diff --git a/base.c b/base.c
index abfaa2a..d77b2c5 100644
--- a/base.c
+++ b/base.c
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+#define panicf(...) base_panicf(__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+_Noreturn
+void base_panicf(char *file, int line, const char *fmt, ...) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d", file, line);
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, fmt);
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
+    va_end(args);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    fflush(stderr);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
 #define Vec(T) struct { T *data; int len; int cap; }
 typedef Vec(void) VecVoid;
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 887abb6..21b8726 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [[ ! -e build ]]; then
     mkdir build
 fi
 cd build
-clang -o meta ../meta.c -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths
+clang -o meta $(realpath ../meta.c) -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths
 ./meta > ../meta_gen.c
-clang -o main ../main.c -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths
+clang -o main $(realpath ../main.c) -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths
 ./main
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5a0313c..d735d4a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include "base.c"
 #include "meta_gen.c"
 
@@ -115,13 +116,31 @@ Token lex_token(Lexer *lex) {
 
     switch (c) {
         case 0: t.kind = TOK_EOF; break;
+        case '(': t.kind = TOK_LPAREN; break;
+        case ')': t.kind = TOK_RPAREN; break;
+        case '[': t.kind = TOK_LBRACKET; break;
+        case ']': t.kind = TOK_RBRACKET; break;
+        case '{': t.kind = TOK_LBRACE; break;
+        case '}': t.kind = TOK_RBRACE; break;
+        case ',': t.kind = TOK_COMMA; break;
+        case '.': t.kind = TOK_DOT; break;
+        case ':': t.kind = TOK_COLON; break;
+        case ';': t.kind = TOK_SEMICOLON; break;
+        case '?': t.kind = TOK_QUESTION; break;
+        case '#': t.kind = TOK_HASH; break;
         case '+': t.kind = TOK_PLUS; break;
         case '-': t.kind = TOK_MINUS; break;
         case '*': t.kind = TOK_STAR; break;
         case '/': t.kind = TOK_SLASH; break;
         case '%': t.kind = TOK_PERCENT; break;
-        case '{': t.kind = TOK_LBRACE; break;
-        case '}': t.kind = TOK_RBRACE; break;
+        case '=': t.kind = TOK_ASSIGN; break;
+        case '<': t.kind = TOK_LT; break;
+        case '>': t.kind = TOK_GT; break;
+        case '!': t.kind = TOK_NOT; break;
+        case '~': t.kind = TOK_BITNOT; break;
+        case '&': t.kind = TOK_BITAND; break;
+        case '|': t.kind = TOK_BITOR; break;
+        case '^': t.kind = TOK_BITXOR; break;
         default: {
             // @todo: lexer perhaps should have a static buffer of size 1024, error message
             // should be put there and piped to the upper program. The token should be filled
@@ -198,6 +217,13 @@ Token *match_token(Parser *p, Token_Kind kind) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
+Token *expect_token(Parser *p, Token_Kind kind) {
+    if (p->at->kind == kind) {
+        return next_token(p);
+    }
+    panicf("expected token kind: %s, got instead: %s", token_to_name[p->at->kind], token_to_name[kind]);
+}
+
 Ast *create_ast(Token *token, Ast_Kind kind) {
     Ast *result = calloc(1, sizeof(Ast));
     result->pos = token;
@@ -224,28 +250,37 @@ Ast *parse_atom(Parser *p) {
     } else if (match_token(p, TOK_LPAREN)) {
         // @todo: do a comma list here
         n = parse_expr(p, 0);
+        expect_token(p, TOK_RPAREN);
     } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "encountered invalid token while parsing atom: %.*s\n", token->len, token->str);
-        exit(1);
+        panicf("unknown token in %s. %.*s (%s/%d), ", __FUNCTION__, token->len, token->str, token_to_name[token->kind], token->kind);
     }
     return n;
 }
 
 int get_binding_power(Token *tok) {
     switch (tok->kind) {
-        case TOK_LSHIFT: case TOK_RSHIFT: return 100;
-        case TOK_PLUS: case TOK_MINUS: return 110;
         case TOK_STAR: case TOK_SLASH: case TOK_PERCENT: return 120;
+        case TOK_PLUS: case TOK_MINUS: return 110;
+        case TOK_LSHIFT: case TOK_RSHIFT: return 100;
+        case TOK_LT: case TOK_LEQ: case TOK_GT: case TOK_GEQ: return 90;
+        case TOK_EQ: case TOK_NEQ: return 80;
+        case TOK_BITAND: return 70;
+        case TOK_BITXOR: return 60;
+        case TOK_BITOR: return 50;
+        case TOK_AND: return 40;
+        case TOK_OR: return 30;
         default: return 0;
     }
 }
 
