diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9415901..752d275 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "owo-colors",
  "petgraph",
  "ratatui",
+ "temp-file",
  "termsize",
 ]
 
@@ -799,6 +800,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "temp-file"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f210bda61d003f311d95611d1b68361df8fe8e732c3609f945441bde881321d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termion"
 version = "1.5.6"
diff --git a/programs/jrnl/Cargo.toml b/programs/jrnl/Cargo.toml
index 0b97fee..12f231a 100644
--- a/programs/jrnl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/programs/jrnl/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ markdown = "0.3.0"
 owo-colors = "4.0.0"
 petgraph = "0.6.4"
 ratatui = "0.26.2"
+temp-file = "0.1.8"
 termsize = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/programs/jrnl/src/commands/list_entries.rs b/programs/jrnl/src/commands/list_entries.rs
index 6d46388..9471095 100644
--- a/programs/jrnl/src/commands/list_entries.rs
+++ b/programs/jrnl/src/commands/list_entries.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ use crate::md::Doc;
 
 pub fn list_entries(path: PathBuf) {
     let file = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
-    let doc = Doc::new(&file);
 
-    for (i, entry) in doc.entries.into_iter().enumerate() {
-        let n = format!("{:>2}", i + 1);
-        let r = format!(". {}", entry.title,);
-        let l = format!(" {} ", crate::utils::format_datetime(entry.timestamp));
-        let termsize::Size { cols, .. } = termsize::get().unwrap();
+    if let Some(doc) = Doc::new(&file) {
+        for (i, entry) in doc.entries.into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let n = format!("{:>2}", i + 1);
+            let r = format!(". {}", entry.title,);
+            let l = format!(" {} ", crate::utils::format_datetime(entry.timestamp));
+            let termsize::Size { cols, .. } = termsize::get().unwrap();
 
-        let padding = " ".repeat(cols as usize - (n.len() + r.len() + l.len()));
+            let padding = " ".repeat(cols as usize - (n.len() + r.len() + l.len()));
 
-        println!("{}{r}{padding}{}", n.cyan(), l.white())
+            println!("{}{r}{padding}{}", n.cyan(), l.white())
+        }
+    } else {
+        eprintln!("Parsing error...");
+        std::process::exit(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/programs/jrnl/src/main.rs b/programs/jrnl/src/main.rs
index 294ade8..b9ba013 100644
--- a/programs/jrnl/src/main.rs
+++ b/programs/jrnl/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![feature(iter_collect_into)]
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
@@ -34,8 +35,7 @@ fn main() {
             // TODO: handle btter
             let file = fs::read_to_string(cli.s10e_jrnl_file_loc).unwrap();
 
-            let doc = Doc::new(&file);
-            dbg!(doc);
+            let doc = dbg!(Doc::new(&file));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/programs/jrnl/src/md.rs b/programs/jrnl/src/md.rs
index b04ef2e..80ba946 100644
--- a/programs/jrnl/src/md.rs
+++ b/programs/jrnl/src/md.rs
@@ -1,59 +1,43 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset};
 use markdown::{Block, Span};
+use std::convert::identity;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Doc {
-    pub title: Vec<Span>,
-    pub entries: Vec<Entry>,
+pub struct Doc<'src> {
+    pub entries: Vec<Entry<'src>>,
 }
 
-impl Doc {
-    pub fn new(f: &str) -> Self {
-        let mut entries = Vec::new();
-        let mut doc_title = vec![Span::Text("Journal".to_owned())];
-        let toks = markdown::tokenize(f);
-        let mut current = None;
-
-        for tok in toks {
-            match tok {
-                Block::Header(title, 1) => doc_title = title,
-                Block::Header(entry_title, 2) => {
-                    if let Some(cur) = current.take() {
-                        entries.push(cur);
-                    }
-
-                    let Some(Span::Text(title)) = entry_title.first() else {
-                        eprintln!("Error: Titles should be text.");
-                        std::process::exit(1);
-                    };
-
-                    let (ts, entry_title) = title.split_once(": ").unwrap();
-                    let ts = DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(ts).unwrap();
-                    // let ts = PrimitiveDateTime::parse(ts, &DT_FORMAT).unwrap();
-
-                    current = Some(Entry {
-                        timestamp: ts,
-                        title: entry_title.to_owned(),
-                        content: Vec::new(),
-                    });
+impl<'src> Doc<'src> {
+    // TODO: better parsing errors?
+    pub fn new(f: &'src str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let entries = f
+            .split("\n## ")
+            .map(|s| s.split_once("\n"))
+            .skip(1)
+            .filter_map(identity)
+            .map(|(title, content)| (title.split_once(": "), content))
+            .map(|(title, content)| {
+                if let Some((ts, title)) = title {
+                    Some(Entry {
+                        timestamp: DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(ts).unwrap(),
+                        title,
+                        content: content.trim_matches('\n'),
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    None
                 }
-                other => current.as_mut().unwrap().content.push(other),
-            }
-        }
-        if let Some(cur) = current {
-            entries.push(cur);
-        }
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        Self {
-            title: doc_title,
-            entries,
-        }
+        entries.iter().all(|it| it.is_some()).then_some(Self {
+            entries: entries.into_iter().filter_map(identity).collect(),
+        })
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Entry {
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Entry<'src> {
     pub timestamp: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
-    pub title: String,
-    pub content: Vec<Block>,
+    pub title: &'src str,
+    pub content: &'src str,
 }