diff --git a/2021/src/day18.rs b/2021/src/day18.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c174a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2021/src/day18.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// use std::iter::Peekable;
+use std::str::Chars;
+
+use color_eyre::eyre;
+use eyre::eyre;
+
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Item {
+    Value(u8),
+    SubPair(Box<Pair>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Pair {
+    left: Item,
+    right: Item,
+}
+
+
+struct Parser<'a> {
+    chars: Chars<'a>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
+    fn from(src: &'a str) -> Parser<'a> {
+        let mut chars = src.chars();
+        chars.next(); // throw away the opening bracket
+        Parser {chars}
+    }
+
+    fn parse(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<Pair> {
+        let mut items = Vec::with_capacity(2);
+        while items.len() < 2 {
+            let item = match self.chars.next() {
+                Some('[') => Item::SubPair(Box::new(self.parse()?)),
+                Some(','|']') => {continue;},
+                Some(c) => Item::Value(c.to_digit(10).unwrap() as u8),
+                None => {return Err(eyre!("Ran out of characters to parse"));},
+            };
+            items.push(item);
+        }
+
+        let right = items.pop().unwrap();
+        let left = items.pop().unwrap();
+        Ok(Pair {left, right})
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn load(data: &str) -> eyre::Result<Vec<Pair>>{
+    let mut pairs = Vec::new();
+    for line in data.lines() {
+        let mut parser = Parser::from(line);
+        match parser.parse() {
+            Ok(pair) => pairs.push(pair),
+            Err(e) => return Err(eyre!("Invalid input: {}", line)),
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(pairs)
+}
+
+
+const _SAMPLE: &str = "[[1,9],[8,5]]";
+
+pub fn run(data: &str) -> eyre::Result<(usize, usize)> {
+    let pairs = load(data)?;
+    dbg!(pairs.len());
+    dbg!(&pairs[0]);
+
+    Ok((0, 0))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/2021/src/main.rs b/2021/src/main.rs
index 5ab2a30..4388550 100644
--- a/2021/src/main.rs
+++ b/2021/src/main.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ use color_eyre::eyre;
 
 mod lib;
 use lib::load;
-mod day17;
+mod day18;
 
 
 fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    let data = load("data/17.txt")?;
+    let data = load("data/18.txt")?;
 
     let start = Instant::now();
-    let (one, two) = day17::run(&data)?;
+    let (one, two) = day18::run(&data)?;
     let (dur, unit) = format_ns(start.elapsed().as_nanos());
 
     let precision = 2.0 - dur.log10().floor();