 Ast *parse_valid_left_binding(Parser *p, Token *tok, Ast *left) {
     switch (tok->kind) {
-        case TOK_LSHIFT: case TOK_RSHIFT: case TOK_PLUS: case TOK_MINUS: case TOK_SLASH: case TOK_STAR: case TOK_PERCENT: {
+        case TOK_PLUS: case TOK_MINUS: case TOK_STAR: case TOK_SLASH: case TOK_PERCENT:
+        case TOK_EQ: case TOK_NEQ: case TOK_LT: case TOK_LEQ: case TOK_GT: case TOK_GEQ: case TOK_BITAND:
+        case TOK_BITOR: case TOK_BITXOR: case TOK_AND: case TOK_OR: case TOK_LSHIFT: case TOK_RSHIFT: {
             return create_binary_expr(tok, tok->kind, left, parse_expr(p, get_binding_power(tok)));
         } break;
-        default: fprintf(stderr, "ERROR"); exit(1);
+        default: panicf("unknown token in %s. %.*s (%s/%d), ", __FUNCTION__, tok->len, tok->str, token_to_name[tok->kind], tok->kind);
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -271,16 +306,23 @@ int64_t eval_expr(Ast *n) {
                 case TOK_STAR: return left * right;
                 case TOK_SLASH: return left / right;
                 case TOK_PERCENT: return left % right;
-                default: {
-                    fprintf(stderr, "invalid token kind in eval_expr, binary");
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                case TOK_EQ: return left == right;
+                case TOK_NEQ: return left != right;
+                case TOK_LT: return left < right;
+                case TOK_LEQ: return left <= right;
+                case TOK_GT: return left > right;
+                case TOK_GEQ: return left >= right;
+                case TOK_BITAND: return left & right;
+                case TOK_BITOR: return left | right;
+                case TOK_BITXOR: return left ^ right;
+                case TOK_AND: return left && right;
+                case TOK_OR: return left || right;
+                case TOK_LSHIFT: return left << right;
+                case TOK_RSHIFT: return left >> right;
+                default: panicf("invalid token kind in eval_expr, binary");
             }
         } break;
-        default: {
-            fprintf(stderr, "invalid ast kind in eval_expr");
-            exit(1);
-        } break;
+        default: panicf("invalid ast kind in eval_expr");
     }
 }
 
@@ -292,20 +334,37 @@ void print_expr(Ast *n) {
             printf(" %s ", token_to_op[n->op]);
             print_expr(n->r);
         } break;
-        default: fprintf(stderr, "memes"); exit(1);
+        default: panicf("encountered invalid ast kind in %s of kind: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, n->kind);
     }
 }
 
 void parser_test(void) {
 #define TEST_EVAL(expr) do { \
-    Token_Array tokens = lex_file("eval_test", #expr, strlen(#expr));\
+    Token_Array tokens = lex_file("eval_test", (#expr), strlen((#expr)));\
     Parser p = {tokens.data, tokens.data + tokens.len};\
     Ast *result = parse_expr(&p, 0);\
-    assert(eval_expr(result) == expr);\
+    int64_t left = eval_expr(result);\
+    int64_t right = (expr);\
+    if (left != right) {\
+        printf("%s:%d expected: %ld, got: %ld\n    expression: ", __FILE__, __LINE__, left, right);\
+        print_expr(result);\
+        printf("\n");\
+    }\
 } while (0)
 
