diff --git a/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/mod.rs b/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/mod.rs
index aafbdfd..1365f35 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/mod.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod structure_definition;
 pub mod r#type;
 pub mod type_alias;
 pub mod type_constructor;
+pub mod r#use;
 pub mod value_node;
 pub mod r#while;
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ pub use self::{
     r#as::As,
     r#loop::Loop,
     r#type::Type,
+    r#use::Use,
     r#while::While,
     statement::Statement,
     structure_definition::StructureDefinition,
diff --git a/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/use.rs b/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/use.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583f023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dust-lang/src/abstract_tree/use.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::Path};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::{
+    context::Context,
+    error::{RuntimeError, ValidationError},
+    lexer::{self, lex},
+    Type,
+};
+
+use super::{AbstractNode, Evaluation};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Use {
+    path: String,
+}
+
+impl AbstractNode for Use {
+    fn define_types(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn validate(&self, context: &Context, manage_memory: bool) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        if Path::new(&self.path).exists() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            todo!()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn evaluate(
+        self,
+        context: &Context,
+        manage_memory: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Evaluation>, RuntimeError> {
+        let file_contents = read_to_string(self.path)?;
+
+        let tokens = lex(&file_contents).map_err(|errors| RuntimeError::Use(errors))?;
+        let abstract_tree = 
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    fn expected_type(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<Option<Type>, ValidationError> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dust-lang/src/error.rs b/dust-lang/src/error.rs
index 3e614b4..973b65f 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/error.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/error.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ pub enum RuntimeError {
     RwLockPoison(PoisonError),
     ValidationFailure(ValidationError),
     SerdeJson(serde_json::Error),
+    Use(Vec<DustError>),
 }
 
 impl From<PoisonError> for RuntimeError {
diff --git a/dust-lang/src/lexer.rs b/dust-lang/src/lexer.rs
index a237f07..6a3e7ce 100644
--- a/dust-lang/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/dust-lang/src/lexer.rs
@@ -318,11 +318,11 @@ pub fn lexer<'src>() -> impl Parser<
 
     let identifier = text::ident().map(|text: &str| Token::Identifier(text));
 
-    let r#use = just("use ").ignore_then(
+    let r#use = just("use").ignore_then(
         none_of('\n')
             .repeated()
             .to_slice()
-            .map(|text: &str| Token::Use(text)),
+            .map(|text: &str| Token::Use(text.trim())),
     );
 
     choice((