diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 0f7e640..d3ba5bd 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module Main where
 
 import Lib
 import Types
+import IRCParser (runParseMessage)
 
 import Control.Applicative
 import Network.Socket hiding (recv)
@@ -9,14 +10,12 @@ import Network.Socket.ByteString as S
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay, forkIO)
 
+channel = "#thisisatestwhatever"
 
-channel = "#cockgangsters"
-
-userCmd = buildCommand $ user "crapbot" "A crappy bot"
-nickCmd = buildCommand $ nick "crapbot"
-joinCmd = buildCommand $ join channel
-initMsgCmd = buildCommand $ privmsg channel "Hello, my fellow humans!"
-quitCmd = buildCommand quit
+userCmd = user "crapbot" "A crappy bot"
+nickCmd = nick "crapbot"
+joinCmd = join channel
+initMsgCmd = privmsg channel "Hello, my fellow humans!"
 
 getAddress hname = head <$>
                    getAddrInfo (return defaultHints) (return hname) (return "6667")
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ getIRCSock addr = socket (addrFamily addr) Stream defaultProtocol
 
 recvLoop sock = do
   msg <- recv sock 4096
-  print msg
+  print $ runParseMessage msg
   threadDelay 1000000
   recvLoop sock
 
@@ -35,6 +34,6 @@ sendIRCConnect host = do
   connect sock (addrAddress addr)
   forkIO $ recvLoop sock
   threadDelay 1000000
-  sendMany sock [userCmd, nickCmd, joinCmd, initMsgCmd, quitCmd]
+  sendMany sock (buildCommand <$> [userCmd, nickCmd, joinCmd, initMsgCmd])
 
 main = undefined
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 05912fc..1d23205 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ dependencies:
 - text
 - bytestring
 - network
+- attoparsec
 
 library:
   source-dirs: src
diff --git a/src/IRCParser.hs b/src/IRCParser.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..594cd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IRCParser.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module IRCParser where
+
+import Data.ByteString (pack)
+import Data.Attoparsec.ByteString
+import Control.Applicative
+
+-- :nisstyre!wes@oftn/oswg-member/Nisstyre PRIVMSG #thisisatestwhatever :yay\r\n
+-- :nisstyre!wes@oftn/oswg-member/Nisstyre PART #thisisatestwhatever :\"WeeChat 2.2\"\r\n
+-- :nisstyre!wes@oftn/oswg-member/Nisstyre JOIN #thisisatestwhatever\r\n
+-- :nisstyre!wes@oftn/oswg-member/Nisstyre QUIT :Quit: WeeChat 2.2\r\n
+-- PING :asimov.freenode.net\r\n
+
+space = word8 32
+notSpace = notWord8 32
+
+-- 13 = \r, 10 = \n
+crlf c = c == 13 || c == 10
+
+-- :
+colon = word8 58
+
+command = choice $ map string ["PRIVMSG", "PART", "JOIN", "QUIT", "PING"]
+
+argument = takeWhile1 (\c -> c /= 58 && c /= 32)
+
+parseFinalArg = do
+  _ <- colon
+  command <- takeWhile1 (not . crlf)
+  return command
+
+parseArgs = do
+  args <- (argument `sepBy` space) <|> alwaysMatch []
+  _ <- space <|> (alwaysMatch 0)
+  finalArg <- parseFinalArg <|> (alwaysMatch "")
+  return (args, finalArg)
+
+source = do
+  _ <- colon
+  source <- manyTill notSpace space
+  return source
+
+-- Matches any character and does not consume input
+-- Returns value passed in
+alwaysMatch x = (maybe x (const x)) <$> peekWord8
+
+parseMessage = do
+  sourceName <- source <|> (alwaysMatch [])
+  commandName <- command
+  _ <- space
+  arguments <- parseArgs
+  return (pack sourceName, commandName, arguments)
+
+runParseMessage = parseOnly parseMessage