diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b06a48..171443e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 include(cmake/color.cmake)
-set(BLT_VERSION 5.0.0)
+set(BLT_VERSION 5.1.0)
 
 set(BLT_TARGET BLT)
 
diff --git a/include/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.h b/include/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca0d05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#pragma once
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2024  Brett Terpstra
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BLT_LOGGING_FMT_TOKENIZER_H
+#define BLT_LOGGING_FMT_TOKENIZER_H
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+#include <blt/std/types.h>
+
+namespace blt::logging
+{
+	enum class fmt_token_type : u8
+	{
+		STRING,
+		NUMBER,
+		SPACE,
+		COLON,
+		DOT,
+		MINUS,
+		PLUS
+	};
+
+	struct fmt_token_t
+	{
+		fmt_token_type type;
+		std::string_view value;
+	};
+
+	class fmt_tokenizer_t
+	{
+	public:
+		explicit fmt_tokenizer_t(const std::string_view fmt): m_fmt(fmt)
+		{}
+
+		static fmt_token_type get_type(char c);
+
+		std::optional<fmt_token_t> next();
+
+		std::vector<fmt_token_t> tokenize();
+
+	private:
+		size_t pos = 0;
+		std::string_view m_fmt;
+	};
+}
+
+#endif //BLT_LOGGING_FMT_TOKENIZER_H
diff --git a/include/blt/logging/logging.h b/include/blt/logging/logging.h
index 48648c5..1cd41ee 100644
--- a/include/blt/logging/logging.h
+++ b/include/blt/logging/logging.h
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
 #ifndef BLT_LOGGING_LOGGING_H
 #define BLT_LOGGING_LOGGING_H
 
-#include <iostream>
-#include <ostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
-#include <blt/std/utility.h>
+#include <vector>
 #include <blt/meta/meta.h>
 
 namespace blt::logging
@@ -33,30 +31,56 @@ namespace blt::logging
 		explicit logger_t() = default;
 
 		template <typename T>
-		void print_value(T&& t)
+		std::string print_value(T&& t)
 		{
 			static_assert(meta::is_streamable_v<T>, "T must be streamable in order to work with blt::logging!");
+			m_stream.str("");
+			m_stream.clear();
 			m_stream << std::forward<T>(t);
+			return m_stream.str();
 		}
 
 		template <typename... Args>
 		std::string log(std::string fmt, Args&&... args)
 		{
 			compile(std::move(fmt));
-			((consume_until_fmt(), print_value(std::forward<Args>(args))), ...);
+			m_args_to_str.clear();
+			m_args_to_str.resize(sizeof...(Args));
+			insert(std::make_integer_sequence<size_t, sizeof...(Args)>{}, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+			finish();
 			return to_string();
 		}
 
 		std::string to_string();
 
 	private:
+		template<typename... Args, size_t... Indexes>
+		void insert(std::integer_sequence<size_t, Indexes...>, Args&&... args)
+		{
+			((handle_insert<Indexes>(std::forward<Args>(args))), ...);
+		}
+
+		template<size_t index, typename T>
+		void handle_insert(T&& t)
+		{
+			m_args_to_str[index] = print_value(std::forward<T>(t));
+		}
+
+		void handle_fmt(std::string_view fmt);
+
+		const std::string& get(size_t index);
+
 		void compile(std::string fmt);
 
-		void consume_until_fmt();
+		bool consume_until_fmt();
+
+		void finish();
 
 		std::string m_fmt;
 		std::stringstream m_stream;
+		std::vector<std::string> m_args_to_str;
 		size_t m_last_fmt_pos = 0;
+		size_t m_arg_pos = 0;
 	};
 
