diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 98fa61a..b736d29 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -27,9 +27,21 @@ void classifyOpcode(char* opcode, a64inst_instruction *instr, char *operandList[
                 instr->data.BranchData.BranchType = a64inst_CONDITIONAL;
                 //instr->data.branchData.processOpData.cond = {remove first two chars of opcode}
             }
-    } else if(strcmp(opcode, "ldr") == 0 || strcmp(opcode, "str") == 0){
+    } else if((int isLoad = strcmp(opcode, "ldr")) == 0 || (int isStore = strcmp(opcode, "str")) == 0){
         //loading/storing instruction; classify operands
-        char *address = opcode[1];
+        char *address = operandList[1];
+        if( *address == '['){
+            //type is register
+            instr->type = a64inst_SINGLETRANSFER;
+            if(isLoad == 0){
+                instr->data.processOpData.singleDataTransferData.transferType = a64inst_LOAD;
+            } else {
+                instr->data.processOpData.singleDataTransferData.transferType = a64inst_STORE;
+            }
+        } else {
+            instr->type = a64inst_LOADLITERAL;
+            //instr->data.processOpData.offset = {} to be defined by symbol table
+        }
 
     } else {
         //data processing
@@ -39,7 +51,6 @@ void classifyOpcode(char* opcode, a64inst_instruction *instr, char *operandList[
 
 char *tokeniseOperands(char* str, int operandCount, char *operands[]){
     char *operandsDupe = strdup(str);
-    int operandCount = 0;
     char *operand = strtok(operandsDupe, OPERAND_DELIMITER);
     operands[0] = operand;
 
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ a64inst_instruction *parser(char asmLine[]){
 
     if(strcmp(opcode, ".int") == 0){
         //type is directive
-        //define new type in a64instr struct
+        
     } else if(strcmp(opcode[strlen(opcode)-1], ":") == 0) {
         //type is label
         //add to symbol table