diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
index 135fe89..7521ae0 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::ast::*;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-
 peg::parser! {
     pub grammar schala_parser() for str {
 
@@ -22,7 +21,14 @@ peg::parser! {
             primary()
 
         rule primary() -> ExpressionKind =
-           float_literal() / nat_literal() / bool_literal() / string_literal() / paren_expr()
+           float_literal() / nat_literal() / bool_literal() / string_literal() / paren_expr() /
+           list_expr()
+
+        rule list_expr() -> ExpressionKind =
+            "[" exprs:(expression() ** ",") "]" {
+                let mut exprs = exprs;
+                ExpressionKind::ListLiteral(exprs)
+            }
 
         rule paren_expr() -> ExpressionKind =
             "(" exprs:(expression() ** ",") ")" {
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/test.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/test.rs
index 9d6ec99..f0f2bc3 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/test.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ macro_rules! assert_expr2 {
         assert_eq!(schala_parser::expression($input).unwrap(), $correct);
     };
 }
+macro_rules! assert_fail_expr2 {
+    ($input:expr, $failure:expr) => {
+        let _err = schala_parser::expression($input).unwrap_err();
+        //TODO make real tests for failures
+        //assert_eq!(err.to_string(), $failure);
+    }
+}
 
 macro_rules! assert_fail_expr {
     ($input:expr, $failure:expr) => {
@@ -155,8 +162,9 @@ fn basic_literals() {
 fn list_literals() {
     use ExpressionKind::*;
 
-    assert_expr!("[]", expr(ListLiteral(vec![])));
-    assert_expr!("[1,2]", expr(ListLiteral(vec![expr(NatLiteral(1)), expr(NatLiteral(2)),])));
+    assert_expr2!("[]", expr(ListLiteral(vec![])));
+    assert_expr2!("[1,2]", expr(ListLiteral(vec![expr(NatLiteral(1)), expr(NatLiteral(2)),])));
+    assert_fail_expr2!("[1,,2]", "some failure");
 }
 
 #[test]