diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index a5b265f..0e58df0 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,27 +1,98 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const ink = @import("ink");
+const fatal = std.process.fatal;
+
+var stdin_buffer: [4096]u8 align(std.heap.page_size_min) = undefined;
+var stdout_buffer: [4096]u8 align(std.heap.page_size_min) = undefined;
+var debug_allocator: std.heap.DebugAllocator(.{}) = .init;
+const max_src_size = std.math.maxInt(u32);
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    // Prints to stderr, ignoring potential errors.
-    std.debug.print("All your {s} are belong to us.\n", .{"codebase"});
-    try ink.bufferedPrint();
+    const gpa = debug_allocator.allocator();
+    defer _ = debug_allocator.deinit();
+
+    var arena_allocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(gpa);
+    defer arena_allocator.deinit();
+
+    const arena = arena_allocator.allocator();
+    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(gpa);
+    defer std.process.argsFree(gpa, args);
+
+    if (args.len < 2) {
+        fatal("Not enough arguments!", .{});
+    }
+    return mainArgs(gpa, arena, args);
 }
 
-test "simple test" {
-    const gpa = std.testing.allocator;
-    var list: std.ArrayList(i32) = .empty;
-    defer list.deinit(gpa); // Try commenting this out and see if zig detects the memory leak!
-    try list.append(gpa, 42);
-    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(i32, 42), list.pop());
-}
+fn mainArgs(
+    gpa: std.mem.Allocator,
+    arena: std.mem.Allocator,
+    args_list: []const [:0]const u8,
+) !void {
+    var source_path: ?[]const u8 = null;
+    var arg_index: usize = 1;
 
-test "fuzz example" {
-    const Context = struct {
-        fn testOne(context: @This(), input: []const u8) anyerror!void {
-            _ = context;
-            // Try passing `--fuzz` to `zig build test` and see if it manages to fail this test case!
-            try std.testing.expect(!std.mem.eql(u8, "canyoufindme", input));
+    while (arg_index < args_list.len) : (arg_index += 1) {
+        const arg = args_list[arg_index];
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-")) {
+            // TODO: Parse CLI options.
+        } else if (source_path == null) {
+            source_path = arg;
+        } else {
+            fatal("invalid positional argument: '{s}'", .{arg});
         }
+    }
+
+    const filename = source_path orelse "<STDIN>";
+    const source_bytes: [:0]const u8 = s: {
+        var f = if (source_path) |p| file: {
+            break :file std.fs.cwd().openFile(p, .{}) catch |err| {
+                fatal("unable to open file '{s}': {s}", .{ p, @errorName(err) });
+            };
+        } else std.fs.File.stdin();
+        defer if (source_path != null) f.close();
+
+        var file_reader: std.fs.File.Reader = f.reader(&stdin_buffer);
+        break :s readSourceFile(arena, &file_reader) catch |err| {
+            fatal("unable to load file '{s}': {s}", .{ filename, @errorName(err) });
+        };
     };
-    try std.testing.fuzz(Context{}, Context.testOne, .{});
+
+    var story = try ink.Story.loadFromString(gpa, source_bytes, .{});
+    defer story.deinit();
+}
+
+fn readSourceFile(gpa: std.mem.Allocator, file_reader: *std.fs.File.Reader) ![:0]u8 {
+    var buffer: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8) = .empty;
+    defer buffer.deinit(gpa);
+
+    if (file_reader.getSize()) |size| {
+        const casted_size = std.math.cast(u32, size) orelse return error.StreamTooLong;
+        try buffer.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, casted_size + 1);
+    } else |_| {}
+
+    try file_reader.interface.appendRemaining(gpa, &buffer, .limited(max_src_size));
+
+    const unsupported_boms = [_][]const u8{
+        "\xff\xfe\x00\x00", // UTF-32 little endian
+        "\xfe\xff\x00\x00", // UTF-32 big endian
+        "\xfe\xff", // UTF-16 big endian
+    };
+    for (unsupported_boms) |bom| {
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, buffer.items, bom)) {
+            return error.UnsupportedEncoding;
+        }
+    }
+    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, buffer.items, "\xff\xfe")) {
+        if (buffer.items.len % 2 != 0) {
+            return error.InvalidEncoding;
+        }
+        return std.unicode.utf16LeToUtf8AllocZ(gpa, @ptrCast(@alignCast(buffer.items))) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.DanglingSurrogateHalf => error.UnsupportedEncoding,
+            error.ExpectedSecondSurrogateHalf => error.UnsupportedEncoding,
+            error.UnexpectedSecondSurrogateHalf => error.UnsupportedEncoding,
+            else => |e| return e,
+        };
+    }
+    return buffer.toOwnedSliceSentinel(gpa, 0);
 }
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
index 94c7cd0..2e51d00 100644
--- a/src/root.zig
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
-//! By convention, root.zig is the root source file when making a library.
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub fn bufferedPrint() !void {
-    // Stdout is for the actual output of your application, for example if you
-    // are implementing gzip, then only the compressed bytes should be sent to
-    // stdout, not any debugging messages.
-    var stdout_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
-    var stdout_writer = std.fs.File.stdout().writer(&stdout_buffer);
-    const stdout = &stdout_writer.interface;
+pub const Story = struct {
+    pub const LoadOptions = struct {};
 
-    try stdout.print("Run `zig build test` to run the tests.\n", .{});
+    pub fn loadFromString(
+        _: std.mem.Allocator,
+        source_bytes: [:0]const u8,
+        _: LoadOptions,
+    ) !Story {
+        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{source_bytes});
+        return .{};
+    }
+    pub fn deinit(_: *Story) void {}
+};
 
-    try stdout.flush(); // Don't forget to flush!
-}
-
-pub fn add(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {
-    return a + b;
-}
-
-test "basic add functionality" {
-    try std.testing.expect(add(3, 7) == 10);
-}