diff --git a/trixy-parser/src/bin/trixy-parser.rs b/trixy-parser/src/bin/trixy-parser.rs
index 2340ce7..3545150 100644
--- a/trixy-parser/src/bin/trixy-parser.rs
+++ b/trixy-parser/src/bin/trixy-parser.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ pub enum Command {
         /// The file containing the trixy code to tokenize
         file: PathBuf,
     },
+    #[clap(value_parser)]
+    /// Only try to tokenize the file
+    Lex {
+        #[clap(value_parser)]
+        /// The file containing the trixy code to tokenize
+        file: PathBuf,
+    },
+
     /// Check syntax, without type checking
     Parse {
         #[clap(value_parser)]
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ pub enum Command {
 pub fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
     match args.subcommand {
-        Command::Tokenize { file } => {
+        Command::Tokenize { file } | Command::Lex { file } => {
             let input = fs::read_to_string(file).unwrap();
 
             let input_tokens = match TokenStream::lex(&input) {