 	void print(const std::string& fmt);
diff --git a/src/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.cpp b/src/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3784ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ *  <Short Description>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2025  Brett Terpstra
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <blt/logging/fmt_tokenizer.h>
+
+namespace blt::logging
+{
+	fmt_token_type fmt_tokenizer_t::get_type(const char c)
+	{
+		switch (c)
+		{
+			case '0':
+			case '1':
+			case '2':
+			case '3':
+			case '4':
+			case '5':
+			case '6':
+			case '7':
+			case '8':
+			case '9':
+				return fmt_token_type::NUMBER;
+			case '+':
+				return fmt_token_type::PLUS;
+			case '-':
+				return fmt_token_type::MINUS;
+			case '.':
+				return fmt_token_type::DOT;
+			case ':':
+				return fmt_token_type::COLON;
+			case ' ':
+				return fmt_token_type::SPACE;
+			default:
+				return fmt_token_type::STRING;
+		}
+	}
+
+	std::optional<fmt_token_t> fmt_tokenizer_t::next()
+	{
+		if (pos >= m_fmt.size())
+			return {};
+		switch (const auto base_type = get_type(m_fmt[pos]))
+		{
+			case fmt_token_type::SPACE:
+			case fmt_token_type::PLUS:
+			case fmt_token_type::MINUS:
+			case fmt_token_type::DOT:
+			case fmt_token_type::COLON:
+				return fmt_token_t{base_type, std::string_view{m_fmt.data() + pos++, 1}};
+			default:
+			{
+				const auto begin = pos;
+				for (; pos < m_fmt.size() && get_type(m_fmt[pos]) == base_type; ++pos)
+				{}
+				return fmt_token_t{base_type, std::string_view{m_fmt.data() + begin, pos - begin}};
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	std::vector<fmt_token_t> fmt_tokenizer_t::tokenize()
+	{
+		std::vector<fmt_token_t> tokens;
+		while (auto token = next())
+			tokens.push_back(*token);
+		return tokens;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/blt/logging/logging.cpp b/src/blt/logging/logging.cpp
index f16eac4..4e9309b 100644
--- a/src/blt/logging/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/logging/logging.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <blt/iterator/enumerate.h>
 #include <blt/logging/logging.h>
 #include <blt/std/types.h>
 
@@ -33,18 +35,67 @@ namespace blt::logging
 		return str;
 	}
 
+	void logger_t::handle_fmt(const std::string_view fmt)
+	{
+		std::cout << fmt << std::endl;
+	}
+
+	const std::string& logger_t::get(const size_t index)
+	{
+		if (index >= m_args_to_str.size())
+		{
+			std::cerr << "Insufficient number of arguments provided to format string '" << m_fmt << "' got ";
+			for (const auto& [i, arg] : enumerate(std::as_const(m_args_to_str)))
+			{
+				std::cerr << '\'' << arg << "'";
+				if (i != m_args_to_str.size() - 1)
+					std::cerr << " ";
+			}
+			std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		return m_args_to_str[index];
+	}
+
 	void logger_t::compile(std::string fmt)
 	{
 		m_fmt = std::move(fmt);
 		m_last_fmt_pos = 0;
+		m_arg_pos = 0;
 	}
 
-	void logger_t::consume_until_fmt()
+	bool logger_t::consume_until_fmt()
 	{
 		const auto begin = m_fmt.find('{', m_last_fmt_pos);
+		if (begin == std::string::npos)
+			return false;
 		const auto end = m_fmt.find('}', begin);
-		m_stream << std::string_view(m_fmt.data() + static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(m_last_fmt_pos), begin - m_last_fmt_pos);
-		m_last_fmt_pos = end;
+		if (end == std::string::npos)
+		{
+			std::cerr << "Invalid format string, missing closing '}' near " << m_fmt.substr(std::min(static_cast<i64>(begin) - 5, 0l)) << std::endl;
+			std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		m_stream << std::string_view(m_fmt.data() + static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(m_last_fmt_pos), begin - m_last_fmt_pos);\
+		if (end - begin > 1)
+			handle_fmt(std::string_view(m_fmt.data() + static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(begin + 1), end - begin - 1));
+		else
+		{
+			// no arguments, must consume from args
+			m_stream << get(m_arg_pos++);
+		}
+		m_last_fmt_pos = end + 1;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	void logger_t::finish()
+	{
+		m_stream.str("");
+		m_stream.clear();
+
+		while (consume_until_fmt())
+		{}
+
+		m_stream << std::string_view(m_fmt.data() + static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(m_last_fmt_pos), m_fmt.size() - m_last_fmt_pos);
+		m_last_fmt_pos = m_fmt.size();
 	}
 
 	logger_t& get_global_logger()
diff --git a/tests/logger_tests.cpp b/tests/logger_tests.cpp
index 7e0e946..e0de5c7 100644
--- a/tests/logger_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/logger_tests.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include <blt/logging/logging.h>
+#include <blt/std/utility.h>
 
 int main()
 {
+
+    using endl_t = decltype(static_cast<std::ostream& (*)(std::ostream&)>(std::endl));
+    // blt::logging::println("{} | {} | {} | {}", blt::type_string<endl_t>());
     blt::logging::println("This is a println!");
     blt::logging::println("This is a println with args '{}'", 42);
     blt::logging::println("This is a println with multiple args '{}' '{}' '{}'", 42, 32.34231233, "Hello World!");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    blt::logging::println("This is a '{1}' fmt string with positionals '{0}'", "I am a string!", "Well so am I except cooler :3");
+    // blt::logging::println("This is println {}\twith a std::endl in the middle of it");
+}