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses"
+
     TEST_EVAL(32+5-4);
     TEST_EVAL(16/2/2);
+    TEST_EVAL(5125-42|(4&3)^2|2%1242);
+    TEST_EVAL((45%2)^(23&3));
+    TEST_EVAL(1<16*2);
+    TEST_EVAL(1+1+1+1+2-2-3-4-5);
+    TEST_EVAL(5%2^5&6|3);
+
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+
 
     printf("parser tests passed\n");
 }
diff --git a/meta.c b/meta.c
index cc51862..30c9693 100644
--- a/meta.c
+++ b/meta.c
@@ -86,4 +86,12 @@ int main() {
         }
     }
     printf("};\n");
+
+    printf("char *token_to_name[] = {\n");
+    for (int i = 0; i < ilen(kinds); i += 1) {
+        if (kinds[i].name) {
+            printf("    [TOK_%s] = \"%s\",\n", kinds[i].name, kinds[i].name);
+        }
+    }
+    printf("};\n");
 }
diff --git a/meta_gen.c b/meta_gen.c
index 9756ea3..e98a878 100644
--- a/meta_gen.c
+++ b/meta_gen.c
@@ -106,3 +106,61 @@ char *token_to_op[] = {
     [TOK_LSHIFT] = "<<",
     [TOK_RSHIFT] = ">>",
 };
+char *token_to_name[] = {
+    [TOK_EOF] = "EOF",
+    [TOK_ERROR] = "ERROR",
+    [TOK_IDENT] = "IDENT",
+    [TOK_KEYWORD] = "KEYWORD",
+    [TOK_INT] = "INT",
+    [TOK_FLOAT] = "FLOAT",
+    [TOK_CHAR] = "CHAR",
+    [TOK_STRING] = "STRING",
+    [TOK_LPAREN] = "LPAREN",
+    [TOK_RPAREN] = "RPAREN",
+    [TOK_LBRACKET] = "LBRACKET",
+    [TOK_RBRACKET] = "RBRACKET",
+    [TOK_LBRACE] = "LBRACE",
+    [TOK_RBRACE] = "RBRACE",
+    [TOK_COMMA] = "COMMA",
+    [TOK_DOT] = "DOT",
+    [TOK_ARROW] = "ARROW",
+    [TOK_ELLIPSIS] = "ELLIPSIS",
+    [TOK_COLON] = "COLON",
+    [TOK_SEMICOLON] = "SEMICOLON",
+    [TOK_QUESTION] = "QUESTION",
+    [TOK_HASH] = "HASH",
+    [TOK_HASHHASH] = "HASHHASH",
+    [TOK_PLUS] = "PLUS",
+    [TOK_MINUS] = "MINUS",
+    [TOK_STAR] = "STAR",
+    [TOK_SLASH] = "SLASH",
+    [TOK_PERCENT] = "PERCENT",
+    [TOK_INC] = "INC",
+    [TOK_DEC] = "DEC",
+    [TOK_ASSIGN] = "ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_PLUS_ASSIGN] = "PLUS_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_MINUS_ASSIGN] = "MINUS_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_MUL_ASSIGN] = "MUL_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_DIV_ASSIGN] = "DIV_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_MOD_ASSIGN] = "MOD_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_LSHIFT_ASSIGN] = "LSHIFT_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_RSHIFT_ASSIGN] = "RSHIFT_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_AND_ASSIGN] = "AND_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_XOR_ASSIGN] = "XOR_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_OR_ASSIGN] = "OR_ASSIGN",
+    [TOK_EQ] = "EQ",
+    [TOK_NEQ] = "NEQ",
+    [TOK_LT] = "LT",
+    [TOK_LEQ] = "LEQ",
+    [TOK_GT] = "GT",
+    [TOK_GEQ] = "GEQ",
+    [TOK_NOT] = "NOT",
+    [TOK_BITNOT] = "BITNOT",
+    [TOK_BITAND] = "BITAND",
+    [TOK_BITOR] = "BITOR",
+    [TOK_BITXOR] = "BITXOR",
+    [TOK_AND] = "AND",
+    [TOK_OR] = "OR",
+    [TOK_LSHIFT] = "LSHIFT",
+    [TOK_RSHIFT] = "RSHIFT",
+};