diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b732288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal/hal"
+	"git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal/parser"
+)
+
+func Execute() {
+	if err := rootCommand.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("%v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+var rootCommand = &cobra.Command{
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	Use:  "hal",
+	RunE: runRootCommand,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCommand.Flags().BoolP("debug", "d", false, "Enable debug mode")
+}
+
+func runRootCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	filename := args[0]
+	if stats, err := os.Stat(filename); err != nil || stats.IsDir() {
+		return err
+	}
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines)
+	var input []string
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		input = append(input, scanner.Text())
+	}
+	if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	program, err := parser.ParseProgram(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	hal.NewHALModule(program, 256)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dfc133e..3d564aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-module "git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal"
\ No newline at end of file
+module git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal
+
+go 1.14
+
+require (
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200515095857-1151b9dac4a9 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.56.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/hal.go b/hal.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86e77b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}
diff --git a/hal/instructions.go b/hal/instructions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b89143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hal/instructions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package hal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type ProgrammedInstruction struct {
+	Instruction *Instruction
+	Operand     int64
+}
+
+func (pi *ProgrammedInstruction) Execute(module *Module) error {
+	if pi.Instruction.ExecuteWithOperand != nil {
+		pi.Instruction.ExecuteWithOperand(module, pi.Operand)
+	} else if pi.Instruction.Execute != nil {
+		pi.Instruction.Execute(module)
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("instruction is not implemented")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type Instruction struct {
+	Name               string
+	ExecuteWithOperand func(module *Module, operand int64)
+	Execute            func(module *Module)
+}
+
+func FindInstructionByName(name string) *Instruction {
+	for _, instruction := range instructions {
+		if instruction.Name == strings.ToUpper(name) {
+			return instruction
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var instructions = []*Instruction{
+	InstructionStart,
+	InstructionStop,
+	InstructionIn,
+	InstructionOut,
+}
+
+var InstructionStart = &Instruction{
+	Name: "START",
+	Execute: func(module *Module) {
+		// TODO implement
+	},
+}
+
+var InstructionStop = &Instruction{
+	Name: "STOP",
+	Execute: func(module *Module) {
+		// TODO implement
+	},
+}
+
+var InstructionOut = &Instruction{
+	Name: "OUT",
+	Execute: func(module *Module) {
+		// TODO implement
+	},
+}
+
+var InstructionIn = &Instruction{
+	Name: "IN",
+	Execute: func(module *Module) {
+		// TODO implement
+	},
+}
diff --git a/hal/module.go b/hal/module.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd01476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hal/module.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package hal
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type Program []*ProgrammedInstruction
+
+type Module struct {
+	Accumulator    int64
+	ProgramStorage Program
+	Register       []int64
+}
+
+func (h *Module) ProgramCounter() int64 {
+	return h.Register[0]
+}
+
+func (h *Module) Step() error {
+	instruction := h.ProgramStorage[h.ProgramCounter()]
+	if instruction == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("instruction not found for program counter = %d", h.ProgramCounter())
+	}
+	return instruction.Execute(h)
+}
+
+func NewHALModule(program Program, registerSize uint64) (*Module, error) {
+	if registerSize <= 10 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("register size must be greater then 10 [ registerSize = %d ]", registerSize)
+	}
+	return &Module{
+		ProgramStorage: program,
+		Register:       make([]int64, registerSize),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/parser/program_parser.go b/parser/program_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcffe0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/program_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.jfdev.de/JonasFranzDEV/hal/hal"
+)
+
+// ParseProgram parses an program by the following specification: LINE_NUMBER INSTRUCTION OPERAND(optional)
+func ParseProgram(input []string) (hal.Program, error) {
+	program := make(hal.Program, len(input))
+	var err error
+	for index, line := range input {
+		program[index], err = parseInstruction(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while parsing line %d: %v", index+1, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return program, nil
+}
+
+func parseInstruction(input string) (*hal.ProgrammedInstruction, error) {
+	args := strings.Split(input, " ")
+	if len(args) != 0 && len(args) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformated instruction '%s'", input)
+	}
+	instruction := hal.FindInstructionByName(args[0])
+	if instruction == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown instruction '%s'", args[0])
+	}
+	programmedInstruction := &hal.ProgrammedInstruction{
+		Instruction: instruction,
+	}
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		operand, err := strconv.ParseInt(args[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while parsing operand for instruction '%s': %v", input, err)
+		}
+		if instruction.ExecuteWithOperand == nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("instruction '%s' has no operand, got operand %d", instruction.Name, operand)
+		}
+		programmedInstruction.Operand = operand
+	}
+	return programmedInstruction, nil
+}