diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 122b2db..d48e3bc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
     "files.associations": {
-        "ram.h": "c"
+        "ram.h": "c",
+        "stdint.h": "c",
+        "carg-parse.h": "c"
     }
 }
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diff --git a/asm/asm_const.h b/asm/asm_const.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7033d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asm/asm_const.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#ifndef ASM_ASM_CONST_H
+#define ASM_ASM_CONST_H
+
+#include "../emu/cpu_const.h"
+#include "../emu/cpu_human.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    char label[64];
+    char instruction[4];
+    char arg1[64];
+    char arg2[64];
+} AsmInstruction;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    uint16_t length;
+    AsmInstruction *instruction;
+} AsmInstructionArray;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    CpuInstructions instruction;
+    ArgumentInfo arg1Info;
+    ArgumentInfo arg2Info;
+    uint16_t arg1;
+    uint16_t arg2;
+} BinaryInstruction;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    uint16_t length;
+    BinaryInstruction *instructions;
+} BinaryInstructionArray;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    char label[64];
+    uint16_t location;
+} AsmLabel;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    uint16_t length;
+    AsmLabel *labels;
+} AsmLabelArray;
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/asm/assembler.c b/asm/assembler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4a0b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asm/assembler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "./assembler.h"
+#include "../emu/cpu_const.h"
+#include "../emu/cpu_human.h"
+#include "./asm_const.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+AsmInstructionArray InterpretAssembly(char *data)
+{
+    char *d = data;
+
+    
+}
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diff --git a/asm/assembler.h b/asm/assembler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76dee9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asm/assembler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef ASM_ASSEMBLER_H
+#define ASM_ASSEMBLER_H
+
+
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/asm/main.c b/asm/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cab41a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asm/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "../emu/cpu_const.h"
+#include "../emu/cpu_human.h"
+#include "../lib/carg-parse/carg-parse.h"
+#include "./asm_const.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    carg_parse_data* args = carg_parse(argc, argv);
+
+    carg_parse_free(args);
+
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9b7b068..e9566fd 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 mkdir ./bin
-clang -o ./bin/r16e ./emu/main.c ./emu/cpu/instruction.c ./emu/cpu/ram.c ./emu/cpu/register.c ./emu/cpu/stack.c ./lib/carg-parse/carg-parse.c
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+clang -O2 -o ./bin/r16emu ./emu/main.c ./emu/cpu/instruction.c ./emu/cpu/ram.c ./emu/cpu/register.c ./emu/cpu/stack.c ./lib/carg-parse/carg-parse.c
+echo "built emulator"
+clang -O2 -o ./bin/r16asm ./asm/main.c ./lib/carg-parse/carg-parse.c
+echo "built assemblor"
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diff --git a/emu/cpu/ram.h b/emu/cpu/ram.h
index 21d23fb..5868906 100644
--- a/emu/cpu/ram.h
+++ b/emu/cpu/ram.h
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 #define RAM_DO_NULL_CHECK
 
 #include <stdint.h>
-
-typedef union
-{
-    int16_t s;
-    uint16_t u;
-} r16_int;
+#include "../cpu_const.h"
 
 void InitRam();
 void SetValue(r16_int address, r16_int value);
diff --git a/emu/cpu_const.h b/emu/cpu_const.h
index 95d4923..2f5e1be 100644
--- a/emu/cpu_const.h
+++ b/emu/cpu_const.h
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ typedef enum
     pointerInRegister   = 0x3
 } ArgumentInfo;
 
+typedef union
+{
+    int16_t s;
+    uint16_t u;
+} r16_int;
+
 #define INSTRUCTION_BIT_MASK        0b0000000011111111
 #define INSTRUCTION_ARG_1_INFO_MASK 0b0011000000000000
 #define INSTRUCTION_ARG_2_INFO_MASK 0b1100000000000000