diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c6bd69c..0a3fb45 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'application'
+    id "net.java.openjdk.shinyafox.jshell.gradle.plugin" version "1.0.4"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -21,3 +22,16 @@ jar {
         attributes 'Main-Class': 'serene.simple.Main'
     }
 }
+
+// run {
+//     standardInput = System.in
+// }
+
+task repl(type: JavaExec) {
+    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+
+    main = 'serene.simple.Main'
+    standardInput = System.in
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/DefSpecialForm.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/DefSpecialForm.java
index 7377157..d6ba9a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/DefSpecialForm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/DefSpecialForm.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ public class DefSpecialForm extends SpecialForm {
 
     @Override
     public Object eval(Scope scope) {
-        SymbolNode sym = (SymbolNode) this.node.rest.first;
-        scope.putValue(sym.name,
-                       this.node.rest.rest.first.eval(scope));
+        SymbolNode sym = (SymbolNode) this.node.rest().first();
+        scope.insertSymbol(sym.name,
+                           this.node.rest().rest().first().eval(scope));
         return ListNode.EMPTY;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/FalseNode.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/FalseNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d8ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/FalseNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+public class FalseNode extends Node {
+    public boolean isTruthy = false;
+
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(Scope scope) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/FnSpecialForm.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/FnSpecialForm.java
index a95a9fa..bd3ed1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/FnSpecialForm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/FnSpecialForm.java
@@ -9,22 +9,28 @@ public class FnSpecialForm extends SpecialForm {
 
     @Override
     public Object eval(final Scope parentScope) {
-        final ListNode formalParams = (ListNode) this.node.rest.far;
-        final ListNode body = this.node.rest.rest;
-        return new Function() {
+        final ListNode<Node> formalParams = (ListNode<Node>) this.node.rest().first();
+        final ListNode<Node> body = this.node.rest().rest();
+
+        return new Function<Object, Object>() {
             @Override
+            public Object apply(Object arg) {
+                Object args[] = {arg};
+                return this.apply(args);
+            }
+
             public Object apply(Object... args) {
                 Scope scope = new Scope(parentScope);
-                if (args.length != formalParams.length()) {
+                if (args.length != formalParams.length) {
                     throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Wrong number of arguments. Expected: %s, Got: %s.",
-                                                             formalParams.length(),
+                                                             formalParams.length,
                                                              args.length));
                 }
                 // Map parameter values to formal parameter names
                 int i = 0;
                 for (Node param : formalParams) {
                     SymbolNode paramSymbol = (SymbolNode) param;
-                    scope.putValue(paramSymbol.name, args[i]);
+                    scope.insertSymbol(paramSymbol.name, args[i]);
                     i++;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/IfSpecialForm.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/IfSpecialForm.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d007ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/IfSpecialForm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+
+public class IfSpecialForm extends SpecialForm {
+
+    private Node pred;
+    private Node ifNode;
+    private Node elseNode;
+
+    public IfSpecialForm(ListNode<Node> l) {
+        super(l);
+        this.pred = l.rest().first();
+        this.ifNode = l.rest().rest().first();
+        this.elseNode = l.rest().rest().rest().first();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(final Scope scope) {
+        Object result = this.pred.eval(scope);
+        if (result == null) {
+            return this.elseNode.eval(scope);
+        }
+        return this.ifNode.eval(scope);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/ListNode.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/ListNode.java
index 527382d..46a5ca1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/ListNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/ListNode.java
@@ -1,18 +1,97 @@
 package serene.simple;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
+public class ListNode<T extends Node> extends Node implements Iterable<T> {
+    public static final ListNode<?> EMPTY = new ListNode<>();
+
+    public final T first;
+    public final ListNode<T> rest;
+    public final int length;
+
+    public ListNode() {
+        this.first = null;
+        this.rest = null;
+        this.length = 0;
+    }
+
+    public ListNode(T f, ListNode<T> r) {
+        this.first = f;
+        this.rest = r;
+        this.length = r.length + 1;
+    }
+
+    @SafeVarargs
+    public static <T extends Node> ListNode<T> list(T... objs) {
+        return list(asList(objs));
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Node> ListNode<T> list(List<T> objs) {
+        ListNode<T> l = (ListNode<T>) EMPTY;
+        for (int i = objs.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            l = l.cons(objs.get(i));
+        }
+        return l;
+    }
+
+    public ListNode<T> cons(T node) {
+        return new ListNode<T>(node, this);
+    }
 
