diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 540389a..7041f50 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "toy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "0BSD"
+default-run = "toy"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "toy"
diff --git a/src/compare/mod.rs b/src/compare/mod.rs
index 8b13789..e694bcb 100644
--- a/src/compare/mod.rs
+++ b/src/compare/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-
+mod parse;
+pub use parse::emacs_parse_org_document;
diff --git a/src/compare/parse.rs b/src/compare/parse.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79633a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compare/parse.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+pub fn emacs_parse_org_document<'a, C>(file_path: C) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
+where
+    C: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    let elisp_script = r#"(progn
+     (org-mode)
+     (message "%s" (pp-to-string (org-element-parse-buffer)))
+)"#;
+    let mut cmd = Command::new("emacs");
+    let proc = cmd
+        .arg("-q")
+        .arg("--no-site-file")
+        .arg("--no-splash")
+        .arg("--batch")
+        .arg("--insert")
+        .arg(file_path.as_ref().as_os_str())
+        .arg("--eval")
+        .arg(elisp_script);
+    let out = proc.output()?;
+    out.status.exit_ok()?;
+    let org_sexp = out.stderr;
+    Ok(String::from_utf8(org_sexp)?)
+}
diff --git a/src/org_compare.rs b/src/org_compare.rs
index 96e940e..7fd6685 100644
--- a/src/org_compare.rs
+++ b/src/org_compare.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #![feature(round_char_boundary)]
+#![feature(exit_status_error)]
+use compare::emacs_parse_org_document;
 mod compare;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    emacs_parse_org_document("./org_mode_samples/footnote_definition/simple.org")?;
     Ok(())
 }