diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 68ab0e6..6e87e30 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/body-parser": "^1.19.5",
+        "asty": "^1.8.21",
         "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
         "express": "^4.18.3",
         "sequelize": "^6.37.1",
@@ -901,6 +902,14 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/asty": {
+      "version": "1.8.21",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asty/-/asty-1.8.21.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LxWJZ1WuxaGYXL7Q8Kx4BoHFGJvTkkQKow6Dy4gcJ3UiKaKdhZkqrBOwPybPR9JiUOzCeOhUdu6/xz4WBTU7OQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/balanced-match": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 8514744..40f98ca 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/body-parser": "^1.19.5",
+    "asty": "^1.8.21",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
     "express": "^4.18.3",
     "sequelize": "^6.37.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/app.ts b/backend/src/app.ts
index 6f073bb..38994f4 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import express from 'express'
 import { json } from 'body-parser'
 import { Sequelize } from 'sequelize'
 import { database, Character, Game, Pick, App } from './db'
-import { lexr, orderByLexr, parseOrderByString } from './tokenizer'
+import { lexr, parseOrderByString, FilterParser } from './tokenizer'
 
 const app = express()
 const jsonParser = json()
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ app.post('/api/game', jsonParser, async (req, res) => {
   })
   const pageCount = Math.ceil((await Character.count()) / count)
 
+  let fp = new FilterParser()
+
+  fp.lexer
+    .input(filter)
+    .tokens()
+    .forEach((t) => {
+      console.log(t)
+    })
+
   res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
   res.send({ gameData, pageCount })
 })
diff --git a/backend/src/tokenizer.ts b/backend/src/tokenizer.ts
index c5ce390..4ca7e9d 100644
--- a/backend/src/tokenizer.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tokenizer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Tokenizr from 'tokenizr'
+import ASTY from 'asty'
 
 export const lexr = new Tokenizr()
 
@@ -47,3 +48,49 @@ export function parseOrderByString(orderBy: string) {
   }
   return output
 }
+
+const openGroupRegex = /\(/
+const closeGroupRegex = /\)/
+const conjunctinoRegex = /AND|OR/
+const statementRegex = /([a-zA-Z]+)\s?(=|!=|<|>|<=|>=|:)\s?([a-zA-Z\d"']+)/
+const spacerRegex = /\s/
+
+export class FilterParser {
+
+  lexer: Tokenizr = this.createLexer()
+
+  constructor() {}
+
+  private createLexer(): Tokenizr {
+    const tkz = new Tokenizr()
+
+    tkz.rule(openGroupRegex, (ctx, m) => {
+      ctx.accept('opengroup')
+    })
+
+    tkz.rule(closeGroupRegex, (ctx, m) => {
+      ctx.accept('closegroup')
+    })
+
+    tkz.rule(conjunctinoRegex, (ctx, m) => {
+      ctx.accept('conjunction', m[0])
+    })
+
+    tkz.rule(statementRegex, (ctx, m) => {
+      ctx.accept('column', m[1])
+      ctx.accept('opperator', m[2])
+      ctx.accept('value', m[3])
+    })
+
+    tkz.rule(spacerRegex, (ctx, m)=> {
+      ctx.ignore();
+    })
+
+    return tkz
+  }
+
+  buildAST(): ASTY {
+    const ast = new ASTY()
+  }
+
+}