diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f9658ed..530c7ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
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+
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@@ -173,6 +179,17 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
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 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -243,6 +260,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
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+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
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@@ -261,7 +288,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61285f6515fa018fb2d1e46eb21223fff441ee8db5d0f1435e8ab4f5cdb80931"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
+ "bytes",
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
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+
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+]
+
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca9d389..224673e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.30"
 nom = "7.1.3"
-tokio = "1.36.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["io-util", "net"] }
diff --git a/src/element.rs b/src/element.rs
index 3273ba0..4dcb616 100644
--- a/src/element.rs
+++ b/src/element.rs
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ pub enum Node {
 // should this be a trait?
 pub struct Element {
     name: Name,
-    // namespace: (Name, String), // can't have this, must be external method that is called within the context of a reader/writer
+    // namespace: Name,
     // each element once created contains the qualified namespace information for that element
     // the name contains the qualified namespace so this is unnecessary
     // namespace: String,
     // hashmap of explicit namespace declarations on the element itself only
     // possibly not needed as can be calculated at write time depending on context and qualified namespace, and for reading, element validity and namespaces are kept track of by the reader.
-    // namespaces: HashMap<Option<String>, String>,
+    namespaces: HashMap<Option<String>, String>,
     // attributes can be in a different namespace than the element. how to make sure they are valid?
     // maybe include the namespace instead of or with the prefix
     // you can calculate the prefix from the namespaced name and the current writer context
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 12fcaf2..78508ae 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-pub enum Error {}
+use std::str::Utf8Error;
+
+pub enum Error {
+    ReadError(std::io::Error),
+    Utf8Error(Utf8Error),
+    ParseError(String),
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::ReadError(e)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Utf8Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: Utf8Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Utf8Error(e)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 424046e..b08c197 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use peanuts::parser::document;
+use peanuts::xml::document;
 
 fn main() {
     let document = document(
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index 6e622f4..2785c88 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use futures::Stream;
-use tokio::io::AsyncBufRead;
+use nom::Err;
+use std::str;
+use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
 
 use crate::{
     element::{Element, Name, Namespace},
@@ -8,20 +10,50 @@ use crate::{
 
 /// streaming reader that tracks depth and available namespaces at current depth
 pub struct Reader<R> {
-    stream: R,
+    inner: R,
     // holds which tags we are in atm over depth
     depth: Vec<Name>,
     namespaces: Vec<(usize, Namespace)>,
 }
 
+impl<R> Reader<R> {
+    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: reader,
+            depth: Vec::new(),
+            namespaces: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<R> Reader<R>
 where
-    R: AsyncBufRead,
+    R: AsyncBufReadExt + Unpin,
 {
-    // pub async fn read(&self) -> Result<impl From<Element>, Error> {
-    // let buf = self.stream.poll_fill_buf().await?;
-    // todo!()
-    // }
+    /// reads entire next prolog, element, or misc
+    pub async fn read<'s>(&'s mut self) -> Result<crate::xml::Element<'s>, Error> {
+        let element;
+        let len;
+        loop {
+            let buf = self.inner.fill_buf().await?;
+            let input = str::from_utf8(buf)?;
+            match crate::xml::element(input) {
+                Ok((rest, e)) => {
+                    element = e;
+                    len = buf.len() - rest.len();
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(e) => match e {
+                    Err::Incomplete(_) => (),
+                    e => return Err(Error::ParseError(input.to_owned())),
+                },
+            }
+        }
+        self.inner.consume(len);
+
+        // Ok(element)
+        todo!()
+    }
     // pub async fn read_start(&self) -> Result<impl From<Element>, Error> {
     //     todo!()
     // }