diff --git a/cmd/bfg/main.go b/cmd/bfg/main.go
index f304c35..f275782 100644
--- a/cmd/bfg/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bfg/main.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 	outputBuf := bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
 	defer outputBuf.Flush()
 
-	program, err := parser.Compile(sourceBuf)
+	program, err := parser.Tokenise(sourceBuf)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("error compiling program: err:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/parser/execute_test.go b/parser/execute_test.go
index a1103f6..7c2d820 100644
--- a/parser/execute_test.go
+++ b/parser/execute_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ func TestExecuteSmall(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCompileExecuteSmall(t *testing.T) {
-	program, _ := Compile(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(
+func TestTokeniseExecuteSmall(t *testing.T) {
+	program, _ := Tokenise(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(
 		`+> >+> >+> >+> >
 >++++++++
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diff --git a/parser/compile.go b/parser/tokenise.go
similarity index 83%
rename from parser/compile.go
rename to parser/tokenise.go
index 896b7ee..57981db 100644
--- a/parser/compile.go
+++ b/parser/tokenise.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-// Compile sourcecode into a program
-func Compile(input io.ByteReader) (program []Instruction, err error) {
+// Tokenise sourcecode into an array of operators
+func Tokenise(input io.ByteReader) (program []Instruction, err error) {
 	var pc, jmpPc int = 0, 0
 	jmpStack := make([]int, 0)
 	program = append(program, Instruction{opNoop, 0})
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func Compile(input io.ByteReader) (program []Instruction, err error) {
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			break
 		} else if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("compilation read error")
+			return nil, errors.New("tokenisation read error")
 		}
 		program = append(program, NewInstruction(chr))
 		switch program[pc].operator {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func Compile(input io.ByteReader) (program []Instruction, err error) {
 			jmpStack = append(jmpStack, pc)
 		case opJmpNz:
 			if len(jmpStack) == 0 {
-				return nil, errors.New("compilation error: unbalanced braces")
+				return nil, errors.New("tokenisation error: unbalanced braces")
 			}
 			jmpPc = jmpStack[len(jmpStack)-1]
 			jmpStack = jmpStack[:len(jmpStack)-1]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func Compile(input io.ByteReader) (program []Instruction, err error) {
 		pc++
 	}
 	if len(jmpStack) != 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("compilation error: unexpected EOF")
+		return nil, errors.New("tokenisation error: unexpected EOF")
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/parser/compile_test.go b/parser/tokenise_test.go
similarity index 88%
rename from parser/compile_test.go
rename to parser/tokenise_test.go
index 0344680..a56a3ab 100644
--- a/parser/compile_test.go
+++ b/parser/tokenise_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestCompile(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTokenise(t *testing.T) {
 	table := []struct {
 		name    string
 		code    string
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestCompile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, v := range table {
 		t.Run(v.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := Compile(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(v.code)))
+			got, err := Tokenise(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(v.code)))
 			want := v.program
 
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestCompile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCompileError(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTokeniseError(t *testing.T) {
 	table := []struct {
 		name string
 		code string
@@ -116,18 +116,18 @@ func TestCompileError(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			"too_many_open",
 			"[[[",
-			errors.New("compilation error: unexpected EOF"),
+			errors.New("tokenisation error: unexpected EOF"),
 		},
 		{
 			"too_many_close",
 			"]]]",
-			errors.New("compilation error: unbalanced braces"),
+			errors.New("tokenisation error: unbalanced braces"),
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range table {
 		t.Run(v.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, got := Compile(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(v.code)))
+			_, got := Tokenise(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(v.code)))
 			want := v.err
 
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {