diff --git a/crates/json-pawarser/src/grammar.rs b/crates/json-pawarser/src/grammar.rs
index b7afe02..466f22c 100644
--- a/crates/json-pawarser/src/grammar.rs
+++ b/crates/json-pawarser/src/grammar.rs
@@ -33,23 +33,9 @@ mod object {
         }
 
         member(p);
-        while p.at(SyntaxKind::COMMA) {
-            // not always an error, later configurable
-            let potential_unexpected_comma = p.start("potential_unexpected_comma");
-            p.eat(SyntaxKind::COMMA);
 
-            if member(p).is_none() {
-                potential_unexpected_comma.complete(p, SyntaxKind::TRAILING_COMMA);
-            } else {
-                potential_unexpected_comma.abandon(p);
-            }
-        }
-
-        Some(if !p.eat(SyntaxKind::BRACE_CLOSE) {
-            obj_start.error(p, SyntaxError::UnclosedObject)
-        } else {
-            obj_start.complete(p, SyntaxKind::OBJECT)
-        })
+        p.eat(SyntaxKind::BRACE_CLOSE);
+        Some(obj_start.complete(p, SyntaxKind::OBJECT))
     }
 
     fn member(p: &mut Parser) -> Option<CompletedMarker> {
@@ -70,12 +56,9 @@ mod object {
             todo!("handle wrong tokens")
         }
 
-        let member_value_start = p.start("member_value_start");
         if value(p) {
-            member_value_start.complete(p, SyntaxKind::MEMBER_VALUE);
             Some(member_start.complete(p, SyntaxKind::MEMBER))
         } else {
-            member_value_start.abandon(p);
             let e = member_start.error(p, SyntaxError::MemberMissingValue);
             Some(
                 e.precede(p, "member but failed already")
diff --git a/crates/json-pawarser/src/lib.rs b/crates/json-pawarser/src/lib.rs
index 89160be..05c529e 100644
--- a/crates/json-pawarser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/json-pawarser/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
 mod grammar;
 mod syntax_error;
 mod syntax_kind;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use pawarser::parser::ParserBuilder;
+
+    use crate::{
+        grammar::{value, Parser},
+        syntax_kind::{lex, SyntaxKind},
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test() {
+        const TEST_DATA: &str = r#"{"hello_world": "meow"}"#;
+        let toks = lex(TEST_DATA);
+
+        let mut p: Parser = ParserBuilder::new(toks)
+            .add_meaningless(SyntaxKind::WHITESPACE)
+            .add_meaningless(SyntaxKind::NEWLINE)
+            .build();
+
+        value(&mut p);
+
+        let out = p.finish();
+        assert_eq!("", format!("{:#?}", out))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_error.rs b/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_error.rs
index b607be1..45bb5bd 100644
--- a/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_error.rs
+++ b/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_error.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ use crate::syntax_kind::SyntaxKind;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum SyntaxError {
-    UnclosedObject,
     DisallowedKeyType(SyntaxKind),
     MemberMissingValue,
-    UnexpectedTrailingComma,
 }
 impl pawarser::parser::SyntaxError for SyntaxError {}
diff --git a/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_kind.rs b/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_kind.rs
index 8713b2d..dfaab13 100644
--- a/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_kind.rs
+++ b/crates/json-pawarser/src/syntax_kind.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ pub enum SyntaxKind {
     ARRAY,
     ELEMENT,
 
-    // SyntaxKinds for future json5/etc support
-    TRAILING_COMMA,
-
     // Tokens
     // Regexes adapted from [the logos handbook](https://logos.maciej.codes/examples/json_borrowed.html)
     #[token("true")]
diff --git a/crates/pawarser/src/parser/marker.rs b/crates/pawarser/src/parser/marker.rs
index 2e1244d..d03e358 100644
--- a/crates/pawarser/src/parser/marker.rs
+++ b/crates/pawarser/src/parser/marker.rs
@@ -59,18 +59,6 @@ impl Marker {
         mut self,
         p: &mut Parser<SyntaxKind, SyntaxErr>,
     ) {
-        self.bomb.defuse();
-
-        // clean up empty tombstone event from marker
-        if self.pos == p.events.len() - 1 {
-            match p.events.pop() {
-                Some(Event::Start {
-                    kind: NodeKind::Tombstone,
-                    forward_parent: None,
-                }) => (),
-                _ => unreachable!(),
-            }
-        }
     }
 }