter() {
+            html.push_str(&block.to_html())
+        }
+        html
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToHtml for Block {
+    fn to_html(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            Block::Paragraph { inner } => format!("<p>{}</p><br>", inner.to_html()),
+            Block::Heading { inner, level } => {
+                format!("<h{}>{}</h{}>", level, inner.to_html(), level)
+            }
+            Block::Code { content, lang: _ } => format!("<pre><code>{content}</code></pre>"),
+            Block::Quote { inner } => format!("<div class=\"quote\">{}</div>", inner.to_html()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/generator/file.rs b/src/generator/file.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1f9699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generator/file.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
+use crate::parser::block::blocks;
+
+use super::{GenerationError, ToHtml, TryToHtml};
+
+impl TryToHtml for PathBuf {
+    fn try_to_html(&self) -> Result<String, GenerationError> {
+        let content_md = fs::read_to_string(self)?;
+        let (_rem, generated) = blocks(&content_md)?;
+        Ok(generated.to_html())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/generator/inline.rs b/src/generator/inline.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2038fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generator/inline.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use crate::ast::Inline;
+
+use super::ToHtml;
+
+impl ToHtml for Vec<Inline> {
+    fn to_html(&self) -> String {
+        let mut html = String::new();
+        for inline in self.iter() {
+            html.push_str(&inline.to_html())
+        }
+        html
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToHtml for Inline {
+    fn to_html(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            Inline::Text { content } => content.to_owned(),
+            Inline::Bold { inner } => format!("<b>{}</b>", inner.to_html()),
+            Inline::Italic { inner } => format!("<i>{}</i>", inner.to_html()),
+            Inline::Code { content } => format!("<code>{content}</code>"),
+            Inline::Link { inner, href } => {
+                format!("<a href=\"{}\">{}</a>", href, inner.to_html())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/generator/mod.rs b/src/generator/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9237a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generator/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+use crate::parser::MarkdownParseError;
+
+pub mod block;
+pub mod file;
+pub mod inline;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum GenerationError {
+    IO(std::io::Error),
+    Parse(nom::Err<MarkdownParseError>),
+}
+
+impl Display for GenerationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "Generation Error: {}",
+            match self {
+                GenerationError::IO(e) => format!("IO: {e}"),
+                GenerationError::Parse(e) => format!("Parse: {e}"),
+            }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for GenerationError {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IO(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<nom::Err<MarkdownParseError>> for GenerationError {
+    fn from(value: nom::Err<MarkdownParseError>) -> Self {
+        Self::Parse(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for GenerationError {}
+
+pub trait ToHtml {
+    fn to_html(&self) -> String;
+}
+
+pub trait TryToHtml {
+    fn try_to_html(&self) -> Result<String, GenerationError>;
+}
+
+/*
+impl<T: ToHtml> TryToHtml for T {
+    fn try_to_html(&self) -> Result<String, GenerationError<impl std::error::Error>> {
+        Ok::<String, GenerationError<nom::Err<MarkdownParseError>>>(self.to_html())
+    }
+}
+*/
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 29a7b29..d306d34 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+use crate::generator::TryToHtml;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 mod ast;
+mod generator;
 mod parser;
 
-
 fn main() {
-    
+    let infile = PathBuf::from("test.md");
+
+    let html = infile.try_to_html().unwrap();
+
+    println!("{}", html);
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/block.rs b/src/parser/block.rs
index cf520b4..f1f96ad 100644
--- a/src/parser/block.rs
+++ b/src/parser/block.rs
@@ -1,41 +1,33 @@
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-
-use crate::{ast::Inline, parser::inline::inline};
+use crate::{ast::Block, parser::inline::inline};
 use nom::{
     IResult, Parser,
-    bytes::complete::{tag, take_until},
-    multi::{many_m_n, many1, many0},
-    sequence::{terminated, delimited},
     branch::alt,
+    bytes::complete::{tag, take_until},
+    multi::{many_m_n, many0, many1},
+    sequence::{delimited, terminated},
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Block {
-    Heading { inner: Vec<Inline>, level: u8 },
-    Code { content: String, lang: String },
-    Quote { inner: Box<Block> },
-    Paragraph { inner: Vec<Inline> },
-}
+use super::MarkdownParseError;
 