-public class ListNode extends Node implements Iterable<Node> {
     @Override
     public Object eval(Scope scope) {
         Function f = (Function) this.first.eval(scope);
         List<Object> args = new ArrayList<Object>();
 
-        for (Node node : this.first) {
+        for (T node : this.rest) {
             args.add(node.eval(scope));
         }
         return f.apply(args.toArray());
     }
+
+        public T first() {
+        if (this != EMPTY) {
+            return this.first;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public ListNode<T> rest() {
+        if (this != EMPTY) {
+            return this.rest;
+        }
+        return (ListNode<T>) EMPTY;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<T> iterator() {
+        return new Iterator<T>() {
+            private ListNode<T> l = ListNode.this;
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean hasNext() {
+                return this.l != EMPTY;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public T next() {
+                if (this.l == EMPTY) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                T first = this.l.first;
+                this.l = this.l.rest;
+                return first;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void remove() {
+                throw new SereneException("Iterator is immutable");
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Main.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Main.java
index ab608ee..75ca1d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Main.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package serene.simple;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.Console;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -10,19 +13,25 @@ public class Main {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         if (args.length == 0) {
             startRepl();
+            return;
         }
         runSerene(args[0]);
     }
 
-    private static void startRepl() {
+    private static void startRepl() throws IOException {
         Scope rootScope = Scope.getRootScope();
 
-        Console console = System.console();
+        //Console console = System.console();
+        //BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
 
+        System.out.println("Serene 'simple' v0.1.0");
         while(true) {
-            String inputData = console.readLine("serene-> ");
+            System.out.print("serene-> ");
+            //String inputData = reader.readLine();
+            String inputData = in.nextLine();
 
-            if (expr == null) break;
+            if (inputData == null) break;
 
             ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputData.getBytes());
             ListNode<Node> nodes = Reader.read(inputStream);
@@ -37,6 +46,7 @@ public class Main {
                 System.out.println(result);
             }
         }
+        in.close();
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/NilNode.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/NilNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0a5380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/NilNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+public class NilNode extends Node {
+    public boolean isTruthy = false;
+
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(Scope scope) {
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Node.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Node.java
index 2b38a71..e035ef3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Node.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Node.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package serene.simple;
 
 public abstract class Node {
+    public boolean isTruthy = true;
+
     public abstract Object eval(Scope scope);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/QuoteSpecialForm.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/QuoteSpecialForm.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a33c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/QuoteSpecialForm.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+
+public class QuoteSpecialForm extends SpecialForm {
+    public QuoteSpecialForm(ListNode node) {
+        super(node);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(final Scope scope) {
+        return this.node;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Reader.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Reader.java
index 1596df1..a965a55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Reader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Reader.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package serene.simple;
 
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PushbackReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 
@@ -19,29 +21,31 @@ public class Reader {
             return readNumber(inputStream);
         }
         else if (c == ')') {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unmatch paranthesis.")
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unmatch paranthesis.");
         }
         else {
             return readSymbol(inputStream);
         }
     }
 
-    public static ListNode read(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+    public static ListNode<Node> read(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
         return read(new PushbackReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)));
     }
 
-    public static ListNode read(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
+    public static ListNode<Node> read(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
         List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
 
-        skipWhitespaces(inputStream);
+        skipWhiteSpaces(inputStream);
 
