diff --git a/include/bf_tokenizer.h b/include/bf_tokenizer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..418a233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/bf_tokenizer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+/*
+ * Created by Brett on 17/11/23.
+ * Licensed under GNU General Public License V3.0
+ * See LICENSE file for license detail
+ */
+
+#ifndef BRAINFUCK_MISC_BF_TOKENIZER_H
+#define BRAINFUCK_MISC_BF_TOKENIZER_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+enum class bf_token
+{
+    INC_DP,
+    DEC_DP,
+    INC_DV,
+    DEC_DV,
+    PRINT,
+    READ,
+    OPEN,
+    CLOSE
+};
+
+std::vector<bf_token> tokenize(const std::string& program);
+
+
+#endif //BRAINFUCK_MISC_BF_TOKENIZER_H
diff --git a/src/bf_tokenizer.cpp b/src/bf_tokenizer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..006321c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bf_tokenizer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Created by Brett on 17/11/23.
+ * Licensed under GNU General Public License V3.0
+ * See LICENSE file for license detail
+ */
+#include <bf_tokenizer.h>
+
+std::vector<bf_token> tokenize(const std::string& program)
+{
+    std::vector<bf_token> tokens;
+    
+    size_t index = 0;
+    while (index < program.size())
+    {
+        auto c = program[index];
+        switch (c)
+        {
+            case '>':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::INC_DP);
+                break;
+            case '<':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::DEC_DP);
+                break;
+            case '+':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::INC_DV);
+                break;
+            case '-':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::DEC_DV);
+                break;
+            case '.':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::PRINT);
+                break;
+            case ',':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::READ);
+                break;
+            case '[':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::OPEN);
+                break;
+            case ']':
+                tokens.push_back(bf_token::CLOSE);
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+        index++;
+    }
+    
+    return tokens;
+}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9d56c1e..6a56e09 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <bf_interpreter.h>
 
-
 int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 {
     std::string file{"../life.bf"};