-pub fn blocks(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Block>> {
+pub fn blocks(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Block>, MarkdownParseError> {
     many0(block).parse(input)
 }
 
-
-pub fn block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
+pub fn block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block, MarkdownParseError> {
     terminated(
         alt((heading_block, code_block, quote_block, paragraph_block)),
         tag("\n"),
-    ).parse(input)
+    )
+    .parse(input)
 }
 
-fn paragraph_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
+fn paragraph_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block, MarkdownParseError> {
     (inline)
         .parse(input)
         .map(|(rem, inl)| (rem, Block::Paragraph { inner: inl }))
 }
 
-fn heading_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
+fn heading_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block, MarkdownParseError> {
     (many_m_n(1, 6, tag("#")), many1(tag(" ")), inline)
         .parse(input)
         .map(|(rem, (head, _, title))| {
@@ -49,7 +41,7 @@ fn heading_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
         })
 }
 
-fn code_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
+fn code_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block, MarkdownParseError> {
     delimited(
         tag("```"),
         (take_until("\n"), tag("\n"), take_until("```\n")),
@@ -67,15 +59,17 @@ fn code_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
     })
 }
 
-fn quote_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block> {
-    (tag(">"), many0(tag(" ")), block).parse(input).map(|(rem, (_, _, inner))| {
-        (
-            rem,
-            Block::Quote {
-                inner: Box::new(inner),
-            },
-        )
-    })
+fn quote_block(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Block, MarkdownParseError> {
+    (tag(">"), many0(tag(" ")), block)
+        .parse(input)
+        .map(|(rem, (_, _, inner))| {
+            (
+                rem,
+                Block::Quote {
+                    inner: Box::new(inner),
+                },
+            )
+        })
 }
 
 //|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -206,9 +200,9 @@ echo hello
             block,
             Block::Quote {
                 inner: Box::new(Block::Paragraph {
-                    inner: vec![
-                        Inline::Text { content: "sun tzu".to_string() }
-                    ]
+                    inner: vec![Inline::Text {
+                        content: "sun tzu".to_string()
+                    }]
                 })
             }
         );
@@ -216,8 +210,7 @@ echo hello
 
     #[test]
     fn heading_and_paragraph() {
-        let md =
-"## Heading
+        let md = "## Heading
 Hello MD
 ";
         let (rem, blocks) = blocks(md).unwrap();
@@ -227,15 +220,15 @@ Hello MD
             blocks,
             vec![
                 Block::Heading {
-                    inner: vec![
-                        Inline::Text { content: "Heading".to_string() }
-                    ],
+                    inner: vec![Inline::Text {
+                        content: "Heading".to_string()
+                    }],
                     level: 2
                 },
                 Block::Paragraph {
-                    inner: vec![
-                        Inline::Text { content: "Hello MD".to_string() }
-                    ]
+                    inner: vec![Inline::Text {
+                        content: "Hello MD".to_string()
+                    }]
                 }
             ]
         );
diff --git a/src/parser/inline.rs b/src/parser/inline.rs
index 131d327..1c4941f 100644
--- a/src/parser/inline.rs
+++ b/src/parser/inline.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-
 use nom::IResult;
 use nom::{
     Parser,
     branch::alt,
     bytes::complete::{is_not, tag},
-    error::context,
     multi::many0,
     sequence::delimited,
 };
 
-use crate::ast::{Inline, Href};
+use crate::ast::{Href, Inline};
 
+use super::MarkdownParseError;
 
-pub fn inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Inline>> {
-    many0(alt((text_inline, bold_inline, italic_inline, code_inline, link_inline))).parse(input)
+pub fn inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Inline>, MarkdownParseError> {
+    many0(alt((
+        text_inline,
+        bold_inline,
+        italic_inline,
+        code_inline,
+        link_inline,
+    )))
+    .parse(input)
 }
 
