diff --git a/src/sequencer.cpp b/src/sequencer.cpp
index 92ee9e9..c219263 100755
--- a/src/sequencer.cpp
+++ b/src/sequencer.cpp
@@ -91,10 +91,16 @@ namespace snel {
       bool in{false}, out{false}, err{false};
 
       for (auto& t: command) {
-         if (t == "" || t== " ")
-            continue;
+         if (t == "" || t== " ") continue; // skip crap
+
          if (t == "&&")       logic = LogicOp::AND;
          else if (t == "||")  logic = LogicOp::OR;
+         // one pass redirection parsing
+         else if (!t.compare(0, 1, "<"))  filenames[STDIN_]  = t.substr(1);
+         else if (!t.compare(0, 1, ">"))  filenames[STDOUT_] = t.substr(1);
+         else if (!t.compare(0, 2, "1>")) filenames[STDOUT_] = t.substr(2);
+         else if (!t.compare(0, 2, "2>")) filenames[STDERR_] = t.substr(2);
+         // two pass redirection parsing (if redirection came in 2 arguments)
          else if (t == "<")               in  = true;
          else if (t == "1>" || t == ">")  out = true;
          else if (t == "2>")              err = true;