-        char c = inputStream.read();
+        char c = (char) inputStream.read();
         while ((byte) c != -1) {
             inputStream.unread(c);
             nodes.add(readNode(inputStream));
-            skipWhitespaces(inputStream);
+            skipWhiteSpaces(inputStream);
             c = (char) inputStream.read();
         }
+
+        return ListNode.list(nodes);
     }
 
     private static Node readList(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ public class Reader {
         List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
 
         do {
-            skipWhitespaces(inputStream);
+            skipWhiteSpaces(inputStream);
             char c = (char) inputStream.read();
 
             if (c == ')') {
@@ -63,6 +67,51 @@ public class Reader {
                 nodes.add(readNode(inputStream));
             }
         } while(true);
-        return SpecialForm(ListNode.list(nodes));
+
+        return SpecialForm.check(ListNode.list(nodes));
+    }
+
+    private static Node readSymbol(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
+
+      String str = "";
+
+      while (true) {
+          int ch = inputStream.read();
+          if(isWhiteSpace(ch)) {
+              inputStream.unread(ch);
+              break;
+          };
+          str = str + (char) ch;
+      }
+
+      return new SymbolNode(str);
+    }
+
+    private static Node readNumber(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
+
+      String number = "";
+
+      while (true) {
+          int ch = inputStream.read();
+          if(isWhiteSpace(ch)) {
+              inputStream.unread(ch);
+              break;
+          };
+          number = number + (char) ch;
+      }
+
+      return new NumberNode(Long.parseLong(number, 10));
+    }
+
+    private static void skipWhiteSpaces(PushbackReader inputStream) throws IOException {
+      int ch = inputStream.read();
+      while (isWhiteSpace(ch)) {
+        ch = inputStream.read();
+      }
+      inputStream.unread(ch);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isWhiteSpace(int ch) {
+        return (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\f' || ch == '\r' || ch == '\n');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Scope.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Scope.java
index 93b9ca5..272fc4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/Scope.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/Scope.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 public class Scope {
     private final HashMap<String, Object> symbolsMapping = new HashMap<String, Object>();
     private final Scope parent;
+    private static final Scope root = new Scope(null);
 
     public Scope() {
         this(null);
@@ -30,4 +31,8 @@ public class Scope {
     public void insertSymbol(String symbolName, Object symbolValue) {
         this.symbolsMapping.put(symbolName, symbolValue);
     }
+
+    public static Scope getRootScope() {
+        return Scope.root;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/SereneException.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SereneException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4f87c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SereneException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+
+class SereneException extends RuntimeException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public SereneException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/SpecialForm.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SpecialForm.java
index f7b285b..4406450 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/SpecialForm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SpecialForm.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ public class SpecialForm extends Node {
     private static final SymbolNode IF = new SymbolNode("if");
     private static final SymbolNode QUOTE = new SymbolNode("quote");
 
-    private final ListNode node;
+    public final ListNode<Node> node;
 
-    public SpecialForm(ListNode node) {
+    public SpecialForm(ListNode<Node> node) {
         this.node = node;
     }
 
-    public static Node check(ListNode l) {
+    public static Node check(ListNode<Node> l) {
         if (l == ListNode.EMPTY) {
             return l;
         } else if (l.first.equals(DEF)) {
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ public class SpecialForm extends Node {
         }
         return l;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(Scope scope) {
+        throw new SereneException("Can't use SpecialForm directly");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/SymbolNode.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SymbolNode.java
index af75eda..d19ef8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/serene/simple/SymbolNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/SymbolNode.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package serene.simple;
 
 public class SymbolNode extends Node {
-    private final String name;
+    public final String name;
 
     public SymbolNode(String name) {
         this.name = name;
diff --git a/src/main/java/serene/simple/TrueNode.java b/src/main/java/serene/simple/TrueNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d671af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/serene/simple/TrueNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package serene.simple;
+
+public class TrueNode extends Node {
+    @Override
+    public Object eval(Scope scope) {
+        return true;
+    }
+}