diff --git a/core/README.md b/core/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5806df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# PDF-To-Markdown Converter Core
+
+Javascript library to parse PDF files and convert them into Markdown format. Ui version online version at http://pdf2md.morethan.io!
+
+## Use
+
+//TBD
+
+## Contribute
+
+Use the [issue tracker](https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown/issues) and/or open [pull requests](https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown/pulls)!
+
+## Build
+
+- `npm install` Download all necessary npm packages
+- `npm test` Run the tests
+- `npm run lint` Lint the javascript files
+- `npm run format` Run the prettier formatter
+- `npm run build` Compile the typescript files to the `lib` folder
+
+## Release
+
+//TBD
+
+## Credits
+
+[pdf.js](https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/) - Mozilla's PDF parsing & rendering platform which is used as a raw parser
diff --git a/core/jest.config.js b/core/jest.config.js
index 1d71251..0b73a74 100644
--- a/core/jest.config.js
+++ b/core/jest.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   preset: 'ts-jest',
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-  roots: ['./'],
+  roots: ['./test'],
   transform: { '\\.ts$': ['ts-jest'] },
   testRegex: '(/test/.*|(\\.|/)(test|spec))\\.(ts)$',
   moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'tsx', 'js', 'jsx', 'json', 'node'],
diff --git a/core/package-lock.json b/core/package-lock.json
index 30ba1d2..ccb8a45 100644
--- a/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/core/package-lock.json
@@ -4488,6 +4488,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-GSmOT2EbHrINBf9SR7CDELwlJ8AENk3Qn7OikK4nFYAu3Ote2+JYNVvkpAEQm3/TLNEJFD/xZJjzyxg3KBWOzw==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "pdfjs-dist": {
+      "version": "2.5.207",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pdfjs-dist/-/pdfjs-dist-2.5.207.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xGDUhnCYPfHy+unMXCLCJtlpZaaZ17Ew3WIL0tnSgKFUZXHAPD49GO9xScyszSsQMoutNDgRb+rfBXIaX/lJbw==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "performance-now": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/performance-now/-/performance-now-2.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index b21d20d..0ce0a43 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "pdf-to-markdown-core",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Core logic for parsing a PDF and transforming it to Markdown",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "files": [
-    "lib/src/**/*"
-  ],
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "jest",
-    "build": "tsc",
-    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"src/**/*.js\"",
-    "lint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json"
-  },
   "keywords": [
     "PDF",
     "Markdown",
@@ -19,9 +9,24 @@
   ],
   "author": "Johannes Zillmann",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown"
+  },
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "files": [
+    "lib/src/**/*"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "jest",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\"",
+    "lint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.19",
     "jest": "^26.6.3",
+    "pdfjs-dist": "^2.5.207",
     "prettier": "^2.2.1",
     "ts-jest": "^26.4.4",
     "tslint": "^6.1.3",
diff --git a/core/src/Metadata.ts b/core/src/Metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0558413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/Metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export default class Metadata {
+  original: object;
+
+  constructor(original: object) {
+    this.original = original;
+  }
+
+  title() {
+    return this.extract('Title', 'dc:title');
+  }
+
+  author() {
+    return this.extract('Author', 'dc:creator');
+  }
+
+  private extract(infoName: string, metadataKey: string) {
+    const metadata = this.original['metadata'];
+    if (metadata) {
+      return metadata[metadataKey];
+    }
+    return this.original['info'][infoName];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/ParseResult.ts b/core/src/ParseResult.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..362a2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/ParseResult.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import Metadata from './Metadata';
+import ParsedPage from './ParsedPage';
+
+export default class ParseResult {
+  metadata: Metadata;
+  pages: ParsedPage[];
+
+  constructor(metadata: Metadata, pages: ParsedPage[]) {
+    this.metadata = metadata;
+    this.pages = pages;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/ParsedPage.ts b/core/src/ParsedPage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6da02a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/ParsedPage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import ParsedPageItem from './ParsedPageItem';
