diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index eee204e..76da661 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -5,3 +5,21 @@ version = 4
 [[package]]
 name = "aoc"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f52b00d39961fc5b2736ea853c9cc86238e165017a493d1d5c8eac6bdc4cc273"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "8.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df9761775871bdef83bee530e60050f7e54b1105350d6884eb0fb4f46c2f9405"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index f2cd264..b8165a4 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ path = "main.rs"
 name = "aoc"
 
 [dependencies]
+nom = "8.0.0"
diff --git a/rust/puzzles/day1.rs b/rust/puzzles/day1.rs
index dd04b67..858d5a3 100644
--- a/rust/puzzles/day1.rs
+++ b/rust/puzzles/day1.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 use crate::puzzle::Puzzle;
+use nom::{
+    Parser,
+    branch::alt,
+    character::complete::{char, digit1, newline},
+    combinator::{eof, map_res, value},
+    error::Error,
+    multi::separated_list1,
+    sequence::{pair, terminated},
+};
 
 pub const PUZZLE: Puzzle<Vec<(Direction, i32)>, i32, 2> = Puzzle {
     number: 1,
     parser: |input| {
-        input
-            .lines()
-            .filter(|line| !line.is_empty())
-            .map(|line| {
-                let d = match line.chars().next().unwrap() {
-                    'L' => Direction::L,
-                    'R' => Direction::R,
-                    c => panic!("Unknown direction: {}", c),
-                };
-                let i: i32 = line[1..].parse().unwrap();
-                (d, i)
-            })
-            .collect()
+        terminated(
+            terminated(
+                separated_list1(
+                    newline,
+                    pair(
+                        alt((
+                            value(Direction::L, char('L')),
+                            value(Direction::R, char('R')),
+                        )),
+                        parse_int(),
+                    ),
+                ),
+                newline,
+            ),
+            eof,
+        )
+        .parse(input)
+        .unwrap()
+        .1
     },
     parts: [
         |instructions| {
@@ -68,3 +83,7 @@ fn step(i: i32, d: Direction, p: i32) -> (i32, i32) {
     };
     (p1.div_euclid(100), p1.rem_euclid(100))
 }
+
+fn parse_int<'a>() -> impl Parser<&'a str, Output = i32, Error = Error<&'a str>> {
+    map_res(digit1, |s: &str| s.parse::<i32>())
+}
diff --git a/rust/puzzles/day2.rs b/rust/puzzles/day2.rs
index 3d2866f..7ea3bf5 100644
--- a/rust/puzzles/day2.rs
+++ b/rust/puzzles/day2.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 use crate::puzzle::Puzzle;
+use nom::{
+    Parser,
+    character::complete::{char, digit1, newline},
+    combinator::{eof, map_res},
+    error::Error,
+    multi::separated_list1,
+    sequence::{separated_pair, terminated},
+};
 
 pub const PUZZLE: Puzzle<Vec<(usize, usize)>, usize, 2> = Puzzle {
     number: 2,
-    parser: |input| {
-        input
-            .strip_suffix("\n")
-            .unwrap()
-            .split(',')
-            .map(|range| {
-                match range
-                    .split('-')
-                    .map(|n| n.parse().unwrap())
-                    .collect::<Vec<usize>>()[..]
-                {
-                    [a, b] => (a, b),
-                    _ => panic!(),
-                }
-            })
-            .collect()
+    parser: |input| -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
+        terminated(
+            terminated(
+                separated_list1(
+                    char(','),
+                    separated_pair(parse_int(), char('-'), parse_int()),
+                ),
+                newline,
+            ),
+            eof,
+        )
+        .parse(input)
+        .unwrap()
+        .1
     },
     parts: [
         |input| {
@@ -62,3 +68,7 @@ fn equal_chunks(n: &String, i: usize) -> bool {
         Some(x) => chunks.all(|y| y == x),
     }
 }
+
+fn parse_int<'a>() -> impl Parser<&'a str, Output = usize, Error = Error<&'a str>> {
+    map_res(digit1, |s: &str| s.parse::<usize>())
+}