diff --git a/src/grammar.pest b/src/grammar.pest
index ead9bee..4f75643 100644
--- a/src/grammar.pest
+++ b/src/grammar.pest
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ file = { "hello world" }
 
 expr = { infix_expr | term }
 
-term = _{ literal | "(" ~ expr ~ ")" }
+term = _{ ident | literal | "(" ~ expr ~ ")" }
 
 infix_expr = {
     #lhs = term ~ operator ~ #rhs = expr
@@ -10,20 +10,18 @@ infix_expr = {
 
 operator = { "+" | "-" | "*" | "/" | "&&" | "||" }
 
-literal = { string | number | boolean }
-
-string = { "\"" ~ (!"\"" ~ ANY)* ~ "\"" }
+ident         = @{ ALPHABETIC ~ (ALPHABETIC | NUMBER | "_")* | quoted_indent }
+quoted_indent = _{ "`" ~ (!"`" ~ ANY)+ ~ "`" }
 
-number = _{ byte | float | integer }
+literal = { string | number | boolean }
 
+string  =  { "\"" ~ (!"\"" ~ ANY)* ~ "\"" }
+number  = _{ byte | float | integer }
 integer = @{ "-"? ~ ASCII_DIGIT+ }
-
-float = @{
+float   = @{
     "-"? ~ (ASCII_DIGIT+ ~ "." ~ ASCII_DIGIT* | ASCII_DIGIT* ~ "." ~ ASCII_DIGIT+)
 }
-
-byte = @{ "0x" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{1, 2} | "0b" ~ ASCII_BIN_DIGIT{0, 8} }
-
+byte    = @{ "0x" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{1, 2} | "0b" ~ ASCII_BIN_DIGIT{0, 8} }
 boolean = @{ "true" | "false" }
 
 WHITESPACE = _{ " " | "\t" | "\r" | "\n" }
diff --git a/src/test/infix_expressions.rs b/src/test/infix_expressions.rs
index c96e9dc..853d67c 100644
--- a/src/test/infix_expressions.rs
+++ b/src/test/infix_expressions.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ fn it_parses_addition() {
     ]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn it_parses_addition_with_variables() {
+    parses_to!(parser: SnekParser, input: "first + second", rule: Rule::expr, tokens: [
+        expr(0, 14, [
+            infix_expr(0, 14, [
+                ident(0, 5),
+                operator(6, 7),
+                expr(8, 14, [
+                    ident(8, 14)
+                ])
+            ])
+        ])
+    ]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn it_parses_subtraction() {
     parses_to!(parser: SnekParser, input: "1.0 - 1.1", rule: Rule::expr, tokens: [