diff --git a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONParser.java b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONParser.java
index a6a9225..fca7e02 100644
--- a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONParser.java
+++ b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONParser.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 package zutil.parser.json;
 
-import zutil.io.MultiPrintStream;
 import zutil.parser.DataNode;
 import zutil.parser.DataNode.DataType;
 
@@ -31,75 +30,40 @@ import zutil.parser.DataNode.DataType;
  * @author Ziver
  */
 public class JSONParser{
-	private String json;
-
-	public static void main(String[] args){
-		JSONParser parser = new JSONParser("" +
-				"{"+
-				"     \"firstName\": \"John\","+
-				"     \"lastName\": \"Smith\","+
-				"     \"age\": 25,"+
-				"     \"address\": {"+
-				"         \"streetAddress\": \"21 2nd Street\","+
-				"         \"city\": \"New York\","+
-				"         \"state\": \"NY\","+
-				"         \"postalCode\": \"10021\""+
-				"     },"+
-				"     \"phoneNumber\": ["+
-				"         { \"type\": \"home\", \"number\": \"212 555-1234\" },"+
-				"         { \"type\": \"fax\", \"number\": \"646 555-4567\" }"+
-				"     ]"+
-		"}");
-		DataNode node = parser.read();
-		MultiPrintStream.out.dump( node );
-		JSONWriter writer = new JSONWriter( System.out );
-		writer.write(node);
+	/**
+	 * A dumb class for persisting an index
+	 */
+	protected class Index{
+		protected int i = 0;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new instance of the parser
+	 * Starts parsing
 	 * 
 	 * @param 	json	is the JSON String to parse
-	 */
-	public JSONParser(String json){
-		this.json = json;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Starts parsing
-	 * 
 	 * @return a JSONNode object that is the root of the JSON
 	 */
-	public DataNode read(){
-		return parse(new StringBuffer(json));
+	public DataNode read(String json){
+		return parse(new Index(), new StringBuffer(json));
 	}
+
 	
-	/**
-	 * Starts parsing
-	 * 
-	 * @return a JSONNode object that is the root of the JSON
-	 */
-	/*public static JSONNode read( String json ){
-		return parse(new StringBuffer(json));
-	}*/
-
 	/**
 	 * This is the real recursive parsing method
 	 * 
 	 * @param json
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected static DataNode parse(StringBuffer json){
+	protected static DataNode parse(Index index, StringBuffer json){
 		DataNode root = null;
 		DataNode key = null;
 		DataNode node = null;
 		int next_index;
 
-		while(Character.isWhitespace( json.charAt(0) ) ||
-				json.charAt(0) == ',' || json.charAt(0) == ':')
-			json.deleteCharAt(0);
-		char c = json.charAt(0);
-		json.deleteCharAt(0);
+		while(Character.isWhitespace( json.charAt(index.i) ) ||
+				json.charAt(index.i) == ',' || json.charAt(index.i) == ':')
+			index.i++;
+		char c = json.charAt(index.i++);
 		
 		switch( c ){
 		case ']':
@@ -107,33 +71,33 @@ public class JSONParser{
 			return null;
 		case '{':
 			root = new DataNode(DataType.Map);
-			while((key = parse( json )) != null && (node = parse( json )) != null){
+			while((key = parse( index, json )) != null && (node = parse( index, json )) != null){
 				root.set( key.toString(), node );
 			}
 			break;
 		case '[':
 			root = new DataNode(DataType.List);
-			while((node = parse( json )) != null){
+			while((node = parse( index, json )) != null){
 				root.add( node );
 			}
 			break;
 		// Parse String
 		case '\"':
 			root = new DataNode(DataType.String);
-			next_index = json.indexOf("\"");
-			root.set( json.substring(0, next_index) );
-			json.delete(0, next_index+1);
+			next_index = json.indexOf( "\"", index.i);
+			root.set( json.substring(index.i, next_index) );
+			index.i = next_index+1;
 			break;
 		default:
 			root = new DataNode(DataType.Number);
-			for(next_index=0; next_index<json.length() ;++next_index)
+			for(next_index=index.i; next_index<json.length() ;++next_index)
 				if( json.charAt(next_index)==',' || 
 						json.charAt(next_index)==']' ||
 						json.charAt(next_index)=='}'){
 					break;
 				}
-			root.set( c+json.substring(0, next_index) );
-			json.delete(0, next_index);
+			root.set( c+json.substring(index.i, next_index) );
+			index.i = next_index;
 			break;
 		}