diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 1d0bfa7..de28b1b 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@
     if code[0:2] == '#!':
         next_line = code.find('\n') + 1
         code = code[next_line:]
-    tokens = parse.tokenize(code)
-    parser = parse.Parser(tokens)
-    ast = parser.parse_file()
+    ast = parse.parse_file(code)
     if not ast:
         return 1
     env = {
diff --git a/parse.py b/parse.py
index a9573e2..7092b30 100644
--- a/parse.py
+++ b/parse.py
@@ -203,3 +203,8 @@
                 ast.append(directive)
         print("Parsed file")
         return ast
+
+def parse_file(code):
+    tokens = tokenize(code)
+    parser = Parser(tokens)
+    return parser.parse_file()