diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
index c8c42d1..3f0cddd 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/error.rs
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ struct Error {
 }
 
 fn format_parse_error(error: ParseError, source_reference: &SourceReference) -> String {
+    /*
     let line_num = error.token.location.line_num;
     let ch = error.token.location.char_num;
+    */
+    let line_num = 1;
+    let ch = 4;
+
     let line_from_program = source_reference.get_line(line_num as usize);
-    let location_pointer = format!("{}^", " ".repeat(ch.into()));
+    let location_pointer = format!("{}^", " ".repeat(ch));
 
     let line_num_digits = format!("{}", line_num).chars().count();
     let space_padding = " ".repeat(line_num_digits);
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
index 20247d3..f5787ce 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/mod.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct TokenHandler {
 impl TokenHandler {
     fn new(tokens: Vec<Token>) -> TokenHandler {
         let end_of_file = match tokens.last() {
-            None => Location { line_num: 0, char_num: 0, offset: 0 },
+            None => Location { offset: 0 },
             Some(t) => t.location,
         };
         TokenHandler { idx: 0, tokens, end_of_file }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/test.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/test.rs
index eaa667d..e76d5f0 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/test.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ fn no_type_definition_duplicates() {
     match err {
         SymbolError::DuplicateName { location, prev_name } => {
             assert_eq!(prev_name, &Fqsn::from_strs(&["Food"]));
-            assert_eq!(location, &Location { line_num: 2, char_num: 2 });
+
+            //TODO restore this Location test
+            //assert_eq!(location, &Location { line_num: 2, char_num: 2 });
         }
         _ => panic!(),
     }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
index 4b1a93c..08cdef5 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/tokenizing.rs
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 /// at most 2^16 characters, which should be plenty big.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct Location {
-    pub(crate) line_num: u32,
-    pub(crate) char_num: u16,
     pub(crate) offset: usize,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Location {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}:{}", self.line_num, self.char_num)
+        write!(f, "{}", self.offset)
     }
 }
 
@@ -224,8 +222,6 @@ pub fn tokenize(input: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
         };
         let location = Location {
             offset: 0,
-            line_num: line_num.try_into().unwrap(),
-            char_num: char_num.try_into().unwrap(),
         };
         tokens.push(Token { kind: cur_tok_kind, location });
     }