+
+export default class ParsedPage {
+  index: number;
+  viewPortTransform: number[];
+  items: ParsedPageItem[];
+
+  constructor(index: number, viewPortTransform: number[], items: ParsedPageItem[]) {
+    this.index = index;
+    this.viewPortTransform = viewPortTransform;
+    this.items = items;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/ParsedPageItem.ts b/core/src/ParsedPageItem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c451415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/ParsedPageItem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export default interface ParsedPageItem {
+  str: string;
+  dir: string;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  transform: number[];
+  fontName: string;
+}
diff --git a/core/src/PdfParser.ts b/core/src/PdfParser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a546f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/PdfParser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import Metadata from './Metadata';
+import ParsedPage from './ParsedPage';
+import ParseResult from './ParseResult';
+import TextDirection from './TextDirection';
+import TextItem from './TextItem';
+
+export default class PdfParser {
+  pdfjs: any;
+  constructor(pdfjs: any) {
+    this.pdfjs = pdfjs;
+  }
+
+  async parse(data: Uint8Array): Promise<ParseResult> {
+    return this.pdfjs
+      .getDocument({
+        data,
+        cMapUrl: 'cmaps/',
+        cMapPacked: true,
+      })
+      .promise.then((pdfDocument) => {
+        return Promise.all([pdfDocument.getMetadata(), this.extractPagesSequentially(pdfDocument)]);
+      })
+      .then(([metadata, pages]) => new ParseResult(new Metadata(metadata), pages));
+  }
+
+  private extractPagesSequentially(pdfDocument: any): Promise<ParsedPage> {
+    return [...Array(pdfDocument.numPages)].reduce((accumulatorPromise, _, index) => {
+      return accumulatorPromise.then((accumulatedResults) => {
+        return pdfDocument.getPage(index + 1).then((page) => {
+          const viewport = page.getViewport({ scale: 1.0 });
+          return this.triggerFontRetrieval(page).then(() =>
+            page
+              .getTextContent()
+              .then((textContent) => [
+                ...accumulatedResults,
+                new ParsedPage(index, viewport.transform, textContent.items),
+              ]),
+          );
+        });
+      });
+    }, Promise.resolve([]));
+  }
+
+  private triggerFontRetrieval(page): Promise<void> {
+    return page.getOperatorList();
+  }
+
+  async parseOld(data: Uint8Array): Promise<ParseResult> {
+    return this.pdfjs
+      .getDocument({
+        data,
+        cMapUrl: 'cmaps/',
+        cMapPacked: true,
+      })
+      .promise.then((pdfDocument) => {
+        // console.log('result', pdfDocument);
+        const result = [...Array(pdfDocument.numPages)].reduce((accumulatorPromise, _, index) => {
+          return accumulatorPromise.then((accumulatedResults) => {
+            // console.log('Parsing page ' + index);
+            return pdfDocument.getPage(index + 1).then((page) => {
+              const viewport = page.getViewport({ scale: 1.0 });
+              return this.triggerFontRetrieval(page).then(() =>
+                page.getTextContent().then((textContent) => {
+                  // console.log(textContent);
+                  const textItems: TextItem[] = textContent.items.map((item) => {
+                    const tx = this.pdfjs.Util.transform(viewport.transform, item.transform);
+                    const fontHeight = Math.sqrt(tx[2] * tx[2] + tx[3] * tx[3]);
+                    const dividedHeight = item.height / fontHeight;
+
+                    return {
+                      x: Math.round(item.transform[4]),
+                      y: Math.round(item.transform[5]),
+                      width: Math.round(item.width),
+                      height: Math.round(
+                        Number.isNaN(dividedHeight) || dividedHeight <= 1 ? item.height : dividedHeight,
+                      ),
+                      text: item.str,
+                      textDirection: TextDirection.fromPdfJs(item.dir),
+                      fontId: item.fontName,
+                    };
+                  });
+
+                  return [...accumulatedResults, ...textItems];
+                }),
+              );
+            });
+          });
+        }, Promise.resolve([]));
+        return Promise.all([pdfDocument.getMetadata(), result]);
+      })
+      .then(([metadata, r]) => {
+        // console.log('Parsed metadata:', metadata);
+        // console.log('Parsed result:', r.length);
+        // console.log('Parsed result:', r);
+
+        return new ParseResult(new Metadata(metadata), r);
+      });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/index.ts b/core/src/index.ts
index d439c50..c4e74e1 100644
