diff --git a/src/chess/position.rs b/src/chess/position.rs
index 6b5f909..5c2e0b5 100644
--- a/src/chess/position.rs
+++ b/src/chess/position.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,43 @@
 use crate::chess::piece::Piece;
 use crate::chess::square::Square;
 use crate::chess::moves::Move;
-use log::trace;
+use log::{debug, trace};
 
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Castling {
     king_side: bool,
     queen_side: bool,
 }
 
+impl Castling {
+    pub fn king_side(self) -> bool {
+        self.king_side
+    }
+    pub fn queen_side(self) -> bool {
+        self.queen_side
+    }
+}
+
+impl Castling {
+    fn from_fen(fen: String) -> [Self; 2] {
+        let mut castling = [Castling::default(), Castling::default()];
+        for c in fen.chars() {
+            match c {
+                'K' => castling[0].king_side = true,
+                'Q' => castling[0].queen_side = true,
+                'k' => castling[1].king_side = true,
+                'q' => castling[1].queen_side = true,
+                '-' => (),
+                _ => panic!("Invalid castling character"),
+            }
+        }
+        castling
+    }
+}
+
+
+// TODO: implement halfmove clock and fullmove number
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Position {
     rows: [[Option<Piece>; 8]; 8],
@@ -74,7 +102,7 @@ impl Position {
     pub fn from_fen(fen: String) -> Self {
         trace!("{fen}");
         let mut pos = Position::default();
-        let mut parts = fen.split_ascii_whitespace();
+        let mut parts = fen.split_whitespace();
 
         trace!("{:?}", parts);
         // parse board
@@ -91,8 +119,13 @@ impl Position {
         });
 
         // parse active color
-        parts.next().unwrap();
-        trace!("{:?}", parts);
+        pos.whites_turn = parts.next().unwrap().starts_with('w');
+
+        // parse castling
+        pos.castling = Castling::from_fen(parts.next().unwrap().to_string());
+
+        // parse en passent
+        pos.en_pessant = Square::en_passent_from_fen(parts.next().unwrap().to_string());
         pos
     }
 
diff --git a/src/chess/square.rs b/src/chess/square.rs
index fbefcbd..f702320 100644
--- a/src/chess/square.rs
+++ b/src/chess/square.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
+use log::{debug, trace};
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Square {
     x: u8,
     y: u8,
 }
+
+impl Square {
+    pub fn new(x: u8, y: u8) -> Self {
+        Square { x, y }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Square {
+    pub fn en_passent_from_fen(fen: String) -> Option<Self> {
+        if fen == "-" {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(Square::new(
+                fen.chars().nth(0).unwrap() as u8 - 97,
+                fen.chars().nth(1).unwrap() as u8 - 49,
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7f9840c..1427c17 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     dead_code,
     clippy::module_inception
 )]
+#![feature(ascii_char)]
 
 
 use crate::{chess::position::Position, config::get_config};