diff --git a/config_parser/Cargo.toml b/config_parser/Cargo.toml
index 062078e..5eefc16 100644
--- a/config_parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/config_parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
+proc-macro2 = "1.0.92"
 quote = "1.0.38"
 syn = { version = "2.0.94", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
 
diff --git a/config_parser/src/common.rs b/config_parser/src/common.rs
index 57a1503..336d3bf 100644
--- a/config_parser/src/common.rs
+++ b/config_parser/src/common.rs
@@ -1,39 +1,45 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-use proc_macro::TokenStream;
-use syn::{parse_macro_input, DeriveInput};
-use quote::{quote};
+use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
+use quote::{quote, TokenStreamExt};
 
 use syn::{Attribute, Error, Field, Meta, Path, punctuated::Punctuated, token::Comma};
 
-pub fn gen_config_load_function(fields: &Punctuated<Field, Comma>, config_map_name: &String) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
-    let assignments = fields.iter().map(|f|{
-        let attr = &f.attrs;
-        let name = match &f.ident {
+pub fn gen_config_load_function(fields: &Punctuated<Field, Comma>, config_map_name: &syn::Ident) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
+    let mut assignments : TokenStream = TokenStream::new();
+    'field_loop: for field in fields.iter() {
+        let attr = &field.attrs;
+        let name = match &field.ident {
             Some(value) => value,
             // skip anonymous fields
-            None => return quote! {},
+            None => continue 'field_loop,
         };
         let name_string: String = name.to_string();
-        let ty = &f.ty;
+        let ty = &field.ty;
         for attribute in attr {
             if let Attribute{ meta: Meta::Path( Path{segments: attr_name, ..} ), .. } = attribute {
                 match attr_name.first() {
                     Some(value) => if value.ident == "nested_config" {
-                        return quote! {#name.parse_from_map(&#config_map_name)}
+                        assignments.extend(quote! {
+                            self.#name.parse_from_map(&#config_map_name);
+                        });
+                        continue 'field_loop;
                     },
                     None => (),
                 }
             }
         }
-        quote! {
+        assignments.extend(quote! {
             self.#name = match #config_map_name.get(#name_string) {
-                Some(value) => value,
-                None => self.#name,
-            }
-        }
-    });
-    Ok(quote! {assignments}.into())
+                Some(value) => match value.parse::<#ty>() {
+                    Ok(parsed) => parsed,
+                    Err(_) => self.#name.clone(),
+                },
+                None => self.#name.clone(),
+            };
+        });
+    }
+    Ok(assignments.into())
 }
 
 //pub fn parse_config_file(input: &String) -> std::io::Result<std::collections::HashMap<String, String>> {
diff --git a/config_parser/src/lib.rs b/config_parser/src/lib.rs
index 3226523..4048c64 100644
--- a/config_parser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/config_parser/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use common::gen_config_load_function;
-use proc_macro::{TokenStream}; // TODO: change to proc_macro2, to hopefully fix #assignments
+use proc_macro2::{TokenStream}; // TODO: change to proc_macro2, to hopefully fix #assignments
 use syn::{parse_macro_input, spanned::Spanned, DeriveInput, Ident};
 use quote::{quote};
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ mod common;
 /// which parses a string and fills the fills recognised values into the struct
 /// - implements `write_default_config() -> Result<String>`
 /// which write a default configuration, in case the documentation is lacking
-#[proc_macro_derive(ConfigParser, attributes(nested_config, testtest))]
-pub fn derive(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+#[proc_macro_derive(ConfigParser, attributes(nested_config))]
+pub fn derive(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
     let ast = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
     let name = &ast.ident;
-    let config_name = "config".to_string(); //syn::Ident::new("config", name.span()); // TODO: use correct span
+    let config_name = syn::Ident::new("config", name.span()); // TODO: use correct span
     let fields = if let syn::Data::Struct(syn::DataStruct{ fields: syn::Fields::Named(syn::FieldsNamed{ ref named, .. }), .. }) = ast.data {
         named
     } else {
@@ -23,17 +23,9 @@ pub fn derive(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     };
     let assignments = match gen_config_load_function(fields, &config_name) {
         Ok(value) => value,
-        Err(error) => panic!("loading config failed"),
+        Err(_) => panic!("loading config failed"),
     };
 
-    //let assign_fields = fields.iter().map(|f|{
-    //    if let Some(name) = &f.ident {
-    //        quote! {
-    //            if 
-    //        }
-    //    }
-    //});
-
     //let string = format!("{:#?}", ast);
     //_ = std::fs::write("test.txt", string);
 
@@ -41,7 +33,9 @@ pub fn derive(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         impl #name {
             pub fn parse_from_string(&mut self, input: &String) -> std::io::Result<()> {
                 let #config_name : std::collections::HashMap<String, String> = Self::parse_config_file(input)?;
+
                 #assignments
+
                 Ok(())
             }
 
@@ -49,7 +43,11 @@ pub fn derive(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             /// this function needs to be public for nested configs but is not intended
             /// to be called by the user
             pub fn parse_from_map(&mut self, input: &std::collections::HashMap<String, String>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-                todo!();
+                let #config_name = input;
+
+                #assignments
+
+                Ok(())
             }
 
             fn parse_config_file(input: &String) -> std::io::Result<std::collections::HashMap<String, String>> {
@@ -84,9 +82,16 @@ pub fn derive(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                 }
                 Ok(config)
             }
+
+            // TODO: implement
+            pub fn write_default_config(&self) -> Result<()> {
+                Ok(())
+            }
+
+            // TODO: implement function to parse style settings
         }
     }.into();
-    expanded_stream
+    expanded_stream.into()
     //TokenStream::new()
 }