--- a/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/core/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-export const Greeter = (name: string) => `Hello ${name}`;
+import ParseResult from './ParseResult';
+import PdfParser from './PdfParser';
+
+export function pdfParser(pdfJs: any) {
+  return new PdfParser(pdfJs);
+}
diff --git a/core/test/PdfParser.test.ts b/core/test/PdfParser.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..296f1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/PdfParser.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import PdfParser from 'src/PdfParser';
+import * as pdfjs from 'pdfjs-dist/es5/build/pdf';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+const parser = new PdfParser(pdfjs);
+
+test('testIt', async () => {
+  const data = fs.readFileSync('../examples/ExamplePdf.pdf', null);
+  const result = await parser.parse(data);
+  expect(result.metadata.title()).toEqual('ExamplePdf');
+  expect(result.metadata.author()).toEqual('Johannes Zillmann');
+  expect(result.pages.length).toBe(7);
+  expect(result.pages[0].index).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.pages[0].viewPortTransform).toEqual([1, 0, 0, -1, 0, 841.8898]);
+  expect(result.pages[0].items).toEqual([
+    {
+      str: 'Mega Überschrift',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 245.05800000000005,
+      height: 30,
+      transform: [30, 0, 0, 30, 175, 756],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f1',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '2te Überschrift',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 130.056,
+      height: 20,
+      transform: [20, 0, 0, 20, 233, 665],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: 'Dies ist eine Test-PDF',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 108.61950000000003,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 240, 585],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '.',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 3.0580000000000003,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 352.6927, 585],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '1',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 4.077333704,
+      height: 7.333334,
+      transform: [7.333334, 0, 0, 7.333334, 348, 588],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: 'Für’s Testen des ',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 83.7826,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 208, 572],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: 'Markdown Parsers',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 91.6982,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 291.77832, 572],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '.',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 3.0580000000000003,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 383.47360000000003, 572],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: ' ',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 3.0580000000000003,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 61.078451, 59],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: 'In Deutsch.',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 55.64240000000001,
+      height: 11,
+      transform: [11, 0, 0, 11, 64.134603, 59],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '1',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 4.077333704,
+      height: 7.333334,
+      transform: [7.333334, 0, 0, 7.333334, 57, 62],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '\x00',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 0,
+      height: 12,
+      transform: [12, 0, 0, 12, 294, 45],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f3',
+    },
+    {
+      str: '1',
+      dir: 'ltr',
+      width: 6.672000000000001,
+      height: 12,
+      transform: [12, 0, 0, 12, 294, 45],
+      fontName: 'g_d0_f2',
+    },
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/core/test/index.test.ts b/core/test/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 17298a4..0000000
--- a/core/test/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { Greeter } from 'src/index';
-
-test('My Greeter', () => {
-  expect(Greeter('Carl')).toBe('Hello Carl');
-});
diff --git a/core/tsconfig.json b/core/tsconfig.json
index 701cfc2..570b0d1 100644
--- a/core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "outDir": "./lib",
     "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "paths": {
       "src/*": ["src/*"],
diff --git a/core/tslint.json b/core/tslint.json
index 85e60a4..2a217ec 100644
--- a/core/tslint.json
+++ b/core/tslint.json
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 {
-   "extends": ["tslint:recommended", "tslint-config-prettier"]
+   "extends": ["tslint:recommended", "tslint-config-prettier"],
+   "rules": {
+      "no-string-literal" : false,
+      "no-namespace" : false
+   }
 }