diff --git a/src/fileaccess.c b/src/fileaccess.c
index 621de3c..c425ee7 100644
--- a/src/fileaccess.c
+++ b/src/fileaccess.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ int writeBinaryFile(word instrs[], char outputFile[]){
 }
 
 
-//reads assembly file of "inputFile" name, 
+//reads assembly file of "inputFile" name, and passes 
+//each line into a parser
 int readAssemblyFile(char inputFile[]) {
     if (!isValidFileFormat(filename, "s")){
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ int readAssemblyFile(char inputFile[]) {
     }
     
     while (fgets(savedLine, MAX_ASM_LINE_LENGTH-1, fp) != NULL) {
-        //pass line to parser
+        // removes newline char before saving them
+        savedLine[strcspn(savedLine, "\n")] = 0;
+
     }
 
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 1572ef5..1c56c8e 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <parser.h>
+#include "parser.h"
 
-#include <a64instruction.h>
+#include "a64instruction.h"
 
 //takes input string, read from asm file and returns
 //input as an a64 instruction
+
+//TODO: 
+// - use string matching to get opcode, and operands
+// - check operand count
+// - match opcode to a64 struct types
+// - count operands and match type/values
+// - generate final a64inst and return
+
 a64inst_instruction parser(char asmLine[]){
-    
+        
 }
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