diff --git a/src/include/interpreter.h b/src/include/interpreter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86f6c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/interpreter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef INTERPRETER_H
+#define INTERPRETER_H
+
+
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/include/parser.h b/src/include/parser.h
index 83a1c10..8172730 100644
--- a/src/include/parser.h
+++ b/src/include/parser.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define DEF_PARSER_H
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <variant>
 #include "tokenize.h"
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -54,28 +55,15 @@ enum class NodeType {
     Assignment //             -> Identifier = Expr
 };
 
-struct Node;
+struct InnerNode;
+
+using Node = variant<InnerNode, Token>;
+
 struct InnerNode {
     NodeType type;
     vector<Node> children;
 };
 
-
 // A Leaf is always corresponding to a Token
-struct Node {
-    bool is_leaf;
-    union {
-        InnerNode node;
-        Token leaf;
-    };
-
-    Node() : is_leaf(true), leaf{} {}
-
-    // Explicitly define the destructor
-    ~Node() {
-        if (!is_leaf) node.~InnerNode();
-    }
-};
-
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/src/include/tokenize.h b/src/include/tokenize.h
index f8e1acd..a4a40f5 100644
--- a/src/include/tokenize.h
+++ b/src/include/tokenize.h
@@ -2,22 +2,14 @@
 #define TOKENIZE_H
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <variant>
 #include <string>
 using namespace std;
 
 enum class TokenType { Type, Identifier, Number, Plus, Minus, Star, Slash, Percent, Equal, Semicolon, LParenthese, RParenthese };
 enum class Type { Int };
 
-union TokenData {
-    double number;
-    Type type;
-    string identifier;
-
-    TokenData() : number(0.0) {}
-
-    // Explicitly define the destructor
-    ~TokenData() {}
-};
+using TokenData = variant<double, string, Type>;
 
 struct Token {
     TokenType type;
diff --git a/src/interpreter.cpp b/src/interpreter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cada2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interpreter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <vector>
+#include "include/parser.h"
+#include "include/interpreter.h"
+using namespace std;
+
+void eval(Node &ast) {
+
+}
+
+int main() {
+    Token oneTok = {
+        .type = TokenType::Number,
+        .data = 1.0
+    };
+    Node one = oneTok;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index ae8127d..3dffa99 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ void print_tokens(vector<Token> tokens) {
                 cout << "Type(INT)";
             break;
             case TokenType::Number:
-                cout << "Number(" << token.data.number << ")";
+                cout << "Number(" << get<double>(token.data) << ")";
             break;
             case TokenType::Identifier:
-                cout << "Identifier(" << token.data.identifier << ")";
+                cout << "Identifier(" << get<string>(token.data) << ")";
             break;
             case TokenType::Plus:
                 cout << "+";
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ vector<Token> tokenize(string str) {
         if (regex_search(str, m, NUMBER_REGEX, regex_constants::match_continuous)) {
             Token token = {
                 .type = TokenType::Number,
-                .data = { .number = stof(m.str()) }
+                .data = stod(m.str())
             };
             tokens.emplace_back(token);
             str.erase(0, m.str().length());
@@ -70,17 +70,15 @@ vector<Token> tokenize(string str) {
         else if (regex_search(str, m, TYPE_INT_REGEX, regex_constants::match_continuous)) {
             Token token = {
                 .type = TokenType::Type,
-                .data = { .type = Type::Int }
+                .data = Type::Int
             };
             tokens.emplace_back(token);
             str.erase(0, m.str().length());
         }
         else if (regex_search(str, m, IDENTIFIER_REGEX, regex_constants::match_continuous)) {
-            char* identifier = new char[m.str().length() + 1];
-            strcpy(identifier, m.str().c_str());
             Token token = {
                 .type = TokenType::Identifier,
-                .data = { .identifier = identifier }
+                .data = m.str()
             };
             tokens.emplace_back(token);
             str.erase(0, m.str().length());