diff --git a/language-configuration.json b/language-configuration.json
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+{
+    "comments": {
+      "lineComment": "//",
+      "blockComment": ["/*", "*/"]
+    },
+    "brackets": [
+      ["{", "}"],
+      ["[", "]"],
+      ["(", ")"]
+    ],
+    "autoClosingPairs": [
+      { "open": "{", "close": "}" },
+      { "open": "[", "close": "]" },
+      { "open": "(", "close": ")" },
+      { "open": "\"", "close": "\"", "notIn": ["string"] },
+      { "open": "/*", "close": "*/", "notIn": ["string"] }
+    ],
+    "surroundingPairs": [
+      { "open": "{", "close": "}" },
+      { "open": "[", "close": "]" },
+      { "open": "(", "close": ")" },
+      { "open": "\"", "close": "\"" }
+    ],
+    "folding": {
+      "markers": {
+        "start": "^\\s*//\\s*#region\\b",
+        "end": "^\\s*//\\s*#endregion\\b"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "hblang",
+  "publisher": "aurlex",
+  "displayName": "hblang",
+  "description": "Syntax highlighting for holey-bytes lang",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "engines": {
+    "vscode": "^1.91.0"
+  },
+  "categories": [
+    "Programming Languages"
+  ],
+  "contributes": {
+    "languages": [{
+      "id": "hblang",
+      "aliases": ["hblang", "hblang"],
+      "extensions": [".hb"],
+      "configuration": "./language-configuration.json"
+    }],
+    "grammars": [{
+      "language": "hblang",
+      "scopeName": "source.hblang",
+      "path": "./syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json"
+    }]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/hblang.tmLanguage.json
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+{
+  "scopeName": "source.hblang",
+  "name": "hblang",
+  "fileTypes": ["hb"],
+  "patterns": [
+    {
+      "include": "#comments"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#strings"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#keywords"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#types"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#declarations"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#functions"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#macros"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#structs"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#arrays"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#pointers"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#operators"
+    }
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "comments": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "comment.block.hblang",
+          "begin": "/\\*",
+          "end": "\\*/"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "comment.line.double-slash.hblang",
+          "begin": "//",
+          "end": "$"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "strings": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "string.quoted.double.hblang",
+          "begin": "\"",
+          "end": "\""
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "keywords": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.control.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b(loop|break|if|else|return)\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "types": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "storage.type.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b(uint|int|void|u\\d+|i\\d+|f\\d+)\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "declarations": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "variable.other.declaration.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*\\b"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "variable.other.assignment.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "operators": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.operator.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b(\\^|\\*|&|<<|>>|>>>|<<=|>>=|>>>=|\\+|\\-|\\*|\\/|%|\\|\\||&&|!|==|!=|<|<=|>|>=|\\||&|\\^|~|<<|>>|\\+=|-=|\\*=|\\/=|%=|\\|=|&=|\\^=|~=|<<=|>>=|>>>|@\\w+)\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "functions": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "entity.name.function.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\\b(?=\\()"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "macros": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "entity.name.macro.hblang",
+          "match": "@\\b[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "structs": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "storage.type.struct.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\s*:=\\s*struct\\b"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "storage.type.struct.hblang",
+          "match": "\\b\\.[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\b"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "arrays": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "storage.type.array.hblang",
+          "match": "\\[\\b[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\b\\]"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "storage.type.array.hblang",
+          "match": "\\[\\b[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\b;\\s*\\d+\\]"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "pointers": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "storage.modifier.pointer.hblang",
+          "match": "\\^+"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.operator.dereference.hblang",
+          "match": "\\*+"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.operator.reference.hblang",
+          "match": "\\&+"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}