diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d691003..e4d4195 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1088,8 +1088,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "config",
- "pest",
- "pest_derive",
  "serde",
  "serial_test",
  "tide",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9aa41e8..0982732 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 #async-graphql = "*"
 async-std = { version = "*", features = ["attributes"] }
 config = "*"
-pest = "*"
-pest_derive = "*"
 serde = "*"
-#serde_json = "*"
 tide = "*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0086c54..98c5002 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-extern crate pest;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate pest_derive;
-
 use tide::{
     http::StatusCode,
     sessions::{MemoryStore, SessionMiddleware},
diff --git a/src/morethantext/mod.rs b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
index b6c4cc9..b86f85e 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/mod.rs
+++ b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
@@ -2,21 +2,8 @@ pub mod error;
 
 use async_std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use error::DBError;
-use pest::Parser;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-enum Ast {
-    Script,
-    Command,
-    Action,
-    Object,
-    Name,
-}
-
-#[derive(Parser)]
-#[grammar = "morethantext/mttsql.pest"]
-struct MTTSQL;
-
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct MoreThanText {
     databases: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Database>>>,
@@ -29,28 +16,6 @@ impl MoreThanText {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn execute(&self, script: &str) -> Result<(), DBError> {
-        match MTTSQL::parse(Rule::file, script) {
-            Ok(mut commands) => {
-                let pair = commands.next().unwrap();
-                match pair.as_rule() {
-                    Rule::script => Ast::Script,
-                    Rule::command => Ast::Command,
-                    Rule::action => Ast::Action,
-                    Rule::object => Ast::Object,
-                    Rule::name => Ast::Name,
-                    Rule::char | Rule::whitespace | Rule::file | Rule::EOI => unreachable!(),
-                };
-                Ok(())
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                let mut error = DBError::new("script parsing error");
-                error.add_source(err);
-                Err(error)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     async fn create_database(&self, name: &str) -> Result<(), DBError> {
         let mut databases = self.databases.write().await;
         match databases.get(name) {
@@ -78,8 +43,13 @@ impl Database {
     async fn new() -> Self {
         Self {}
     }
+
+    async fn add_column(&self, _name: &str) {
+    }
 }
 
+
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod engine_functions {
     use super::*;
@@ -149,35 +119,10 @@ mod database_functions {
     async fn new_database() {
         Database::new().await;
     }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod mtt_commands {
-    use super::*;
 
     #[async_std::test]
-    async fn create_database() {
-        let mtt = MoreThanText::new().await;
-        mtt.execute("create database fred;").await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[async_std::test]
-    async fn unsuccessful_parse() -> Result<(), DBError> {
-        let msg = "script parsing error";
-        let mtt = MoreThanText::new().await;
-        match mtt.execute("#$%^&").await {
-            Ok(_) => Err(DBError::new("Should show a parse failure.")),
-            Err(err) => {
-                if err.to_string() == msg {
-                    Ok(())
-                } else {
-                    Err(DBError::new(format!(
-                        "Error message is incorrect: Got: '{}' Want: '{}'",
-                        err.to_string(),
-                        msg
-                    )))
-                }
-            }
-        }
+    async fn new_ccolumn() {
+        let db = Database::new().await;
+        db.add_column("fred").await;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/morethantext/mttsql.pest b/src/morethantext/mttsql.pest
index ba00aed..f16b4b7 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/mttsql.pest
+++ b/src/morethantext/mttsql.pest
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-whitespace = _{" " | "\t" | "\r" | "\n"}
-action = {"create"}
-object = {"database"}
 char = _{ ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_" }
+whitespace = _{" " | "\t" | "\r" | "\n"}
+
 name = {char+}
-command = {whitespace* ~ action ~ whitespace+ ~ object ~ whitespace+ ~ name ~ whitespace* ~ ";" ~ whitespace*}
+command = {"create database" ~ whitespace+ ~ name ~ ";"}
 script = {command+}
-file = _{SOI ~ script ~ EOI}