diff --git a/schala-lang/src/lib.rs b/schala-lang/src/lib.rs
index b948cd3..23083fe 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/lib.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate maplit;
 
+#[macro_use]
 extern crate schala_repl;
 extern crate schala_codegen;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ impl Schala {
   }
 }
 
+fn tokenizing_stage(input: &str) -> Result<Vec<tokenizing::Token>, ()> {
+  Ok(tokenizing::tokenize(input))
+}
+
+fn parsing_stage(input: Vec<tokenizing::Token>) -> Result<parsing::AST, parsing::ParseError> {
+  parsing::parse(input).0
+}
+
 impl ProgrammingLanguageInterface for Schala {
   fn get_language_name(&self) -> String {
     "Schala".to_string()
@@ -48,6 +57,14 @@ impl ProgrammingLanguageInterface for Schala {
     format!("schala")
   }
 
+  fn execute_pipeline(&mut self, input: &str, options: &EvalOptions) -> FinishedComputation {
+    //let chain = pass_chain![tokenizing::tokenize, parsing::parse];
+    let chain = pass_chain![tokenizing_stage, parsing_stage];
+    let output = Ok(format!("{:?}", chain(input)));
+    let mut evaluation = UnfinishedComputation::default();
+    evaluation.output(output) //TODO rename this method it's confusing
+  }
+
   fn execute(&mut self, input: &str, options: &EvalOptions) -> FinishedComputation {
     schala_codegen::print_a_thing!();
 
diff --git a/schala-repl/src/language.rs b/schala-repl/src/language.rs
index c4d65e4..8fde299 100644
--- a/schala-repl/src/language.rs
+++ b/schala-repl/src/language.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ pub trait ProgrammingLanguageInterface {
   }
   /* old */
 
+  fn execute_pipeline(&mut self, _input: &str, _eval_options: &EvalOptions) -> FinishedComputation {
+    FinishedComputation { artifacts: HashMap::new(), text_output: Err(format!("Execution pipeline not done")) }
+  }
+
   fn execute(&mut self, _input: &str, _eval_options: &EvalOptions) -> FinishedComputation {
     FinishedComputation { artifacts: HashMap::new(), text_output: Err(format!("REPL evaluation not implemented")) }
   }
@@ -175,3 +179,30 @@ pub trait ProgrammingLanguageInterface {
     format!(">> No custom interpreter directives specified <<")
   }
 }
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! pass_chain {
+  ($($pass:path), *) => {
+    |begin| pass_chain_helper! { begin $(, $pass)* }
+  };
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! pass_chain_helper {
+  ($e:expr, $next:path $(, $rest:path)*) => {
+    pass_chain_helper! {
+      {
+        let output = $next({
+          let input = $e;
+          println!("About to run: {}", stringify!($next));
+          input
+        });
+        println!("Finished running {}", stringify!($next));
+        output.unwrap()
+      }
+      $(, $rest)*
+    }
+  };
+  // Done
+  ($e:expr) => { $e };
+}
diff --git a/schala-repl/src/lib.rs b/schala-repl/src/lib.rs
index fc03bf9..772496f 100644
--- a/schala-repl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/schala-repl/src/lib.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ impl Repl {
 
   fn input_handler(&mut self, input: &str) -> String {
     let ref mut language = self.languages[self.current_language_index];
+    /*
     let interpreter_output = language.execute(input, &self.options);
+    */
+    let interpreter_output = language.execute_pipeline(input, &self.options);
     interpreter_output.to_repl()
   }