-fn text_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
+fn text_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline, MarkdownParseError> {
     is_not("*_`[]\n").parse(input).map(|(rem, con)| {
         (
             rem,
@@ -28,54 +33,48 @@ fn text_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
     })
 }
 
-fn bold_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
-    delimited(
-        context("opening bold tag", tag("*")),
-        inline,
-        context("closing bold tag", tag("*")),
-    )
+fn bold_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline, MarkdownParseError> {
+    delimited(tag("*"), inline, tag("*"))
         .parse(input)
         .map(|(rem, inl)| (rem, Inline::Bold { inner: inl }))
 }
 
-fn italic_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
-    delimited(
-        context("opening italics tag", tag("_")),
-        inline,
-        context("closing italics tag", tag("_")),
-    )
+fn italic_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline, MarkdownParseError> {
+    delimited(tag("_"), inline, tag("_"))
         .parse(input)
         .map(|(rem, inl)| (rem, Inline::Italic { inner: inl }))
 }
 
-fn code_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
-    delimited(
-        context("opening code tag", tag("`")),
-        context("inline code", is_not("`\n")),
-        context("closing code tag", tag("`")),
-    )
+fn code_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline, MarkdownParseError> {
+    delimited(tag("`"), is_not("`\n"), tag("`"))
         .parse(input)
-        .map(|(rem, inl)| (rem, Inline::Code { content: inl.to_string() }))
+        .map(|(rem, inl)| {
+            (
+                rem,
+                Inline::Code {
+                    content: inl.to_string(),
+                },
+            )
+        })
 }
 
-fn link_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline> {
+fn link_inline(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Inline, MarkdownParseError> {
     (
-        delimited(
-            context("opening link tag", tag("[")),
-            context("link name", inline),
-            context("closing link tag", tag("]")),
-        ),
-        delimited(
-            context("opening href tag", tag("(")),
-            context("link href", is_not(")\n")),
-            context("closing href tag", tag(")")),
-        )
+        delimited(tag("["), inline, tag("]")),
+        delimited(tag("("), is_not(")\n"), tag(")")),
     )
         .parse(input)
-        .map(|(rem, (name, href))| (rem, Inline::Link { inner: name, href: Href::new(href) }))
+        .map(|(rem, (name, href))| {
+            (
+                rem,
+                Inline::Link {
+                    inner: name,
+                    href: Href::new(href),
+                },
+            )
+        })
 }
 
-
 //|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 //| TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS TESTS |
 //|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -254,9 +253,15 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(
             parsed,
             vec![
-                Inline::Text { content: "take some ".to_string() },
-                Inline::Code { content: "code and *bold* and _italics_".to_string() },
-                Inline::Text { content: " lmao".to_string() }
+                Inline::Text {
+                    content: "take some ".to_string()
+                },
+                Inline::Code {
+                    content: "code and *bold* and _italics_".to_string()
+                },
+                Inline::Text {
+                    content: " lmao".to_string()
+                }
             ]
         );
     }
@@ -273,7 +278,9 @@ mod test {
             parsed,
             Inline::Link {
                 inner: vec![
-                    Inline::Text { content: "this link is ".to_string() },
+                    Inline::Text {
+                        content: "this link is ".to_string()
+                    },
                     Inline::Bold {
                         inner: vec![Inline::Text {
                             content: "important".to_string()
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
index 29867db..1706e49 100644
--- a/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
-pub mod inline;
-pub mod block;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 
+pub mod block;
+pub mod inline;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MarkdownParseError {
+    kind: nom::error::ErrorKind,
+    message: String,
+}
+
+impl Display for MarkdownParseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{:?}, {}", self.kind, self.message)
+    }
+}
+
+impl nom::error::ParseError<&str> for MarkdownParseError {
+    fn from_error_kind(input: &str, kind: nom::error::ErrorKind) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind,
+            message: format!("at: {}", input),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn append(input: &str, kind: nom::error::ErrorKind, other: Self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind,
+            message: format!("{}\nat: {}", other, input),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test.html b/test.html
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diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
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+## This is a testing markdown file
+
+```rust
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello world!");
+}
+```
+
+We'll see if *this* works...
+
+>A wise man once said...
+